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How can I support forgood?

As Heartlines is funded through the generosity of its partners, we are always looking to expand our support base. If you would like to partner with Heartlines on the forgood initiative, please contact Garth.

Alternatively all donations would be welcome. Our bank details are:

The Mass Media Project
FNB
Account number: 62094244317
Branch code: 250805

Please email proof of donation with the donor's contact details to mike@heartlines.org.za.

All donations will be recognised and a Section 18A certificate sent to the donor.

The brains behind forgood

Forgood is an initiative of Heartlines, a non-profit company that uses various forms of media to encourage a return to living out good values in order to build a healthier, better nation.

Through our films, books, trainings and resources, we want South Africans to have conversations that will inspire us to take action to make South Africa safer, healthier, greener, more compassionate and focused on values.

The pioneer of forgood

Dr Garth Japhet (or Garth as he prefers to be called) is the visionary and passion behind forgood.

A medical doctor by training he has for many years been involved in using multimedia to encourage people to live their lives better. In the late 1990s he founded Soul City: the Institute for Health and Development Communication, which to this day offers practical advice on a range of medical and social issues through the popular media of TV and radio.

After this initiative, Garth launched Heartlines, with eight TV dramas that started a national conversation about values. The aim was for messages about HIV, health and social issues to be rooted in something more directly related to behaviour change.

Next came the challenge of how to help people live out good values by offering them advice through daily-used media channels.

Enter forgood, which in its first phase made use of cellphones and the internet to communicate positive messaging. With more sim cards than people in South Africa, it's not hard to see that this is a most immediate, intimate form of mass communication.

The revamped and current forgood social networking platform offers more intricate online connections, extensive practical advice and communication, and allows everyday heroes a platform to share how they are living for good in their own lives.

All of that from one man's childhood dream to change the world!

Forgood’s partners

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The forgood team

Buhle is the co-don of forgood, right alongside Garth when forgood first came to light in 2008. In addition to being the CEO of Young&Able, a youth development company, Buhle is a motivational speaker and facilitator extraordinaire. And after hours he does his fatherly duties to his troop of 4 children.

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Other Heartlines campaigns

HEARTLINES films
In July 2006, the first phase of the Heartlines campaign was launched. It included two main initiatives: 1. a national broadcast of eight films, with supporting print and below-the-line media and, 2. the start of social mobilisation of faith-based organisations (FBOs), during which FBOs were given relevant tools to teach values and were encouraged to undertake discussion-based activities.

For the first time in history, the SABC flighted the same programme in different time slots on all three channels in the same week. National conversations around values spread like wildfire.

HOPEVILLE series
In 2009, the film series Hopeville was launched. It tells the story of a reformed alcoholic on a mission to forge a relationship with his estranged son and, in turn, transform a small town and its inhabitants for good.

DO GOOD FOR CHANGE
To accompany Hopeville, a 6-week campaign was launched, "Do good for change", encouraging people to put their values into action.

PUBLICATIONS
Heartlines forgood has developed a number of published resources for use in schools, communities, workplaces, churches and families. Click here to view them all.

DO GOOD FOR CHANGE VIDEO SERIES
As an organisation we believe in living out the value of random acts of kindness. See our video series on celebrities taking their kind acts to unsuspecting members of the public.

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