Interviews & Conversations

Travel with René

Posted on by Lois Strachan
Podcast | Travel with René Andre du Toit: Welcome to the Accessible South Africa travel podcast. This is a podcast where we discuss travel in South Africa and beyond for persons with disabilities and special needs with our host Lois Strachan. Join us as we share inspiring stories of people who travel, exciting accessible travel experiences and showcase service providers who will accommodat...
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Why an Accessible South Africa Travel Podcast?

Posted on by Lois Strachan
Accessible South Africa Travel Podcast
Why an Accessible South Africa Travel Podcast? You may be asking yourself why we decided to start a travel podcast for the Accessible South Africa platform. And it’s a great question! For those who aren’t familiar with podcasts, they are a little like online radio shows. Only you listen when you want to or download them onto a smart phone so you can listen at your convenience. Many people ...
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An Introduction to the Accessible South Africa Podcast

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Travel Podcast
Episode 1 - An Introduction to the Accessible South Africa Podcast Content hosted by iono.fm   Podcast Introduction: Lois Strachan: Hi, and welcome to the Accessible South Africa podcast. This is a podcast where we discuss travel in South Africa and beyond for persons with disabilities and special needs. I’m your host, Lois Strachan. And now, on with the show. First Episode Introd...
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Phenomenal Women: Lois Strachan

Posted on by Deirdré Gower
Lois Strachan
I recently came to know of Lois Strachan when she appeared as a guest on the Travel Chat Show on Hashtag Radio. After we too were hosted on the show, speaking about the work we do, Lois and I connected on social media. After following each other's work for a while, it became more and more apparent that we share a similar vision for creating awareness and access to information for both travelle...
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Phenomenal Women: Meet Nisha Varghese

Posted on by Deirdré Gower
Phenomenal Women - Nisha Varghese
In the word's of Maya Angelou's iconic poem: "I am a woman, phenomenally. Phenomenal woman. That's me." It is fitting today, as we celebrate women, that we launch our interview series featuring a phenomenal woman, Nisha Varghese.  I met Nisha on Twitter when she came across something I had posted, I can't recall what, but she took the time to tweet a video encouraging me as a mother an...
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Discussing Universal Access in Tourism on Hashtag Radio

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Hashtag Radio
We were invited by the #TravelChatSA team to be their guests on their weekly travel show on Hashtag Radio. We joined Marlize Stander and Megan Richards in studio for a two hour conversation around Warrior On Wheels Foundation, Accessible South Africa and universal access in tourism. We discussed the history and inspiration for both the foundation and the website initiative, shared the excitement ...
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#TravelChatSA – Disability in Tourism

Posted on by Deirdré Gower
We, Warrior On Wheels Foundation, were invited by Travel Opulent Box to guest co-host this week's #TravelChatSA Twitter chat, with the topic being Disability in Tourism. The chat was well supported with the passion for change to be implemented in tourism to cater for people with disabilities resonating throughout the tweets. Along with this desire to see more tourism offerings becoming universa...
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