Umthombo Wesizwe

Spring Of the Nation

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  A Section 21 Company        Registration 2007/033792/08        PBO No: 930027069        NPO 64-667

THE TEAM:

A volunteer group of South African researchers, psychologists, and professional people teamed up to develop the Umthombo Wesizwe Childrens Project. Many of these volunteers were involved in the “We Care” project that won a French Government Human rights award in 1997 for overcoming prejudice in South Africa.

DIRECTORS

Nene Molefi
B.A Social Work (Univ Fort Hare)
B.Soc SC Hons (UCT)
Sen. Exec Programme (UBS)

Chairperson

Managing Dir. Mandate Molefi

Ruth Friedmann
B.Sc Hons (Brussels)
MBA (WITS) International Lifeskill Coach (CPPC)

CEO/Founder

Dir Meridien Consultants, EJF Investments, Dir Thantasa (PTY)LTD

Dr Clive Hirschsohn
Ph.D. (UWC) (hc)
LLB (Unisa), B.Com. (Wits)
Chairman UWC Foundation
Trustee Abe Bailey Trust
ex CEO of Foschini Group
Lect. in Strategy and Global Competition (UWC)
Melanie Burke
CEO, MAB and Associates (Pty) Ltd
Nonhlanhla Peggy-Sue Khumalo

Executive of Investec     

Trustee Starfish Foundation among others.

*Umesh Bawa M Psych.
(M.A. Clin. Psychology WITS)
(PhD Candidate UWC)
Snr. Lecturer UWC; Clinical Psychologist
Dir. Children for Tomorrow South Africa
(Stefanie Graf International Children for
Tomorrow Foundation)
Kim van der Hoven

Higher Education Diploma(HED)

BA Psychology & Religious Studies (UCT)
Principal of Forres Preparatory School
Dr Hannah Titilayo Seriki

Ph.D. (WHU - Koblenz)

Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. (Karlsruhe University)
Managing Dir. CIELARKO - International Management Consultants

Chomba Hermanus

MA Econ (Vanderbuilt University USA)

BA Econ/French (Southern Methodist University USA)

Managing Dir. Metarmorphosis Life Design Coaching Consultants

ADVISORY BOARD

Audrey Coleman Trustee Isigodlo Trust A group of important women in politics and business dedicated to building cohesion in new SA Society
*Shu-aib Salie Dir. MPC (Man People Centre)
Dir. ZYP (Zephilele Youth projects)
 Groovin Nchabeleng Group Chief Executive Officer at Leo Burnett Group
 * Prof Charles Malcolm
(PhD, Rhodes University)
(Dip. Psych. Rochester University)
(M.A. Clinical Psych. WITS)

 Chair Psychology UWC

 

PATRONS

Founding patron Geraldine Manson passed away in November 2007
*Nolitha Fakude
Executive Director of SASOL
*# Noleen Goldstone
Patron of “We Care” and
Wife of the Hon. Justice Richard Goldstone
*Dr. Don Mattera
Internationally recognised poet
 # Monica Nagler
Wittgenstein Journalist, Literary Critic, Former President Swedish Pen Club,Active in Writers in Prison”. Board Member “Journalists without Borders” – Austria
#  Dr Okokun Udo
 President Distinctive Leader Options, Minnesota

 

2010 - 2012 PROGRAMME TEAM

Ruth Friedmann

B.Sc Hons (Brussels)
MBA (WITS) International Lifeskill coach (CPCC)

CEO/Founder

Dir Meridien Consultants, EJF Investments, Dir. Thantasa (PTY)LTD

Kim vd Hoven

B.A Psychology, Religious Studies (UCT)
Mowbray Teachers trainers college

Programme Developer

Educationalist, Headmistress of Forres, independent preparatory school

Melanie Brand
 Trainer and Co-Developer

Kehiloe Ntsekhe

BSoc Sci, Rhodes. BA (Hons.) Psych, Stellenbosch, MA (Clin Psych.), UCT 

Operations Manager and Co-Developer

 

Simphiwe Mahlanyana

Project Coordinator

Marion Wagner 

MBA, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

BA Hons, Hull, UK

Diplom Betriebswirtschaft, Munster Germany

Chief Operations Officer (COO)

Previously worked for Shell for 20 years.

Returned home in 2011 after a 10 year international assignment.


Support group: Thozi Ndlazi, Melanie Burke, Stefan Graebe, Emma-Jane Lamport, Janine Greveling, Lyndall du Toit

ASSISTANT TRAINERS / FACILITATORS

Anele Nunu, Clifton Swartz, Jerome Cornelius, Msingathi Matabeni, Patrick Madden, Paul Mazwayi, Simphiwe Mahlanyana, Thomas King, Carly Davidson, Fatima Peters, Jameelah Kasper, Melissa Nefdt, Nonkululeko Godana, Nosiphso Mabaso, Razia Rahiman, Stacey Elias, Vuyiseka January, Zola Thompson, Amo Mocumi, Malcolm Josephs, Akhona Magoqwana

TRAINERS IN NARRATIVE PRACTICE

Linda van Duuren

 

PILOT PROGRAMME TEAM

Nene Molefi

BA Social Work (Univ Fort Hare)

B Soc SC Hons (UCT)

Sen. Exec Programme (UBS)

Project Development Committee Chair

 

 

Ruth Friedmann

B. Sc Hons (Brussels)

MBA (WITS) International Life Skill Coach (CPCC)

CEO/Founder

Director Meredien Consultants, EJF Investments, Dir. Thantasa (PTY) LTD

Kim vd Hoven

BA Psychology, Religious Studies (UCT)

Mowbray Teachers Training College

Main Developer

Educationalist, Headmistress of Forres Independent Prep School

Frerieke van Bree

M.Sc Urbanism, Architecture, Building Sciences IR (Technical University Delft)

Project Coordinator

Umesh Bawa

M Psych

MA Clin Psych (WITS)

PhD Candidate (UWC)

Clinical Psychologist

Senior lecturer UWC; Clinical Psychologist

Dir. Children for Tomorrow South Africa

(Stephanie Graf international Children for Tomorrow foundation)

Support Group: Anneke, Ephraim, Errol, Envor, Jenny, John, Julie, Kate, Lara, Linda, Lynn, Mandy, Melanie, Mercia, Mpho, Mutsa, Naemaa, Nosipho, Soze, Vuyiseka, Yael, Yumnaa, Zanele, Mookho, Danya, Nadine, Muki, Fabio

PILOT PROGRAMME FACILITATORS

Thandi Davies, Yenge Phumile, Stacey Elias, Zanele Khumalo, Julie Blundell, Nosipho Mabaso, Emma Daitz, Mpho Tsekwa, Jennie Tsekwa, Jeffrey Williams


* “We Care” original team # International