Angela Yeung has climbed some of the world’s highest mountains, but the weight she carries is not measured in altitude; it is measured in the stories of the women and girls she climbs for. In this episode of Voices of Change, Angela joins Heidi to speak about the work of The Impilo Collection Foundation, a movement built on restoring dignity through the collection of bras, sanitary pads, and essential items for women and survivors who often have nothing.
Angela reflects on the personal experiences that shaped her activism, beginning with the loss and abandonment she lived through as a child, and how those early wounds later informed her empathy for women who feel unseen or unsupported. She explains how a single moment; asking women to donate a bra they no longer needed; spiralled into a nationwide network of support, and how climbing mountains became a symbolic way of carrying survivors’ stories to the highest points she could reach.
This episode explores the realities women face when navigating violence, poverty, and lack of access to dignity essentials, and why these seemingly small items carry such profound emotional meaning. Angela speaks openly about shame, resilience, healing, and the communities that form when women support one another without judgment.
Voices of Change continues to highlight organisations and individuals transforming lives with patience, courage, and compassion; proving that dignity is not a luxury. It is a starting point.
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