He has work shopped one word with street children in Uganda, and has run creative writing workshops in South Africa, Namibia and Canada. Haarhoff uses writing and storytelling as a means of learning a craft, discovering hidden potential and assessing new ways of being and seeing, said the Conference on World Affairs profile. He believes in the ability of people to participate in their healing, build their communities and find their joy. I am reminded of a South African priest who said, The greatest thing I can do for the poor is introduce them to creativity. He has facilitated over 100 workshops all over Africa.
Writing is a way of becoming a whole person.
It is available to all of us, said a pamphlet on his workshops. The workshops are designed to rediscover and explore creativity and imagination. My workshops are for everybody, Haarhoff said. Some carry an African emphasis, others connect to the big picture. Much of Haarhoff s life has been spent in Africa, and he currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.