At 58 Dot Bekker left an unhappy marriage determined that with her 35 plastic crates she would start life from scratch.

At 60 she drove, on her own, through West Africa to return to the country of her birth, Zimbabwe.

Since then, she has written a book about her journey, is raising scholarship funds for girls to ensure they escape early marriage and more and get into high school, she is collaborating with a water charity to bring much needed water to rural homes and developing opportunities in the rural area where she will soon be building a mud home amongst the community.

For Dot a new life began at 60.

We talk leaving why she moved away from Africa in the first place, leaving her increasingly unhappy marriage, the incredible charities and projects she’s been involved in since her return.

Then we get into the guts of it and talk about her journey through 18 African countries and 20,000km in her 2 wheel drive van, Bluebell.

She tells me what she learned, how she re-found her joy and sets me the most incredible Challenge Catie.

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