OfW Member CV

Summary

"As a dedicated community leader and passionate advocate for social change, I bring a wealth of experience in management, facilitation, and community engagement. Currently studying Active Citizen Training with DAG, Independent Contractor with Harvard University (Green passages Project) I serve as: -Director for OFW, and All Branch Coordination And stakeholder engagements -Cape Crises Steering Committee (2024-2025) - Entrepreneur since 2020 - Deputy Secretary for the CSUCSA(Women's Commission. -Womens Lead For Western Cape - Chairperson of Gogo's Community Kitchen and project manager , Comunity Engagements and Policy developer, coordinator for all projects, Fundraiser,Events planner. - Project Manager for the After-School Club (Future Foundation Academy. -Advocacy through Article writing (Daily Maverick) - climate change Advocacy(Democracy Works Foundation). - Facilitator for KZN Church Councils -Serve as a stakeholder at Gugs Collective Impact Partners. Previously, I held key roles in various organizations, including: - Supervisor at Rise Mzansi (Organising) -GBV advocacy(programme developer)HBF foundation. - Coordinated the Kitchen project With Inyathelo - Director at Sinana NPO (leading community and social engagement) - Co researcher with UCT -Co-Researcher with Kitchen Network (FACT,TMG,SCAT. -Community Coordinator for Pristine Earth Collective My background also includes office work, retail experience, and stints with the City of Cape Town, Independent Electoral Commission, and government. I've volunteered extensively with the Red Cross and Khulisa (NYDA). With a passion for making a difference, I thrive on challenges and community-driven initiatives. I'm committed to empowering others and creating positive social impact."

 

Details

Age 38
Gender Female
Nationality South African
Address Cape Town

Languages English, isiXhosa

Education & Training

Counselling

Certificate, UJW
Seapoint, Apr 2021 to Jun 2022

Matric

English , afrikaans, history accounting life orientation, Oscar Mpetha (night School)
Nyanga, Jun 2014 to Jun 2014

Train a Trainer

Certificate, Mentec Foundation
Cape Town, Oct 2013 to Nov 2013
We were trained in Advanced Microsoft word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Outlook.

 

Employment

Facilitator

KZN CC
Cape town, May 2023 to ongoing
I was trained to train the trainer for Civic and democracy education.and held community workshops to educate vulnerable communities.

Field Organizers Team leader poll

Rise Mzansi
Cape town, Apr 2023 to May 2024
I was leading a team of 5 from five different communities,to Organise people on the ground for Rise Mzansi,I did workshop facilitation,and home visit and trained 100s of volunteers.

Community Advisory Board (youth Facilitator)

UCT Lung Institution
Mowbray, Mar 2023 to ongoing
Work with my community to bring awareness on health issues .I also facilitate workshops and train youth into Health Ambassadors

consultant

Betha (UCT) CAN Incubator
Cape Town, Apr 2021 to ongoing

coordinator

Organising for Work
Gugulethu/Nyanga, Jun 2020 to ongoing

community liaison / Project manager

Gugulethu SeabordCAN
Gugulethu, Apr 2020 to Jun 2021

Education Facilitator

Independent Electoral Commission
Athlone, Jan 2019 to Apr 2019
Planning of events, facilitating meetings, registering people, teaching people about democracy.

Personal Assistant

Asihluleki Foods and Services
Cape Town, Jun 2016 to Sep 2018
I had to draw up quotes, in charge of hiring staff, take notes at meeting, photo copies and fax of invoices.

Admin Intern

Maboneng Township Arts
Maitland, Jan 2016 to Apr 2016

Admin Clerk

City of Cape Town-EPWP
Gugulethu, Oct 2015 to Apr 2016
I had to do filling of documents ,handing over of money to Fedelity, keep records of employees attendance register answer phones,plan Events

Admin - volunteer

NYDA-Khulisa Solutions
Cape Town, Jan 2014 to Dec 2014

Transcriber

University of Cape Town
Rondebosch, Jan 2013 to Jun 2014
I had to translate audio recordings from Xhosa to English

Fieldwork Supervisor

University of Stellenbosch
Tygerberg, Jun 2011 to Jul 2011
I worked on the equitable project, interviewing households on how they limitations limits them from getting health services

Waitress

Spur
Brackenfell, Jun 2010 to Sep 2012

Bakery Assistant

Shoprite
Charlsville, Sep 2002 to Feb 2004

 

Skills

Admin Analysis Bookkeeping Budgeting Cashier Community organiser Cooking Counselling Customer service Event planning Good computer literacy Home-based care Marketing Merchandising Nanny / childcare Project management Secretarial Social media Spreadsheets Teaching / tutoring Transcription Translation Word processing Writing reports

 

References

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