Our story
A national callfor healing.
The movement
Not a campaign. A journey.
Walk Her Story is Footprints Foundation’s survivor-centred initiative focused on healing, storytelling, accountability, and coaction. The movement aims to shift South Africa’s response to gender-based violence by engaging survivors, families, communities, schools, and national partners in collective healing and prevention.
Too often the public conversation around GBV centres statistics, perpetrators, or policy alone. Walk Her Story centres the survivor — her voice, her pace, her choices. Healing is not a single moment. It is a journey a community must walk together.
We launch nationally in 2026 with community walks, survivor-led healing spaces, digital storytelling, impact partnerships, and school-based programmes — rolling out province by province.
The founder
Mr Eric Mlambo
Founder & Chairman, Footprints Foundation
Mr Mlambo is the visionary founder of Footprints Foundation, a passionate advocate for youth empowerment and community development.
With a heart for social change, Eric has dedicated his life to uplifting disadvantaged children and driving impactful initiatives that nurture leadership, education, and opportunity across South Africa and the African continent.
His commitment continues to inspire a new generation of young African changemakers.
“Walk Her Story is a national call for healing — for women, for children, and for communities who have carried the weight of silence for too long.”
Theory of change
Survivors first. Community next. Systems last.
What we believe
- Healing precedes activism — survivors are not tools for advocacy.
- Storytelling belongs to the one who lived it.
- Accountability is collective — families, institutions, systems.
- Prevention starts in schools, homes, and sports fields.
- No single organisation ends GBV; partnerships must.
How we walk
- Survivor-led healing circles, facilitated safely.
- Community walks that name what has been silenced.
- Digital storytelling on the survivor’s terms.
- School programmes with age-appropriate curricula.
- Impact partnerships with sport, faith, and civic bodies.
An initiative of
Footprints Foundation
Footprints Foundation is a South African NPO based in Roodepoort — “a movement of hope, change, and possibility.” Walk Her Story joins their broader work in youth empowerment, community development, and social upliftment across the country.
Ready to walk with us?
Pledge time, skills, or financial support. Every pledge gets a personal follow-up.