The Most Overwhelming Feeling Was Relief. Rudo Kayombo on Leaving Habitat, Part 2

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She walked away from being Africa Vice President at Habitat for Humanity. The most overwhelming feeling, she says, was relief. This is Rudo Kayombo, Part 2, in conversation with Batje Chibafa. If you missed Part 1, watch it first. We covered the twenty-five-year humanitarian career, the lawyer years, the saying-yes-in-tears moment, and the faith thread that pulled her from World Vision Zimbabwe to World Vision Uganda to ONE Campaign to Habitat for Humanity. Part 1 is here: https://youtu.be/bYgA7TVLuI8. Part 2 is the building arc. The first week after she stopped being VP. The cousin's message that broke her open. Why she moved back to Harare and chose a cottage over a Prado. The Fahari Women's Fund. The mentee who paid her back fifty thousand shillings. The broken rung that women in NGO leadership keep falling off. Why she calls herself a dinosaur for ChatGPT. And the single piece of counsel she leaves for every senior leader sitting at the exit door. If you are mid-pivot, this conversation is for you. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 01:30 Welcome back. The Fahari tree, the three languages 04:30 Why entrepreneurship, why now 06:00 The most overwhelming feeling was relief 10:00 Did I fail. The cousin's message 13:00 Romans 12. Offer yourselves as living sacrifices 15:30 The Fahari Canteen Kenya story 18:30 Moving back home. Mrs Njofana's advice 22:00 The cottage and the in-drive instead of the Prado 26:00 The Fahari Women's Fund 33:00 Remote work, visibility, and the broken rung 39:00 'I am too much of a dinosaur for ChatGPT' 43:00 The future of humanitarian work in the AI age 53:00 Do not be comfortable being the one chief 58:00 Quickfire. The song. The billboard. Sow and reap 1:01:00 Outro BOOKS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE True Spirituality: Becoming a Romans 12 Christian by Chip Ingram And Still We Rise by Tsitsi Masiyiwa ABOUT THE GUEST Rudo Kayombo is the Founder of Fahari Kubwinya Splendour, a brand and shop in Harare offering African home decor, Ankara fashion and a wider purpose-driven por