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News and Articles on Amy Biehl Foundation
In South Africa, an improbable tale of forgiveness Nov 28, 2008
Linda Biehl and her late husband, Peter, launched the Amy Biehl Foundation in 1994 with donations that arrived, unsolicited, from strangers moved by the news of their daughter's death. Today, it runs after-school programs for youngsters in Guguletu and other sprawling townships and squatter camps that took root during the apartheid era on the Cape flats, about 10 miles east of Cape Town. (Boston Globe)
Mandela At 90: Fading Away But Still Revered Jul 14, 2008
Biehl's parents publicly forgave him and he now works for the Amy Biehl Foundation, running mentoring programs and music classes for black kids. Peni, now 35, says Mandela became his role model by his words and also his deeds. (CBS News -- World)
S. Africa honors mom of slain American Apr 22, 2008
In the years since her daughter's death, she has devoted most of her time to the Amy Biehl Foundation, and to speaking about forgiveness to audiences ranging from high school students in urban America to forums bringing together Palestinians and Israelis. In announcing she was being awarded the Order of the Companion of O.R. Tambo, the president's office cited Linda Biehl's "outstanding spirit of forgiveness in the wake of the murder of her daughter and contributing to the promotion of... (MSNBC -- International)
The NPP Must Prepare for War! -Rejoinder Jun 22, 2007
The Biehl family set up a foundation, the Amy Biehl Foundation, to improve the plight of the disadvantaged in South Africa. They have refused to be defined solely by tragedy. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
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