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RosettaStander

Executive Director

Zimele Community

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Meet Rosetta Stander

Rosetta Stander is the Founder & Executive Director of Zimele. As a fifth generation South African, Rosetta witnessed the many inequalities that pervaded her country after the end of the Apartheid. She soon left the private sector to aid her countrymen by working with non-profit organizations. These organizations became pervasive throughout South Africa; and while the groups had good intentions, Rosetta realized that they created a shortsighted welfare environment in which people depend upon charities for their everyday needs. Rosetta’s prior experience training people in life, vocational, and business skills led her to recognize that the key to developing South Africa lay in the education of its people. Rosetta formed Zimele in 2006 with the vision of developing a community of self-reliance in South Africa, an organization that helps transform the lives and communities of the poor and hurting through education and the development of community self-reliance.

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"I know for sure that I don’t know everything. Therefore, I have to be humble and respect others opinions and embrace the journey of lifelong learning."

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