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“You’ve got things to say, and people who need to hear it.”


Mercy Shibemba is an award-winning activist, and advocate for young people living with HIV. Mercy has always been driven, drawing up a teaching career plan at the age of 8. However, after learning of her HIV status and how she can make a change in young people’s lives with her experience, Mercy’s career as an activist has taken shape and at 22 is already recognised as an important voice in this area.

Mercy shares how she has built her career as an activist to date, including:



You can follow Mercy’s activism on Instagram at @mercyshibemba.

https://www.hivcommission.org.uk/

https://www.chiva.org.uk/

Mercy's Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/mercy_ngulube_generation_y_entitled_to_change


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The REALWORK Podcast with Fleur Emery is produced by Buckers at @decibelle_creative

Huge thanks to Tom Seals for the sensational piano playing at the end of this episode - find here here: www.tomseals.co.uk


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