Rachel Kolisi is a mother of 4, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. She co-founded RISE (https://risewomen.org.za/) with business partner and personal trainer, Tammy Raustron. RISE is a movement dedicated to helping women live more purposeful lives, through health and fitness.  Rachel believes that the Kolisi Foundation (https://kolisifoundation.org/) is a vehicle through which many lives can be impacted on a much greater scale with a deep desire to see all South Africans afforded an equal opportunity to live out their dreams and ambitions.

In this interview, we talk about Rachel's journey to becoming body confident after her second pregnancy and how this sewed the seed to creating RISE; how she deals with media hate and why she "clapsback"; and share some laughs at how poorly we did at 30 seconds.  

BLACK LIVES MATTER RESOURCES:

- https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#educate
- https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#donate
- https://www.timeout.com/things-to-do/how-to-support-black-lives-matter

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE RESOURCES:  

President Cyril Ramaphosa's address: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-18-gender-based-violence-is-south-africas-second-pandemic-says-ramaphosa/#gsc.tab=0

Helpful numbers & sites:

1) http://gbv.org.za/
2) https://www.gov.za/GBVFdeclaration?gclid=CjwKCAjw88v3BRBFEiwApwLevZ_xrCKfw-0KOsx79YMLsDgctlwBNhl5d2TLWbFMd99Q9c68cF8i-RoCtWUQAvD_BwE
3) https://www.saferspaces.org.za/understand/entry/gender-based-violence-in-south-africa
4) https://www.tears.co.za/gbv-domestic-abuse/?gclid=CjwKCAjw88v3BRBFEiwApwLevaMJ3cI96D4m_aiHyOo8ZlHJEpcU81xgKZCmXCh7dAoxV6FvT8SWhRoCfmMQAvD_BwE

AN ORGANISATION TO GET BEHIND:

THE SOCIAL MAKEOVER (https://www.facebook.com/thesocialmakeover/ or https://www.instagram.com/the_social_makeover/) is a bespoke women's rights, wellbeing and development social concept. Forging a more inclusive gender equal world and working towards - ending violence against women #SDG5

They are creating and distributing

DIGNITY PACKS as part of their #SupportHer campaign. They have committed to distributing 6000 feminine hygiene products, which include menstrual hygiene products to women’s organisations and shelters across the Western Cape in collaboration with @girlswithwiings  and @thecoraproject

Girls with Wiings:

(https://www.facebook.com/girlswithwiings/ or https://www.instagram.com/girlswithwiings/)
The CORA Project:
(https://www.facebook.com/thecoraproject.org/ or https://www.instagram.com/thecoraproject/)