Q&A with Pamela Wilson

This adoption specialist has been in the game for more than 40 years. Find out how her organisation tries to look after children in need – especially during a pandemic – and how you can help, too.

YOU’VE BEEN A SOCIAL WORKER YOUR WHOLE WORKING LIFE. HOW DID THAT COME TO BE?

I think it was in Standard 8 [Grade 10] that I met a social worker who made a good impression on me, and I thought that was a good role model. It sounded like acareer I wanted to follow. I graduated from Wits in 1972 with an honours degree in social work.

YOU THEN SPENT THE BULK OF YOUR WORKING LIFE WITH THE SAME EMPLOYER.

I joined Johannesburg Child Welfare, first in child protection, where I dealt with