Schools’ Programme Coordinator

I was born in the Eastern Cape but grew up in Cape Town where I lived in Khayelitsha. I attended school at Sobambisana Primary, which is just a block away from Sakumlandela Primary where I am currently working as an Earthchild coordinator. After completing my matric, I studied drama, music and dance.

I was privileged to be able to start my own group with 60 kids in my community, teaching them drama music and dance. They were all from Khayelitsha. I worked as a freelance actress and musician and performed around South Africa. However, I was drawn back to my other passion of working with youth in my community.

I was an active member in my community and became part of the Khayelitsha Youth Development Forum. I served as an additional member of the committee. That’s when I got an opportunity to join the Art of Living where I was introduced to yoga and meditation for the first time.

After a dramatic change in my life through the Art of Living courses, I couldn’t hold my breath and I started organising courses in my community. This experience led me to join the Earthchild Project team.

I am now working as a Schools’ Programme coordinator in Khayelitsha. I also facilitate the Living Classroom programme, teach children yoga and run the Arts & Crafts Clubs as well as help coordinate the Teachers’ Retreats.

Schools’ Programme Coordinator

I was born and raised in Cape Town where I completed my schooling and then decided that I wanted to study in the field of Psychology and development.

I completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology at the University of the Western Cape. After working for a few years I returned to complete my Honours Degree in Development Studies whilst working at a Non-Profit Organization in the Cape Flats area. Besides my interest in Psychology, I was very passionate about working with children and youth in the Cape Flats. I continued on the path of development which led me to the Earthchild Project. I am grateful for the opportunity to soulfully educate and uplift children with love and support, bringing energy and life into the school and the greater community.

Through my involvement with Earthchild Project, I began to take a journey which led to a deepening of my holistic and spiritual understanding of life, love, people and myself. I am passionate about nurturing our children and our planet through teaching healthy living, loving others and taking care of our environment. I believe that each child has infinite potential and they need our support to be the best that they can be.

My role in the Earthchild Project is to coordinate the Schools’ Programme in the Greater Retreat area as well as to support and manage the volunteers.

Director

I was born on a farm outside of Kimberley but moved to Cape Town at the age of five and have lived here ever since. After completing a degree in Social Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Cape Town, I moved on to the best university of life – travelling. I have worked, travelled and lived abroad for two years, experiencing new cultures, new ideas and new ways of life.

I have always loved working with children – feeling a bit like a big earthchild myself. I worked as a summer camp councilor for five years both in South Africa and North America, and for one year I was a part time volunteer teacher at a school for street children in Cape Town.

I am a qualified yoga teacher and am on my own personal journey to incorporate the knowledge of yoga into my life. Through practicing yoga and meditation, and aspiring to live a more healthy and balanced life; through living with more awareness and doing service work… I try to life what we are teaching and am inspired by the infinite opportunities for growth and abundance that life offers.

I feel very blessed to be a part of the Earthchild Project. It has been a real adventure which has introduced me to many inspiring people. But really it’s the amazing children at our schools for whom I am most grateful – grateful to have the privilege of supporting their journey to becoming a new generation of Earthchildren.