Keletso Kgalema

Community Youth Heroes

Nominee's Province:
Limpopo

Age:
25

Project Name/Description:
Humanitarian

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/keletsopholosho.kgalema

Keletso Kgalema, 25, is one of those rare community builders who thinks beyond the present. She wants to shape tomorrow. Through her organisation called Steelpoort Academics Network, which she co-founded with four friends - Tirelo Ntsodi, Jerry Taba, Thabiso Mohlala and Benny Malapane in 2016 - Kgalema turns abandoned classrooms into libraries to introduce digital literacy for youngsters in her community of Gamampuru village in Limpopo. In 2019, Kgalema also founded a second organisation called SHERoine Leads, which empowers rural women with up-to-the-minute health information to educate and help prevent chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure. “I am a confident and resilient leader. I believe the drive and vision I have for my community will produce great results to be passed on from one generation to the next,” says Kgalema.