meet the team
KELLY “Floss Dance Enthusiast” Du PLESSIS
CEO AND LEAD PATIENT ADVOCATE
Quote Kelly Lives By: "The essence of global health equality is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right." ~ Paul Farmer
HELEN “Is there a graph for that?” MALHERBE
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Quote Helen Lives By: “You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.” ~ Daniel Keys Moran
NOMSA “Three Sugars” MTSHALI
PATIENT COMMUNITY AND RARE ASSIST MANAGER
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Quote Nomsa Lives By: “We will only understand the miracles of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen, don’t be scared to take risks.” ~ Paulo Coehlo
ANKIA “That’s Crazy” GREYLING
RESEARCH AND PATIENT COMMUNITY ASSISTANT
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Quote Ankia Lives By: “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” ~ Dr. Maya Angelou
HLUMELA “Rooibos Blender” TSHIJILA
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER​
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Quote Hlumela Lives By: “The universe responds to your frequency. It doesn’t recognise your personal desires, wants or needs. It only understands the frequency in which you are vibrating at" ~ Author Unknown
JEN “Coffee Fanatic” MCLEAN
COMMUNITY RADIO LIASON
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Quote Jen Lives By: “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ~ Marilyn Monroe
SOLOMON “Long” MASEKO
TRAFFIC ASSISTANT
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Quote Solomon Lives By: “Life’s too short. I’m not!"
KERRY "Wheels" WALSH
PROJECT LEAD: DISABILITY
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Quote Kerry Lives By: "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain" ~ Vivian Greene
