Beth Honig

Biography

Beth Honig is Ubuntu Pathways’ UK Director and has dedicated her career to social change and redefining impact in the non-profit sector. With strong personal ties to South Africa, she brings over a decade of experience in Ghana, South Africa and the UK to conversations on philanthropy, sustainable community-led development, and the theory of ‘going-to-scale’.

Ubuntu Pathways (www.ubuntupathways.org) breaks the cycle of poverty by providing South Africa’s most vulnerable children with what all children deserve––everything, every day, from cradle to career. Founded in 1999, Ubuntu has grown into a thriving community institution in the heart of Port Elizabeth’s townships as well as a global model for poverty alleviation, garnering recognition from the World Economic Forum, Clinton Global Institute, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Wharton Business School. The Ubuntu Centre, their 24,000 square-feet state-of-the-art health and education facility houses everything children need to thrive: a paediatric clinic and on-site pharmacy, a community theatre, the region’s first early education centre, computer labs, a vocational training hub, and a counselling wing.

Beth provides strategic leadership to Ubuntu Pathways’ office in London. Working closely with philanthropists, foundations, and corporate partners, Beth continues to strengthen Ubuntu’s support base in the UK. Her team drives our global data-driven strategy, generating over £1 million per year through award-winning galas, gran partnerships, major donor relationships and outreach within the South African, British and American philanthropic community. In April 2016, Beth won the prestigious NGO Promotion of Development Award at the UK’s South African Chamber of Commerce. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and French from Trinity College, Dublin.