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. DIRECTORSNene 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 Dir Meridien Consultants, EJF Investments, Dir Thantasa (PTY)LTD | | Amanda Bloch | Fundraiser | 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 | | *Morakile Shuenyane | Dir. Different Impacts | Moyikwa Sisulu
| Broadcast Media Consultant and Contractor | 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) |
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 |
PILOT PROGRAMME TEAM
Nene Molefi B.A Social Work (Univ Fort Hare) B.Soc SC Hons (UCT) Sen. Exec Programme (UBS)
| Project Development Committee Chair Managing Dir. Mandate Molefi | Ruth Friedmann B.Sc Hons (Brussels) MBA (WITS) International Lifeskill coach (CPCC) | CEO Dir Meridien Consultants, EJF Investments, Dir. Thantasa (PTY)LTD
| Kim vd Hoven B.A Psychology, Religious Studies (UCT) Mowbray Teachers trainers college | Main developer Educationalist, Headmistress of Forres, independent preparatory school | Frerieke van Bree M.Sc Urbanism, Architecture, Building sciences IR.(Technical University Delft) | Project Coordinator
| *Umesh Bawa M Psych. M.A. Clin. Psychology (WITS) PhD Candidate (UWC)
| Clinical Psychologist Snr. Lecturer UWC; Clinical Psychologist Dir. Children for Tomorrow South Africa (Stefanie Graf International Children for Tomorrow Foundation) | Support group: Anneke, Ephraim, Errol, Envor, Jenny, John, Julie, Kate, Kehiloe, Lara, Linda, Lynn, Mandy, Melanie, Mercia, Mpho, Mutsa, Naemaa, Nosipho, Soze, Vuyiseka, Yael, Yumnaa, Zanele, Mookho, Danya, Nadine, Muki, Fabio
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TRAINERS / FACILITATORS
Nene Molefi, Kim VD Hoven, Ruth Friedmann, Melanie Brand, Kehiloe Ntsekhe, Mandy Antzoylatos, Umesh Bawa, Lynn Kristafor, Helen Barnard, Jennie Tsekwa, Mpho Tsekwa, Zanele Khumalo , Thandi Davies, Jeffrey Williams, Nosipho Mabaso, Julie Blundell, Emma Daitz, Stacey Elias, Phumzile Yenge, Frerieke van Bree
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TRAINERS IN NARRATIVE PRACTICE
Linda van Duuren, Helene Schoeman
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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 recognized Poet | # Monica Nagler
| Wittgenstein Journalist, Literary Critic, Former President Swedish Pen Club,Active in Writers in Prison”. Board Member “Journalists without Borders” – Austria
| | #Dr. Okokon Udo | President Distinctive Leader Options, Minnesota |
* “We Care” original team # International
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