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UBUNTU GIRL – Travelling Around South Africa Without Money

December 7th, 2009 No Comments

A few weeks my friend Tess Neale sent me a link about a woman after my own heart.

Sonja Kruse is putting Ubuntu to the test in the 21 st century

meet Sonja, Ubuntu Girl

meet Sonja, Ubuntu Girl

Tess, who has a habit of sending awesome links, sent me a link to an article about Sonja’s awesome adventure.

Sonja is on a mission to prove that Ubuntu is still going strong in South Africa.  In October this year, she began a year long journey in which she will be travelling around South Africa without any money. She left her job, GAVE her car away and hit the proverbial road with R1o0 in her pockets…YOU GO GIRL!
[The full article on Sonja can be read here]

Keep updated on Sonja’s progress through her blog: www.letterdash.com/skruse or contact her on 072 308 8116 If you are a Facebook junkie like I am then you will probably wanna add her on Facebook like I did [her profile page is here]

When I started my adventure to live without money for 5 years I thought I was doing something pretty unique, but since I started, I have met and been told about other amazing people who are also doing some really awesome, inspiring and ‘out the box’ stuff! Sonja is only one these people. The other day I wrote about a woman in Germany who has been living without money for 13 years!  [read that post here]
Watch out for posts on the other awesome peeps I am talking about!

Hey, if you know about anyone that is up to something really cool (especially without money), PLEASE let me know about it…shot!

Much love

Adin

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This Woman In Germany Has Been Living Without Money For 12 & A Half Years More Than Me!

November 30th, 2009 2 Comments

Ok, so she still spends money on the train but this is amazing!

My friend Ian from SA The Good News, sent me the link to a Times Online article. Here is a the beginning of it:

Heidemarie Schwermer has lived without money for 13 years

Heidemarie Schwermer has lived without money for 13 years

Twenty-two years ago Heidemarie Schwermer, a middle-aged secondary school teacher just emerging from a difficult marriage, moved with her two children from the village of Lueneburg to the city of Dortmund, in the Ruhr area of Germany, whose homeless population, she immediately noticed, was above average and striking in its intransigent hopelessness.

Her immediate reaction was shock. “This isn’t right, this can’t go on,” she said to herself. After careful reflection she set up what in Germany is called a Tauschring — a sort of swap shop — a place where people can exchange their skills or possessions for other skills and possessions, a money-free zone where a haircut could be rendered in return for car maintenance; a still-functioning but never-used toaster be exchanged for a couple of second-hand cardigans. She called it Gib und Nimm, Give and Take.

It was always Schwermer’s belief that the homeless didn’t need money to re-enter society: instead they should be able to empower themselves by making themselves useful, despite debts, destitution or joblessness. “I’ve always believed that even if you have nothing, you are worth a lot. Everyone has a place in this world.”

For the full article, click here

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