MEET THE TEAM
The Faces of Our Organisation
MELISSA DU PREEZ
Co-Founder and Finance
Melissa is a qualified chartered accountant and currently works as an internal auditor in the Netherlands. Apart from her passion for numbers and business operations, she is also passionate about the youth and their education. She is a former director of the TuksRes Women in Leadership Academy, a student organisation at the University of Pretoria that aims to enrich the lives of young women at university.
DE LA REY DU PREEZ
Co-Founder and Operations
De la Rey is a civil engineer and currently works in the Netherlands. He is the design specialist with a practical mindset. He is also passionate about children and has volunteered at orphanages in South Africa. Through this platform, he aims to give children and the youth of South Africa an opportunity to create a better life for themselves and the generations to come after them.
ANNEKE LINCOLN SCHOEMAN
Co-Founder and Communications
Anneke is an environmental scientist who just completed her PhD at the North-West University in South Africa. Anneke has a love for languages; she is fluent in English, Afrikaans and German and she is currently learning French and Sotho. She is passionate about leadership and community outreach and has also been selected as the North West University-Abe Bailey Scholar in 2018. She has won numerous awards and scholarships for her work and research.
CHARLIZE COETZEE
Co-Founder and Mentorship
Charlize is a qualified chartered accountant and former manager at PwC. Charlize is passionate about people and seeing individuals reach their full potential. She is leading the way to ensure that all benificiaries of our program, reach the end goal and equip them with life skills to ensure they will succeed beyond their studies.
