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Dedicated, hard-working and committed to achieving our mission

Christel DeHaan 1942-2020
Founder, Christel House International

Everyone faces challenges in life—but the capacity to overcome hardships, learn from mistakes, and forge ahead in the face of immense adversity is a quality inherent in most successful individuals.

The obstacles facing Christel House students are daunting—daily exposure to gang warfare, drugs, alcoholism, hunger, abuse, negative role models, violence, suffering, and discrimination—but every day our students come to school, learn, and set their sights on a better tomorrow. They have dreams, and while at Christel House their aspiration is to make those dreams become reality.

We celebrate their determination and courage. They are breaking through the barriers of poverty to build a new and better life for themselves and a future for their families. They are our heroes, and role models for others to follow.

Sincerely,

Christel DeHaan

Founder, Christel House International

 

 

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OUR CHRISTEL HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA BOARD
Dr. Antonio Fourie
AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE : CEO and Chairman of multinational listed groups in retail, financial services and diversified conglomerates. Expertise in strategy, business leadership and governance.
Nicola Gubb
AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE | Non-Executive Director of Southern African Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SAVCA)
David Harris
PRESIDENT AND CEO, CHRISTEL HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
Wayne Hull
MARKETING & 10X COMMITTEE | Experience: Operating Director, Private Equity, US; Global Experience in Marketing, Digital, Technology and Sustainable Social Impact
Shereen La Fleur
CHIEF FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS OFFICER AND COMPANY SECRETARY: CHRISTEL HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA | Experience: Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) Business, Finance and Operations Management
Adri Marais
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: CHRISTEL HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA | Experience: Business Development, Tertiary Education and Social Transformation
Matimba Michael Mbungela
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE | Experience: Chief Human Resources Officer at Vodacom Group, with human resources expertise in different portfolios and industries
Baba Mogase
MARKETING & 10X COMMITTEE | Experience: Business and Marketing specialist
Laila Naidoo
MARKETING & 10X COMMITTEE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE | Experience: Executive Director; Experience in Strategy Development, Business Management, Sales & Marketing, Business Finance
Khoabane Phoofolo
EDUCATION COMMITTEE | Experience: Head of BlackRock Africa
Prof. Linda Ronnie
EDUCATION COMMITTEE | Experience: Dean of the Faculty of Commerce at UCT; Education and Transformative Education specialist
Ian Russell
CHAIRMAN: CHRISTEL HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA | Experience: CEO BXC; Experience in Business, Finance, Marketing, Communication and Technology
Tania Slabbert
MARKETING COMMITTEE | 25 years experience in both the business and development sectors. Tania has served as a non-executive director and Trustee on the boards of various listed and unlisted companies and NPOs.