Draft:Fikelephi Jackson

Fikelephi Jackson is a British philanthropist, author, television personality, mentor and founder of Against All Odds Still Standing Charity. She is a minister of the gospel and founder of Fikelephi Jackson Ministries.

Fikelephi Jackson was born in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe where she grew up before migrating to the United Kingdom. She rose to prominance when she published her first book in 2013 titled Against All Odds, I Survived. The book was also nominated for Book of the Year award at the Zimbabwe Music and Arts Awards. The success of her book inspired her to launch a humanitarian organisation in 2014 called Against All Odds Still Standing Charity (AOS) through which she is known to rebuild lives, regain dignity through education, social development and health as well as empowerment for women and girls who have been affected by domestic violence and also raises funds to pay school fees for students in Africa most notably in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi where she has  worked with the Malawi government. In the United Kingdom, she worked with Victim Support UK. In 2022 she co-authored a book with her mentorship group members titled Incredible Eagles.

Fikelephi is a presenter and producer for a weekly TV show, "Untold Stories". She also presents on radio show called, Against All Odds on Oasis Universal Radio.

Awards

 * BEFFTA Awards 2015 - Best Author (Nomination)
 * Malawi Achievers Awards UK 2016 - International Recognition Award
 * Wise Women Awards (WWA) - Advocate for those suffering domestic violence
 * Zimbabwe Achievers Awards 2017 - Community Honorary Award (Services to Charitable Causes)
 * Women4Africa 2017 - Humanitarian of the year
 * National Diversity Awards 2019 shortlist
 * BEFFTA Awards 2020 - Radio Personality of the year (Nomination)
 * Wisdom for Women International 2021 - Womanhood Award, Lift Effects Award
 * Women4Africa 2023 - Humanitarian of the year

Personal life
Fikelephi Jackson is married to Colin Jackson. She has seven children of which one of them died in a car crash in 2008.