We we honoured to be interviewed by a USA site, called Charity Matters, earlier in the year. The recording and a write-up has now been made available on their website. Season 2 Episode 2: Distance for Difference – Charity Matters

Dear friend of Distance for Difference (D4D) Today is Tuesday, 22 September 2020. As I think back over the, approximately, 12 months since I’ve written the 2018/19 chairman’s report, a post I saw the other day comes to mind: “I’m not buying a 2021 planner until I see the trailer first.” Who could have guessed what was in store for

Local charities to benefit from proceeds of D4D run The coffers of NPO Distance For Difference (D4D) have been bolstered by nearly R100 000, thanks to the efforts of participants in the successful Marathon Around the House (Math) event last Saturday (25 April). It was the first-ever such event for D4D and followed the virtual running trend now practised worldwide

How does one sum up an event filled with so many highlights and very very special moments? I think it is impossible to fully convey what those, who attended the 2019 THE500, experienced, in the constraints of my command of the English language. This fourth edition, again hosted at NH The Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, was indeed a

You know, when one puts in months of preparation and long hours and very little sleep in the days before such an event, it is never nice when things (many out of your control) do not go according to plan or when you realise you could have done better in an area or two. So, yes it was disappointing when

  Socio-economic development and education has always been at the top of the agenda for Pragma and Distance For Difference (D4D). One of the organisation’s core aims is to invest in the well being of people in their areas of operation,” said Stéphan Pieterse, D4D founder and chief people officer at Pragma. “Our core focus is education because we want

  Distance For Difference was founded early in 2005 as a response to the broadcasting of images of total devastation and people in need after the Asian Tsunami of 26 December 2004. Stéphan Pieterse asked a question… What can I do to make a difference in this broken world? A world often without hope and without answers to the hardship

For Stéphan Pieterse, chief people officer at Pragma, a father of three girls, a Paul Roos Gymnasium and Stellenbosch University alumni, a Somerset West resident and founder of Distance for Difference (D4D), the inspiration came from footage of the Asian tsunami in December 2004. “After seeing it, I asked myself what I can do to make a difference in this

Distance for Difference (D4D) recently donated R50 000 to Little Angels Daycare and Rehabilitation Centre, a residential home for children and youths in the Helderberg area who are disabled, particularly through cerebral palsy. The donation was made possible through D4D bi-annual cycling event, THE500, held last October at the Lord Charles Hotel. Little Angels (LA) is the latest beneficiary of