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The BusinessDay CEO Magazine October Edition

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>BusinessDay</strong> <strong>CEO</strong>, Oct 2017 | 30<br />

Tell us about your new<br />

venture God's Wives?<br />

In December 2016, <strong>The</strong><br />

Executive Director of Self<br />

Worth Organisation<br />

came to speak on<br />

Moments with Mo to talk<br />

about her empowerment<br />

organisation that<br />

provides group therapy<br />

for widows. A lot of us<br />

don't think about the<br />

stigma that women who<br />

loose their husbands go<br />

through.<strong>The</strong>y are often<br />

shamed and ostracized<br />

from society. A lot of<br />

times they can't even<br />

grieve because there is<br />

poverty around them<br />

and they still have to<br />

fend for their families,<br />

because their husbands,<br />

often didn't leave a will,<br />

or in some cases, their<br />

in-laws took over their<br />

property and savings.<br />

You hear a lot of horror<br />

stories. I remember<br />

December rolled around<br />

I was in a space, where I<br />

was evaluating a lot of

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