Thula Sizwe In the World

Thula Sizwe are active in support of the disadvantaged in their own communities.  They have donated significant money and made many benefit performances in support of AIDS-related causes.  During their concert tours, they sometimes sell beadwork and other crafts made by economically disadvantaged Ndebele and Swazi women. They directly support economically disadvantaged individuals in their own community, providing food and housing. During their 2005 US tour, the group performed a benefit concert at Franklin and Marshall College, donating the entire free will offering (nearly $4,000, from a packed 500-seat concert hall) to the school's Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. In fall 2007 they held a benefit concert at Tufts University to support Emergency, an international medical charity active in reducing suffering and death in wartorn countries. The also held a benefit concert to support the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, which helps orphans in South Africa. The 2008 tour features an appearance at Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies and a leading supplier of drugs to control HIV, where the group will help commemorate World AIDS Day. As well as these charitable works, the men strive to build bridges across South Africa’s ethnic divides and act as cultural diplomats for South Africa world-wide.