Garth Japhet
University of the Witwatersrand
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Garth Japhet is a highly experienced professional with 33.8 years of work experience in public health, nonprofits, social media, strategic planning, and fundraising. He is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Garth has a strong background in maternal and child health, having co-founded Soul City, a renowned institute for health and development communication. He is also the executive director of Soul City, a youth movement, and has received multiple awards for social change and communication. Garth has also founded Heartlines, a for-profit business that focuses on employee community engagement programs for 15 large companies.
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Qualifying as a medical doctor at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1987, with further qualifications in maternal and child health. In 1992 I co-founded Soul City: the Institute for Health and Development Communication and was executive director until June 08. It has produced award winning TV and radio series supported by print media and consistently reaches over 45 million people in the region. It communicates around all aspects of public health, in particular HIV/AIDS, using a multimedia edutainment approach. It also uses community mobilization and advocacy. It has the largest youth movement “Buddyz Clubs” in South Africa with 140 000 members in over 7000 clubs. Soul City: IHDC has been the recipient of multiple awards for social change, development and communication.In 2001 I founded Heartlines the Center for Values promotion that uses film and TV drama with support educational materials and interventions to build society through promoting positive values such as trust, integrity, compassion, perseverance and forgiveness. In particular we work with Schools, Faith Based Organisations, prisons and the workplace. Recent projects include are a large scale intervention to build understanding and reconciliation between people at scale particularity in the workplace, places of faith and places of education. this has been led by the award winning feature film "Beyond the River" He is full time CEO.In 2011 started forgood www.forgood.co.za an online platform to connect people to approved causes so that they can give time and or goods. It is a for profit business that underpins employee community engagement programmes for 15 large companies. Heartlines is the majority shareholder.
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- Chairman (2009-06-01~): Driving financial growth and establishing a strong network of government institutions for long-term development.
- Chief Executive Officer (2002-06-01~): Driving company growth and profitability through strategic planning and effective leadership.
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