Executive DirectorHeartlines
Garth is a doctor qualifying at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1987, with further qualifications in maternal and child health. In 1992 he combined his interest in story and health to found the NGO Soul City: the Institute for Health and Development Communication.
Soul City works in 10 countries. It has produced award winning TV and radio dramas supported by print media, social mobilisation and advocacy. It consistently reaches over 35 million people in the region. It communicates around all aspects of public health, in particular HIV/AIDS and has been evaluated as having significant impact. It has the largest youth movement in South Africa with 160 000 members in over 7500 clubs. Soul City has been the recipient of multiple awards for social change, development and communication. www.soulcity.org.za
In 2002 Garth established Heartlines the Centre for Values promotion an NGO with a similar approach to Soul City however instead of a public health lens, Heartlines uses a values/moral lens through film and print stories, to tackle society’s big issues. Heartlines has won a number of prestigious international awards for film and social change.
In 2014 garth established forgood, a for profit we based platform that connects people to approved causes so that they can give of their skills and goods to real time needs. It licenses its platform to facilitate track and monitor cooperate community engagement
Garth is a Schwab fellow of the World Economic Forum (WEF), is on the WEF Global Agenda Council for social networking, is a Senior Ashoka fellow and is a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative.