#WCW: Carmen Stevens - Winemaker and community changer

29/10/2025 4 min
#WCW: Carmen Stevens - Winemaker and community changer

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Episode Synopsis

Carmen Stevens, the first non-white winemaker in South Africa, has created something remarkable beyond her acclaimed wines. Through her foundation, she's now feeding over 29,000 children across 124 schools in Cape Town's underserved communities—all for just R3.50 per child per day. The Carmen Stevens Foundation began modestly in 2011 with just 300 children receiving meals. What started as a small soup kitchen has transformed into a lifeline for schools throughout the Cape Flats. Carmen's mission is beautifully simple yet profoundly effective: provide nutritious meals during school hours so children can focus, learn, and most importantly, have a reason to attend school at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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