Our Team

Lungile Hlatshwayo

FOUNDER (†2023)

With years of experience in social work, Lungile owned insights into the social challenges in our unequal society. She dedicated her efforts to running vegetable and soup kitchen projects in schools and establishing entrepreneurship programs for abused women and rape survivors in Durban. She also worked on projects with homeless youth recyclers in Johannesburg and Bez Valley.

During her time in Timbuktu, Lungile was leading project management and development. She implemented activities and programs, documented their progress and sustainability. Lungile took charge of the mother-programs, community outreach, and the soup kitchen.

Although Lungile is no longer active in Timbuktu, her legacy lives on, as she passed away in 2023.

Team member lungile hlatshwayo
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Victoria Schneider

CO-FOUNDER

Victoria, a freelance writer and filmmaker from Germany, has been based in Johannesburg since 2013. She has worked on investigative projects focusing on land disputes and human rights violations in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. With a degree in Sports Sciences, Victoria is passionate about physical education.

Her responsibilities include project management and development, implementation of activities, documentation and program monitoring for progress and sustainability.

Victoria is leading the internal and external communication as well as PR, particularly with partners from Germany

Daddy Mudiay

HEAD OF KITCHEN

Godelive Nzwiba

ECD

La Joie Kayembe

CHEF

Naomi Biyawombe Odinga

ECD DEPARTMENT

Grace Ngoy

TUTORING

Christina Ngoy

HEAD OF POP-UP (NON)SCHOOL

Lassie Ndalela

OPERATIONS / STILT WALKING

Olga Makiese

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Tshepo Molemane

IN MEMORY OF OUR BICYCLE PROGRAM LEAD WHO TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY IN 2022 (1990 - 2022)