Volunteer telephone counsellor | February - December 2008

SADAG (www.sadag.org)

•  Manned a toll-free telephone line for mental health support, suicide intervention, etc.
• Counselled, contained situations, and referred callers to an appropriate professional, such as psychologists, support groups, etc. In extreme cases, co-ordinated the intervention of medical professionals for hospital submission of distressed callers.
• Conduced school and corporate talks on various topics.
• Relied upon to be interviewed by media (radio) as well as preparing press releases.
• Supported general office administration. 

Everything can be taken from a man, but the last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitudes in any given set of circumstances.
- ​Viktor Frankl

Volunteer Radio Presenter | March 2005 - June 2006

UJFM  (University of Johannesburg Radio Station)

• Hosted engaging radio shows with a multi-cultural audience.
• Linked songs, jingles, and commercials.
• Prepared and presented three-hour radio shows, including researching content, promoting competitions, conducting interviews with bands / organisations, and announcing live reads on air. 

TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains.
- Peggy Noonan