Mark Matamisa is an entrepreneur based in Cape Town, South Africa. After discovering in 2008 that not everyone in his home land of Zimbabwe had access to clean drinking water, he and his friends put their savings together and set up an enterprise, Project Oasis, to provide safe, treated drinking water to a number of families in the country. In this eye-opening and, at times, emotional interview, Mark explains: 

More details about Mark’s enterprise can be found here.

The film Helen mentioned in this episode is secretofwaterthemovie.com

And the video Maribel mentioned about rich and poor countries can be viewed here.

Related episode: Episode 20: Altruistic Capitalism with Lynn Yap

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Debbie Levitt has set herself the audacious goal of trying to fix the UX industry, by making the user experience (UX) and customer experience (CX) in websites and apps more user-friendly. With a background in Psychology and Music, and 26 years in the UX industry, Debbie has a thriving business and a popular YouTube Channel. In this interview, Debbie explains: 

This is Debbie’s Delta CX Channel on YouTube. 

Debbie is also an amazing singer. Check out her YouTube Song Channel here. 

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After practising law in Ontario for 10 years, Angela Papalia decided to shift her work online and move to the warmer climes of a small town in Mexico. In this interview, she explains: 

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Myah Payel Mitra is an award-winning Employee Engagement and Career Transition Coach. She is recognized as one of the Top 5 Women Entrepreneurs working on mental health, leadership and well-being. As a Stanford-trained Positive Intelligence Coach and certified Movement Therapy Practitioner, Myah works with CXOs, senior leaders and high-performing teams all over the world. She is also the Founder President of Lean In Sustainability – a global community focused on climate change and gender. Myah's mission is to build a world that is conscious, sustainable and inclusive. 

In this interview, Myah talks about how she lives her life by design and experimentation, defining her purpose and leading by example. She talks a lot about fear, including how the fear of dreaming big can paralyse you, why the fear of failure kills more dreams than failure itself and why you should have a conversation and make allies with your fear. 

The two books that Myah mentioned are Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware and Do It Scared by Ruth Soukup. 

Myah can be contacted via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ConsciousCoachMyah/

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Judy Boyle has been involved in anti-slavery campaigning for decades. Her award-winning non-profit organisation, The No Project, targets youth awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking through film, music, art, dance, theatre, journalism, creative writing, education and social media. We talk with Judy about: 

For more information about modern human slavery and what you can do about it, check out The No Project site at www.thenoproject.org 

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Amaranatho started his working life as a Technical Support Manager and this took him on a transformational journey from studying Artificial Intelligence to exploring the world and spending 15 years as a Buddhist monk. He has spent long periods of time alone, in isolation and dealing with uncertainty. He now coaches executives, leaders and other coaches to improve their agile mindset, their mindfulness and their ability to self-reflect so they can stay calm and connected in complex situations. He is a scrum master and developed the PlayfulMonk approach to awaken people and organizations to their true potential. In this highly contemplative interview, Amaranatho talks about:

Amaranatho’s website is www.playfulmonk.net

If you enjoyed listening to this episode, you may also enjoy Episode 19: Faith and Alignment with Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed

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Dr. Omolade Femi-Ajao is a researcher at the University of Manchester, where she obtained her Doctorate after researching Nigerian women’s experiences of domestic abuse in the UK. In this interview, Dr Femi-Ajao talks about:

This is Dr Femi-Ajao’s page on the University of Manchester website. 

The books mentioned in this episode are The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale and Your Road Map for Success by John C. Maxwell. 

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Vicky Arundel is a Yoga Therapist based in the southeast of England. In this interview, she explains: 

This is Vicky's Yoga Therapy website: www.surreyyogatherapy.co.uk

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Environmental lawyer Farhana Yamin talks about her childhood experiences after moving to the UK from Pakistan, her academic and professional journeys in the area of climate justice and her major achievement in ensuring the term ‘Net-zero by 2050’ was included in the Paris Climate Agreement. Farhana explains what drove her to take direct climate action by glueing herself to the Shell building, what she thinks the impacts of 2020 will have on our lives in the future and why community is so crucial to solving the social and ecological problems we are facing. 

Farhana was a Political Coordinator of Extinction Rebellion from 2018-2019 and was named by the BBC Woman's Hour Power List 2020 as one of the most inspiring women in the UK in the area of the environment and the sustainability of our planet. 

This is the local community group Farhana is involved in: www.thinkanddocamden.org.uk 

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After 25 years as a physiotherapist in the UK National Health Service, Denise Cowle made a bold career move when she decided to quit her stable job without knowing where she was going. She then found her passion and purpose in editing and proofreading. Nine years and many milestones later, Denise talks about: 

This is Denise’s successful editing podcast. And in this blog post Denise talks about the personal and professional skills which are transferable across seemingly very different lines of work. Link to the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading: https://www.ciep.uk/

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