Louise van Rhyn’s Journey: Mobilizing Citizens for Educational Change

ByRamon Thomas

Louise van Rhyn is the founder of Symphonia, a group of organisations dedicated to sustainable transformation in people, teams, companies, organisations, and communities worldwide. Through Symphonia, Louise works to mobilise citizens to become actively involved in addressing the education crisis facing South Africa. In this deeply personal and moving talk from TEDxCapeTownED 2012, Louise talks about her experience as a partner with a school principal, humbly sharing the hard lessons she had to learn. This is a great TEDx Talk.

 

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