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      The Character Company

      Rewriting The Boy Code

      Rewriting The Boy Code to Raise Healthier Men

      by Nothando Mthembu@GoodThingsGuyNovember 6, 2025November 6, 2025 914 0

      Boys need safe spaces, strong supportive systems, and to know that their feelings – all of them – are valid. The Character Company is encouraging parents, teachers, and all of…

      Mentor People With a Taste for Love - Spur Waiters Took a Break from Serving Food to Get Engaged!

      A Mentor of Young Men Witnessed the Joy of a Random Act of Kindness

      by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvJune 18, 2025June 13, 2025 1,129 0

      Five young boys have felt the most beautiful act of kindness thanks to a kind soul who saw their mentor giving them a day out and decided to do that…

      In Nature

      To Grow the Next Generation, More Time in Nature is Key!

      by Ashleigh Nefdt @goodthingsguyDecember 19, 2024December 18, 2024 513 0

      The Character Company connect boys with absent fathers to positive role models. Beyond human connection, they’ve found that time in nature is essential to the youngsters’ growth, and we can…

      16 Days of Activism: Encouraging SA Men to Speak Out on GBV

      by Staff Writer@GoodThingsGuyNovember 27, 2024November 26, 2024 830 0

      The Character Company is taking a stand, helping combat Gender-Based Violence by working with young men. They share the findings of the Human Sciences Research Council’s GBV study, which engaged…

      Male Mental Health

      Male Mental Health Comes into Focus This November with Auction and Awareness

      by Staff Writer@GoodThingsGuyNovember 5, 2024November 5, 2024 454 0

      The Character Company is focused on male mental health this November; which often suffers under societal pressures of masculinity.   South Africa (05 November 2024) – South Africa is not…

      The Character

      How The Character Company is Healing a Big Part of SA’s Trauma 

      by Ashleigh Nefdt @goodthingsguyOctober 14, 2024October 14, 2024 809 0

      Non-profit, The Character Company, is on a mission to heal a big part of South Africa’s trauma with volunteers who step up as positive male figures to fatherless boys.  …

      This company is filling the gap that absent fathers leave, and it is phenomenal!

      by Megan Skews@GoodThingsGuyAugust 1, 2016June 11, 2025 1,119 0

      The Character Company is a long term mentorship programme for young boys growing up with absent fathers – raising boys to be good men. South Africa (01 August 2016) –…

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