The brain is an incredible part of our body. Over the years we have gained better understanding of the different parts of the brain and how important they have been to our survival as a species. The mammalian brain (limbic system) helped us survive from predators by creating a threat response. We understand this response as the …
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International Nurses Day 2022: Celebrating our BroadReach nurses
BlogsWe asked a few of our wonderful nurses the below three questions: What inspired you to become a nurse? What inspires you to continue your work? Can you share any of your heartfelt stories or experiences? This is what they had to say: Philisiwe Gasa I was inspired by the love of caring for the …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 14: Turn up the volume!
BlogsSarah is the Communications and Social Media Specialist for BroadReach Group based in Cape Town. For those of you that don’t know me, I’m passionate about what I do: work that strives to connect people and foster a sense of belonging at BroadReach – something that as social beings we not only crave but need. …
BroadReacher Diaries ENTRY 11: Silly is a serious business
BlogsIs it just me or has everything got really serious lately? I don’t mean the things that are serious: Omicron, climate change, heightening global economic tensions or the Poland Belerus border crisis, I mean everything else…the things that used to be fun -or at least neutral – have become serious and formal. I’m talking about work, and more specifically working from home, online meetings and digital collaboration. While I love working from home, but I …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 9: Project Management, a world of endless possibilities
BlogsProject management is not new, in fact documented approaches to project management date back as far as 2570 B.C. – when the Egyptians built the great pyramids – and in 455 BC Nehemiah needed to manage scope, quality, and timelines to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem in just 52 days! However, over the past 100 years, project management approaches and methodologies have been solidified and defined, providing project managers – like me- with the opportunity to choose and adapt the best methodologies for …
Collaboration: the secrets to success, a leadership perspective
BlogsFinding meaning in the work you do and being part of a collective effort that spans the globe is an incredible motivator. After a rather haphazard arrival into the international development sector, once I became part of finding the solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the world, I was hooked and there was no turning back. This past month, I’ve taken …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 7: Marketing solutions to some of the world’s greatest health challenges
BlogsShelley Diesel is our wonderful Marketing & Communications Manager based at HQ in Cape Town, joining the team last year in the midst of remote working and the COVID-19 pandemic. Her interesting and inspiring piece gives insight into what goes into marketing a brand like BroadReach…and the importance of storytelling in doing it successfully. Read …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 6: Turn lemons into lemonade in the time of COVID-19
BlogsWarda Nero is one of our wonderful cleaners at HQ in Cape Town and has been at BroadReach for the past 4 years. Her favorite value is We are Compassionate because at BroadReach we care about each other outside of our BroadReach walls too. This is the story of her learnings since COVID-19 hit – …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 5: How to excel at Excel
Blogs5 tips to becoming an Excel Master Bard Cloete is a Financial Business Analyst for the BroadReach Group, based in our HQ offices in Cape Town. He is a 2020 Founders Awards finalist, recognized under the category We are enterprising for his innovative, resourceful, and agile approach to financial reporting. We’re in good hands on this …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 4: Becoming the nursing manager I wish I’d had
BlogsMthokozisi Soko is a young Registered Professional Nurse based in Mpumalanga, working in BroadReach Health Development on the PEPFAR funded, USAID APACE, their HIV/TB treatment and care program in South Africa. At BroadReach, we empower people and change lives, and Mthokozisi is passionate about making nursing the most enjoyable and fulfilling career possible. Mthokozisi joined …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 3: Seven Years in BroadReach
BlogsZanele Dlamini is the current DREAMS Area Manager for BroadReach Health Development. She is based in Gert Sibande District in Mpumalanga and has spent the last seven years as a dedicated BroadReacher, empowering action and changing lives. Zanele’s favorite value is we are collaborative, believing that our amazing achievements as a company happen because we …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 2: The Art of Candidate Experience
BlogsFor those that don’t yet know me, I’ll kick off with a brief introduction. My name is Caitlin van der Merwe and I’m currently a Senior HRBP specializing in talent acquisition (which is a fancy title for a recruiter :P). I joined BroadReach in the midst of our first hard lockdown here in South Africa, …
Why a common purpose and compassion are key during COVID-19
BlogsWe’re a year into COVID-19. The novelty value has worn off and for many, every day feels like Groundhog Day. As screens have become the window to work, as well as the window to friends and family, we’re spending the best part of our waking days talking to our devices. The likelihood is we’re missing non-verbal, …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 1: Life advice from a software engineer
BlogsI’ve often been asked by friends, family, and colleagues – how do you stay so happy and positive? I’ve always said something like “I don’t know… I just do.” But having thought about it, I realised that I have cultivated certain habits or behaviours over the years that keep me in a positive state of …
Getting to know: Lauren Haddon, VP Global Business Management
BlogsLauren Haddon joined BroadReach as vice president of global business management in January this year. Lauren has extensive global health development experience, advanced training in business, finance and in program management, and has also run health programs in Nigeria and South Africa. She has worked across the US, France, South Africa and the UK. Tell …
Five minutes from disaster
BlogsNOTE TO READER: Adapted from an internal staff blog to colleagues within the BroadReach Group as a reflection on the group’s refreshed Values. I have failed, I have made mistakes, got so many things wrong, I have sat with problems I could not see my way through, and I have felt paralyzed by perfectionism. The …