Emhlanganweni okhethekile owawusesikebheni u-Nieuw Statendam olandela uhambo olukhethekile lwe-Girls' Getaway ngokubambisana no-O, i-Oprah Magazine, i-Holland America Line inikeze i-Shared Humanity Award ku-Oprah Winfrey - i-philanthropist, umholi wezindaba zomhlaba wonke kanye nomsunguli kanye nomqondisi wokuhlela wephephabhuku. Kulo mcimbi, i-Holland America Line yethule umnikelo ka-$40,000 ku-Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls ukuze ikhumbule lo mklomelo futhi yamhlonipha njengonkulunkulukazi osemthethweni womkhumbi omusha.
I-Holland America Line ikhethe uWinfrey ngokuzibophezela kwakhe kule minyaka engamashumi amathathu edlule ekuhlanganiseni abantu ndawonye, ediliza izithiyo futhi ekhuthaze ukuqonda okukhulu phakathi kwabantu abavela kuzo zonke izizinda, izinhlelo zezinkolelo kanye nezizinda zokuphila.
"U-Oprah usebenze ngokungakhathali kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe ukuze anothise izimpilo zabanye, futhi uhlonishwa emhlabeni wonke njengomholi ogqugquzele izigidi ukuba ziphile impilo yazo engcono kakhulu futhi wamukele ukuthi siyefana kakhulu kunokuhlukile," kusho u-Orlando Ashford, umongameli waseHolland. I-America Line. “U-Oprah uhlanganisa umoya nesizathu sokuthi kungani sidale i-Shared Humanity Award, ukuze sibonise ukubaluleka kwenjongo yethu ephakeme yokwakha ukuxhumana nokuthuthukisa ukuqonda phakathi kwabantu bamasiko ahlukene njengoba sihamba emhlabeni. U-Oprah ufanele ukuhlonishwa ngendlela emangalisayo futhi siyaziqhenya ngokweseka umsebenzi wakhe ngomnikelo we-Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.”
Umthelela kaWinfrey wokuphana emhlabeni waqala ngo-1998 lapho edala i-Oprah's Angel Network eyayisekela amaphrojekthi osizo futhi inikeze izibonelelo ezinhlanganweni ezingenzi inzuzo emhlabeni jikelele. I-Oprah's Angel Network yenza imali engaphezu kuka-$80,000,000 ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-2010. Ngo-2000, ngesikhathi evakashele uNelson Mandela, uNksz Winfrey wazibophezela ukwakha isikole samantombazane eNingizimu Afrika ukuze akhonze amantombazane akhombisa isithembiso esihle naphezu kwesizinda sabo esimpofu kanye nezimo zenhlalo.
Ngo-2012 u-Winfrey wayesenikele cishe izigidi zamaRandi angu-400 ezinhlotsheni zemfundo, kuhlanganise nemifundaze engaphezu kuka-400 e-Morehouse College e-Atlanta, Georgia. Ngo-2013, uWinfrey waba ngumnikezeli oyedwa omkhulu ngomnikelo wezigidi ezingu-13 zamaRandi ku-Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
“Ngichithe impilo yami ngizama ukuba yisithunywa sevangeli kanye nombono wokusabalalisa ukuthula emhlabeni. Umthandazo engivame ukuwuthandaza owokuthi ‘Nkulunkulu, ngisebenzisele okuthile okukhulu kunami,’” kusho uWinfrey emukela umklomelo. “Ayikho into edlula ukuvuma ukuthi umsebenzi owenzayo uqinisekiswa ngabantu abakubonayo okwenzayo. Ngiyakwazisa lokho okuvela kuwe. Ngiyabonga kakhulu futhi ngiyabonga ngeqhaza lakhe ku-Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.”
