Qaqamba Gubanca Explained

Birth Place:Ngcobo, South Africa
Occupation:Social worker
Employer:Philani Maternal Child Health and Nutrition Trust

Qaqamba Gubanca is a South African activist and social worker.[1] In 2024 she was one of 24 "significant women" that the Nelson Mandela Foundation chose to feature on Google Arts & Culture for International Women's Day in 2024.[2] [3] This initiative is based on the book 200 Women which features significant South African women.[4]

Born Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape,[5] her parents died and she had a daughter at a young age. After these events, she had to beg from her community.[6] Working in Khayelitsha, Gubanca works for Philani Maternal Child Health and Nutrition Trust where she supports new mothers in townships to access care for their perinatal and antenatal health.[7]

As of 2024, Gubanca was living with HIV.

References

  1. Web site: 2023-02-28 . She’s mentoring vulnerable mothers to raise healthy children in SA townships . 2024-11-30 . web.archive.org.
  2. Web site: Kahla . Cheryl . 2020-08-07 . Extraordinary SA women honoured with new Google Arts & Culture exhibition . 2024-11-30 . The South African . en-ZA.
  3. Web site: Voices of Empowerment: 24 South African Women . 2024-11-30 . Google Arts & Culture . en.
  4. Web site: Honouring extraordinary South African women with new Google Arts & Culture exhibition - LNN . 2024-11-30 . The Witness . en-US.
  5. 200 Women . en . 2024-11-30 . www.twohundredwomen.com.
  6. Web site: Africa . Established . 2022-10-22 . Mommy Mentor . 2024-11-30 . Established Africa . en-ZA.
  7. Web site: JPCCC . 2024-03-08 . International Women's Day 2024 . 2024-11-30 . jpccc . en.

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