AFRI-CAN CHILDREN'S CHARITY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- PROGRAMME DIRECTOR
- Programme Director Says
"There is NO point providing a healthy nutritious meal programme to children in an unsafe, unhygienic, structurally unsound environment surrounded by teachers who don't care. This is why our 6 Pillar Approach is vital to getting these children School-Ready. Without any one of these pillars we simply fail our children. And in my view, as a South African, we fail our future."
Cape Town born and educated, Camille studied public relations and journalism and has over 13 years' experience in the corporate hospitality. She worked as an adviser to The Afri-CAN Cafés in Malawi and it's through this work that she recognized the benefit that such initiatives could have in South Africa and as a result pioneered the Afri-CAN Children's Charity in Cape Town.
Camille's belief is that education is at the heart of developing children from sub-economic areas, giving them the best chance of escaping the cycle of inequality that they are born into. Cami believes that developing the foundations for education will prepare children for the future and in turn will make stronger generations.
Nosiseko ("Nosi") has a passion for working with young children, and volunteers at various community initiatives to facilitate education, homework and after-school care. She has worked as a teacher's assistant at Oranjekloof Moravian Primary School in Hout Bay, as assistant coach for the girls' soccer team, Happy Hearts, and as team leader for the City of Cape Town's Sport and Recreation department. She is an active role player in the development of the Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu community and loves to inspire economic independence, encouraging both young and old to become self-employed entrepreneurs. Nosi is on the Board of Thula Thula, an organisation that facilitates disaster relief in Hout Bay. She heads up the Afri-CAN Hout Bay ECD Centres.
Born and raised in Cape Town, Robert has broad-based experience providing management accounting support and tax administration to various nonprofits and for-profit companies in and around Cape Town. He worked in the United States for six years and comes with a wealth of knowledge in this area.
Robert's passion is to support business growth and development through providing financial information for business decision-making. His involvement with Afri-CAN Children's Charity is exciting to him - for the hope that it's providing for children but also for the opportunities it provides the teachers and principals to grow in skills and training.