Woman in violence victims' corner

SA Heroines Awards honour selfless community workers.

- Masoka Dube

Carol Mosiamo is working around the clock to ensure the well-being of marginalized women and gender-based-violence (GBV) survivors.

Mosiamo is a GBV activist, philanthropist, social entrepreneur and founder of South Africa's Heroines Awards, an annual event aimed at honoring women who have dedicated their lives to assisting communities.

Recipients of the awards include those running non-profit organizations specializing in assisting the community, public servants, who do their job with a passion and every community builder working hard to make a difference in other people's lives.

The awards launched in 2012 in the Free State are now a force to be reckoned with as they are held nationwide and attract nominees from other African countries.

Since the awards were launched, more than 1 500 women have been honored.

"I am happy that the awards that started provincially are now recognized, even abroad. It is pleasing to see that community builders from many African countries have developed an interest in the Heroines Awards."

"What motivated me to start these awards is what I experienced and working for the Free State department of social development."