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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project

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CTAOP invests in and advances the health of young people in Southern Africa to create a more equitable future for ALL.

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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
In addition to their vegetable garden, PAB's Mandala Stone Garden serves as healing space where people can come to relax and breathe, deepening the connection between mental and physical wellness and connection to the earth 🌍
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The garden and community feeding scheme are an opportunity to educate their clients, children and young people about gardening, cooking and healthy living, providing further life skills.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
PAB's organic vegetable garden, which was recently highlighted in our Dior #InternationalWomensDay campaign, is harvested every four weeks, sustaining their kitchen and feeding their community.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Throwing it back this #EarthDay to Lucinda Evans', founder of our Program Partner Philisa Abafazi Bethu, feature in @msmagazine.com by V for her work as South Africa's coordinator of #OneBillionRising, & how her work recognizes the intersection of violence against women x destruction of the earth.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
But we have many insights on trust-based philanthropy from recent years, both from us and our Partners, on what's worked, what hasn't, what we'd do differently, and what we're still working towards. Register here to join us: eaphilanthropyconference.org/registration/
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Registration – 10th East Africa Philanthropy Conference
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It's one thing to talk about "trust-based philanthropy", and another thing entirely to dismantle the traditional ways grantee partners are funded, turning accountability on its head. While we remain firmly on the journey – it's just that: A continuous journey. We're still learning!
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Registration – 10th East Africa Philanthropy Conference
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🎙️ Roll call! Are you a foundation executive, grantmaker, program officer, institutional donor, or grantee leader? Will you be in Ethiopia for the 10th annual East Africa Philanthropy Conference? We'd love for you to join the masterclass we are grateful to be hosting alongside the Segal Family Fdn!
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
CTAOP Strategic Partner Desmond Tutu Health Fdn lost 40% of its funding to (~$8 million) last yr, amidst the US global aid cuts. Linda-Gail Bekker, CEO of DTHF, says, "in order to end the epidemic for the world, we really do need to end the epidemic in South Africa." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US-South Africa funding: As American cash dries up the fight to stop Aids gets harder
Health experts fear that as testing and monitoring drops the risk of the further spread of HIV rises.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This recent global gag rule expansion puts political conditions on everything from maternal health support to anti-stigma work, including access to sexual & reproductive health programs related to contraception, maternal health, & HIV services, gender identity support or advocacy, & DEI efforts.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The "global gag rule" is a US government policy that prohibits foreign NGOs receiving global health funding from the US from providing information, referrals, or advocating for abortion services––even with their own, non-U.S. funds.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
In a disastrous move, the WH has nearly quadrupled the harmful reach of the global gag rule, applicable now to $30B+ in US foreign aid. It forces a choice b/w US funding & providing comprehensive, evidence-based health & social service, putting lives at risk worldwide. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration to block foreign aid from those promoting abortion, DEI and gender identity
The Trump administration is expanding its ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services to include assistance going to international and domestic organizations and agencies that prom...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It's been ten years of impact – so much so that a case study on the project was just selected by Universities South Africa to demonstrate the societal impact of the academic work conducted at Wits - University of the Witwatersrand. Check out the full case study: usaf.ac.za/wp-content/u...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We heard it's 2016? 🔄 Roll it back! A decade ago, in support of our Program Partner Drama for Life, we piloted Knowledge Unzipped: A multi-modal, Applied Theatre-based Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights project, that aimed to educate & engage young people about sexual health thru performance 🎭
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Thank you to UNSG Antonio Guterres for your strong support of the rights of women and girls while addressing the General Assembly this week. We must work together to build a more equitable, peaceful, just and sustainable future for everyone, everywhere.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This holiday season, whether you have $5 or $5000 to give, every dollar helps CTAOP bridge the gap created by this year's disastrous funding cuts. Provide health and safety for young women this holiday season: charlizeafricaoutreach.org/#CTAOP
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The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project
CTAOP advances and invests in the health, education, and safety of young people in Southern Africa to create a more equitable future for all.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
CTAOP's Program Partners across Southern Africa work to prevent Period Poverty from ensnaring the young women and girls they serve. Just $5 can provide one young woman with menstrual health products that last a year, supporting her ability not only to stay in school, but to thrive.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
When a girl can't access menstrual products or menstrual health education, the resulting impact on her life is gigantic -- & far outlasts her cycle. She's often forced to miss school or work, exposing her to social isolation, stigma, poverty, & health risks. This cycle of inequity is Period Poverty.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Just $25 provides a young person living with HIV a full 10-session treatment & adherence program. Provide health & safety for young people this holiday season: www.charlizeafricaoutreach.org/get-involved...
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Donate to the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project
Get involved with CTAOP: donate, start a peer-to-peer fundraiser, and check out our new range of certified organic fashion products.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
3/ Our Program Partners have stood up across Southern Africa to protect & serve their communities – even amidst a funding crisis that has impacted every single one of them. YOU can help ease that burden. Today, & all month, we'll be sharing the impact of where your money goes when you give to CTAOP.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
2/ In a time when funding has decreased substantially, this was a welcome sign that our collective eyes remain on the prize: Ending AIDS. Today is #GivingTuesday, and above all else, we want to highlight how we ALL have a part to play in making that dream a reality.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
1/ Less than two weeks ago, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria held its Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the whole world came together against these diseases. While falling short of the goal, world leaders pledged to invest over $11 billion.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
People often need to see the human faces of a crisis for it to hit home––this is the power of storytelling. So today, on #WorldAIDSDay, we implore you to watch this short doc from @the-independent.com: "Death Sentence: The real cost of Trump’s aid cuts on HIV": www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZj...
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Death Sentence: The real cost of Trump’s aid cuts on HIV | Full Documentary
YouTube video by The Independent
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
All year, we've loudly advocated for the US to not pull funding from the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Southern Africa bears the brunt of the decades-long epidemic, & South Africa remains home to the highest number of people living with HIV. #WorldAIDSDay
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
It's that 🎁 time of year, so make your gift-giving count! Til 12/2, we're offering 10% off our store. Share CTAOP swag with your loved ones, AND support youth's ability to thrive in Southern Africa. Order soon to receive your gifts by the holidays! Use TAKE10 at checkout: shopctaop.com/gift-guides/
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Gift Guides
Treat your loved ones – including yourself! – with sustainable gifts that support the CTAOP community's work with youth in Southern Africa.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Tomorrow, 11/21, is the @womenforchangesa.bsky.social shutdown across South Africa, declaring #GenderBasedViolence a national disaster. Join the G20 Women’s Shutdown. Withdraw your power. 📷 Photo of a set of stairs at the University of Cape Town, emblazoned with the words: "Practice Consent."
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We are HERE for this @radioworkshop.bsky.social 🤝🏾 @childmindinstitute.bsky.social partnership, amplifying the voices of young South Africans being vocal about mental health care and challenging stigma 🔊 childmind.org/global/snf-g...
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Our Voices: South African Youth Break the Stigma - Child Mind Institute
With the support of SNF Global Center partner Radio Workshop — an organization that uses audio storytelling to foster youth dialogue, leadership, and community engagement — these stories are creating ...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🗞️ Big news: After being tied up in the courts for years, pharmacists across South Africa have finally been given the green light to prescribe HIV medications, expanding access to lifesaving medications for hundreds of thousands of people living with or at risk of HIV 💥 iol.co.za/mercury/2025...
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New court ruling empowers accredited South African pharmacists to prescribe HIV medications
"Accredited South African pharmacists can now legally prescribe essential HIV medications, a landmark Supreme Court ruling that enhances access to life-saving treatments for hundreds of thousands at r...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
CTAOP's Busiswa Dayimani has a spot-on op-ed out in Proximate this week, on how the solution to violence in South Africa - & worldwide - is rooted in community. Busi lays out a map for transforming any community torn by violence. It's up to us to take the reigns: www.proximate.press/latest-stori...
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When Communities Lead, Violence Falls
A perspective from South Africa on why the solution to violence needs to be rooted in community
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UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · 22/09/2025
Prince Harry, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Charlize Theron and Thuso Mbedu unite with UNAIDS and Hollywood filmmaker Ron Nyswaner to urge continued funding to end AIDS. Watch their message: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9u... Press release: mailchi.mp/unaids.org/2...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
It's orgs like CTAOP Program Partner Brave Rock Girl that drum this steady beat: #HopeIsALIVE in South Africa! Tune in Sund 9/14 at 3pm SAST/9am EST to hear from BRAVE's girl leaders at radiosa.org/voc/. Major shouts to Voice of the Cape for giving these young changemakers a platform and microphone!
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Activate! Change Drivers Activator Nadine Dirks dissects from every angle how Lenacapavir - a twice–yearly injection designed to prevent HIV infection - would impact the lives of young people and vulnerable populations across South Africa: activatechangedrivers.co.za/a-shot-of-ho...
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A Shot of Hope: What the New HIV Prevention Injection Could Mean for Young People and Vulnerable Populations in South Africa | Activate!
For many young people in South Africa, particularly Black women and LGBTQ+ youth, HIV is more than just a health risk. It is a social injustice rooted in in ...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"While oral pre-exposure prophylaxis/PrEP has been an impt prevention tool, daily adherence can be difficult if not impossible for those facing discrimination, unstable living conditions, or lack of privacy. But a new injectable option offers fresh hope." activatechangedrivers.co.za/a-shot-of-ho...
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A Shot of Hope: What the New HIV Prevention Injection Could Mean for Young People and Vulnerable Populations in South Africa | Activate!
For many young people in South Africa, particularly Black women and LGBTQ+ youth, HIV is more than just a health risk. It is a social injustice rooted in in ...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"For many young people in South Africa, particularly Black women and LGBTQ+ youth, HIV is more than just a health risk. It is a social injustice rooted in inequality, stigma, and limited access to trusted, youth-friendly healthcare." activatechangedrivers.co.za/a-shot-of-ho...
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A Shot of Hope: What the New HIV Prevention Injection Could Mean for Young People and Vulnerable Populations in South Africa | Activate!
For many young people in South Africa, particularly Black women and LGBTQ+ youth, HIV is more than just a health risk. It is a social injustice rooted in in ...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
YAS @msmagazine.com!!!! Dispelling myths and misinformation disarms stigma. Knowledge saves lives––PERIOD. This is why sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is so important, and a critical part of our funding efforts. msmagazine.com/2025/08/14/a...
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Explainer: No, Contraceptives Don't Cause Abortion
Dispelling dangerous myths: how contraception works, why it’s not an abortifacient or cause abortion, and how it saves women's lives.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
So much of humanity operates with a scarcity mindset, but the opposite is true. Ubuntu is ALL about communal thriving – when one young leader rises, they ALL rise. Immerse yourself in YLF's recent Leadership Summit by watching our new video showcasing this incredible week! 🎥 Hafeez Floris
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
"Being a Fellow made me realize I don't need to shrink myself for other people to take space." We love YL Fellow Pheladi's takeaway of CTAOP's Youth Leaders Fellowship program bc it encapsulates our vision for youth leadership not just in South Africa, but for rising generations across the globe.
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CTAOP Youth Leaders Fellowship – Leadership Summit 2025
YouTube video by Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
For more on how the US aid cuts have harmed the global prevention efforts against HIV, read here @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
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Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"There is more potential than ever before to end the HIV epidemic, scientists & public health experts say. But now, HIV programs across Africa are scrambling to procure drugs that the U.S. once supplied, replace lost nurses & lab technicians & restart shuttered programs to prevent new infections."
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
On July 1st, the new U.S. administration officially shut down USAID, which for over 6 decades has led the country's foreign aid efforts. "This was supposed to be a breakthrough year in the 44-year-long struggle against HIV." Graphics via @nytimes.com
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Get to know CTAOP Program Partner Philisa Abafazi Bethu, which advocates for & serves survivors of gender-based violence, through this phenomenal, in-depth interview & spotlight on its founder, activist Lucinda Evans. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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‘Dreaming the big dream’ — Lucinda Evans reflects on her career in empowering survivors of violence
Lucinda Evans, feminist activist and founder of the Cape Town non-profit organisation Philisa Abafazi Bethu, is in the business of defending and empowering survivors of abuse. Her dream is a world in ...
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
One of the best ways to make the largest impact on the world is to help create the conditions required for young people to thrive & step into the power they were given at birth. Today, we're celebrating the rising generations stepping into their power to make this world more equitable for ALL ✊🏽
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Another Fellow reflected: "It has been eye opening and has shown me that there are other young people out there fighting the same cause as me and I think tomorrow is in good hands with these fellows. I appreciate them immensely. I commend their courage."
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This was the first ever convening for our Fellows, and according to their feedback, had a particularly powerful impact on this group who experienced many 'firsts.'
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Earlier this month, we brought together all our YL Fellows – members of our Youth Leaders Fellowship – for a week of restoration, connection, and as one Fellow described it: "the opportunity to become the strongest foundation [of] the most intentional, conscious and effective leader."
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Today is YOUTH DAY in South Africa, a day when we honor the contribution (and sacrifices) made by young people in the struggle for freedom and equality. Since Day 1, young people have been the very heart and core of all CTAOP does and is in service of.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It's so cool to see Vaul Institute forging a path in innovative mental healthcare –– and expanding the beneficiaries beyond young people in schools to include the CTAOP family.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Back in February when our team had the opportunity to visit Vaul Institute and see their team in action, we were lucky to get to experience this mindfulness tool (and the Vaul team's phenomenal stewardship of it!) firsthand.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
One Program Partner reflected: "The experience of virtual reality was mind blowing, it highlighted the importance of innovation, and using technology to advance and still have impact."
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
For our Program Partner leaders, who regularly face high-stress environments, these breathing techniques are something to add to their metaphorical toolbox for when they need to regulate their own mind/body, or a beneficiary's.
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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Through a meditative VR journey, the participant learns to breathe consciously utilizing a variety of breathing techniques. This promotes a sense of calm by lowering heart rate and activating the body's relaxation response, helping to decrease anxiety and improve mood.
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