Our mission is empowerment.
Expert advice - that's easy to understand - for South Africans with diabetes.
About Us
South Africans with Diabetes
We are South Africa's largest online diabetes community. Welcome!
Diabetes is the number one killer of South Africans (!) so our work is to help people with diabetes to understand their condition so that they feel empowered to live healthy, happy lives with diabetes.
We are a registered NPO/PBO who believes that lived experience needs to be at the core of diabetes education, so that it’s easy to understand and implement behaviour change.
Here’s the impact we had in the last year.
What we do
Our Solutions
Diabetes in South Africa is an epic problem, and yet there’s no national diabetes education programme. We believe the answer lies in empowering individuals with diabetes.
Here’s how you can support that.
Partners
Testimonials
“Sweet Life plays an essential role in diabetes education and advocacy, translating lived experience and evidence into accessible, meaningful support for people with diabetes, empowering the individual and strengthening the community – it is the trusted voice for people living with diabetes.”
“Sweet Life is a trusted and impactful platform that empowers people with diabetes through education, advocacy, and an authentic sense of community.”
“Sweet Life has played a huge role in bringing the South African diabetes community together, building the largest online space where people living with diabetes feel connected, supported, and empowered through education.”
“Sweet Life combines outstanding diabetes and NCD expertise with genuine engagement of real users. Collaborating with Bridget and Shiara has been a joy as we move forward to realise a meaningful impact together this year.”
“Sweet Life plays a valuable role in the diabetes education and community space, backed by lived experience and connected to so many South Africans living with diabetes."
"Sweet Life is a trusted, people-centred partner that South Africa needs to help halt and ultimately reverse the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), especially diabetes.
By informing, inspiring and connecting people with diabetes, Sweet Life strengthens the voices of people with lived experience and helps turn knowledge into daily self-care and demand for better services. This aligns strongly with South Africa’s National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2022–2027.”
“Through funding support to Sweet Life as part of the T1D Community Fund, we have been impressed by their engagement over the three-year grant period: contributing recommendations to improve the lives of people living with Type 1 diabetes in low-resource settings.”
“Sweet Life is an incredible organization making a meaningful impact in the South African diabetes space. The DCB values the collaboration with Sweet Life and has witnessed their dedication to empowering communities and driving positive change.”
