1. Legacy Gala
AFRIKA TIKKUN
USA
Monday, April 11, 2016
The St. Regis New York
#ATLegacy
“There is no passion to be found playing small -
in settling for a life that is less than the one
you are capable of living.”
- Nelson Mandela
Patron-in-Chief in Memorium, Afrika Tikkun

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Welcome and Acknowledgements
Elizabeth Ngonzi - CEO, Afrika Tikkun USA
Afrika Tikkun USA Overview
Scott Booth - Chairman, Afrika Tikkun USA
Afrika Tikkun’s Vision and Impact
Marc Lubner - CEO, Afrika Tikkun
Honorees and Awards Program
Lifetime Achievement
John S. Chalsty
Community Investment
June L. Tatelman
Safelite Challenge Overview
Brian DeMasi - Sr. Corporate Counsel, Safelite AutoGlass
®/
Board Member, Safelite AutoGlass
®Foundation
Afrika Tikkun Student Athletes
Clayton Dube, Gabrielh Malama, Morongwa Ramasobane,
and Patrick Sikhosana
UBUNTU - An Interactive Rhythm Experience
with Drum Cafe
Introduction by Peter Jacobson- Vice Chairman,
Afrika Tikkun USA
Live Auction
Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, Celebrity Auctioneer
Nicole V. Cramer, External Affairs Chair, Afrika Tikkun USA
Closing Remarks
Elizabeth Ngonzi - CEO, Afrika Tikkun USA
Evening Program
Grilled Asparagus and Beet Salad
Triple Crème Goat Cheese, Tender Mache,
Organic Honey Vinaigrette
Pan Seared Filet Mignon
Dauphinoise Potato, Baby Carrot and
Haricot Vert Sachet, Peppercorn Sauce
Raspberry Sacher
Layered Biscuit, Fresh Marmalade, White
Chocolate Swirl Gelato
Petit Fours
Coffee & Tea
Dinner Menu
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Event Hosts
Afrika Tikkun USA Leadership
Board of Directors
Advisory Board
Directors Emeriti
Marc Lubner
CEO,
Afrika Tikkun
Tassilo Baeuerle
Innovation Chair
John S. Chalsty
Chair
Brian Anderson
Teboho Moja
Scott Booth
Chairman,
Afrika Tikkun USA
Karen Blumenstein
Governance Chair
John Gosier
Jonathan Brodie
James Newlands
Scott Booth
Chair
Elizabeth Ngonzi
CEO,
Afrika Tikkun USA
Nicole V. Cramer
External Affairs Chair
Sanjay Gupta
Scott Gassman
Tiffany Norwood
Adaora Udoji
Elizabeth Ngonzi
CEO
Peter Jacobson
Vice Chairman,
Afrika Tikkun USA
Steve Katznelson
Lisa Issroff
Euvin Naidoo
Ife Osaga Ondondo
Peter Jacobson
Vice Chair
Nicole V. Cramer
External Affairs Chair,
Afrika Tikkun USA
William Recant
Andrew Levy
Christine Salerno June L. Tatelman
Scott Booth
Chair
Peter Jacobson
Vice Chair
Elizabeth Ngonzi
CEO
Dear Esteemed Guests,
Nelson Mandela wisely said “it always seems impossible, until it’s done.”
As we come together 21 years after the founding ofAfrika Tikkun, words cannot adequately express our
gratitude to you for participating in our Inaugural Legacy Gala.
Your generosity over the last 21 years has enabledAfrika Tikkun to conquer a Mount Everest scale task - -
the design and successful implementation of our “Cradle to Career” community development program that
gives hope, meaning and value to tens of thousands of bright, yet poverty-stricken young people so that they
can become pillars of tomorrow’s society.
In 2015 alone, we provided education and training in life skills, career guidance and value-based support to
more than 14,000 young SouthAfricans. On behalf of more than 600 passionateAfrika Tikkun employees
who do ‘angels work’ to enrich the lives of over 20,000 severely disadvantaged young people in the
townships of SouthAfrica, we offer our heartfelt thanks.
We are also proud and honored to celebrate the achievements of our honorees, John Chalsty and June
Tatelman. For the last decade, they have not only shared in our vision but have boldly, generously and
consistently stepped forward to nourish and grow our fledgling programs into the award-winning and
internationally-recognized ‘centers of excellence’ that stand today. Their courage and generosity have been
vital factors in realizing the vision of our founders, philanthropist and businessman Bertie Lubner and the late
Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, along with the late Nelson Mandela, our Patron-in-Chief in Memorium.
We are also deeply grateful for the support of all of our partners / sponsors and especially DeltaAir Lines, for
flying in four of our young people from SouthAfrica to participate in the annual Safelite Challenge, a triathlon
which has raised over $1 million forAfrika Tikkun. We also thankAfrika Tikkun’s current patrons, including
H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, SouthAfrica’s Deputy President, and Gill Marcus, the ninth Governor of the South
African Reserve Bank, as well as the members of our Board of Directors,Advisory Board and Junior Board,
for their work and commitment to our cause. We especially thank Felicia Mabuza-Suttle for graciously
agreeing to serve as our celebrity auctioneer.
Finally, we would like to acknowledge everyone who supported us in creating this event experience for
you, including Michele Wilson of Taylored Productions; K.R.E.A.T.E.; Drum Café; On The Mark Graphics;
Jerry Rose Floral & Event Design; Gary Merjian and his team at The St. Regis New York; our wonderful
volunteers around the globe;Afrika Tikkun’s Marketing and Development team in SouthAfrica, headed by
Onyi Nwanyeri; and Mehdeen Sehgal,Afrika Tikkun USA’s Marketing and DevelopmentAssociate.
We are truly blessed to be surrounded by brave supporters who live true to the words of the great Nelson
Mandela “... for to be free is not merely to cast off one’s own chains, but to live in a way that respects and
enhances the freedom of others.”
We hope that we can count on your continued support of our work to create a legacy of social and economic
empowerment that can radiate from SouthAfrica to our global community.
Thank you!
A Message From Afrika Tikkun USA
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4. 99%
Increase in High
School Matriculation
Exam Pass Rate from
96% (almost 30% over the
national average)
with over 79
distinctions
400
youth beneficiaries were
placed in entry level jobs
and/or learnerships
Afrika Tikkun invests in the development of disadvantaged 20,000 youth from
cradle to career, by providing a holistic set of educational, health, and social
services designed to propel students into adult success. Our goal is to empower
communities to develop new generations of productive citizens, in order to
provide a sustainable future for children in the five townships we serve in
Gauteng and the Western Cape provinces of South Africa.
Highlights of Our Impact in 2015
AfrikaTikkun.org
Increase in High School
Matriculation Exam Pass
Rate from 96% to 99%
(almost 30% over
the national
1, 342
pre-schoolers
gained
access to early
400
youth beneficiaries
were placed in entry
level jobs and/or
learnerships
14, 296
Young people obtained
educational, life skills,
career guidance & value
based support
ests in the development of disadvantaged 20,000 youth from cradle to
ding a holistic set of educational, health, and social services designed to
nto adult success. Our goal is to empower communities to develop new
oductive citizens, in order to provide a sustainable future for children in
ps we serve in Gauteng and the Western Cape provinces of South Africa.
hlights of Our Impact in 2015
600
families living with
children with disabilities
were empowered with
knowledge of their
rights & the ability to
advocate for
change
700,381
total meals served to
children and families
14,296
Young people
obtained educational,
life skills,career
guidance & value
based support
1,342
preschoolers gained
access to early
childhood education
Legacy Gala
AFRIKA TIKKUN
USA
Afrika Tikkun USA, Inc. (a 501(c)3), is the New York-based, North
American representative of Afrika Tikkun, a pioneering South African
non profit / social investment organization. Afrika Tikkun’s vision is
guided by the legacy of the then President Nelson Mandela, who
joined as Patron-in-Chief in 1999.
Afrika Tikkun’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty for tens
of thousands of disadvantaged children facing the most abject
circumstances. Our unique Cradle to Career platform, a self-
sustaining community transformation “engine” currently provides
stability, nourishment, hope and opportunity for over 20,000 children,
from infancy through young adulthood and into gainful employment
as productive citizens.
Additionally,Afrika Tikkun has unique offerings that enable companies
currently operating in or looking to invest in South Africa, to maximize
their Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) status
through Ownership, Corporate Social Investment and Supplier &
Enterprise Development. By partnering with Afrika Tikkun, companies
can drive sustainable change in disadvantaged communities while
also adhering to all the governance and compliance documentation
necessary for a good BBBEE rating.
About the Host Organization: Afrika Tikkun USA
Afrika Tikkun invests in the development of disadvantaged 20,000 youth from cradle to
career, by providing a holistic set of educational, health, and social services designed to
propel students into adult success. Our goal is to empower communities to develop new
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HONOREE
Inaugural Lifetime Achievement
Robben Island Reunion
9-12 February 1995
John S. Chalsty
John Chalsty’s career and community involvement are testimony to the immense positive impact a person can have
on other people’s lives.
Mr. Chalsty was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. in February
1996 after serving as President and CEO from 1985. He joined the firm in 1969 as an oil analyst and over several
decades helped build a rapidly growing investment banking firm. Prior to joining DLJ, he had worked for 12 years for
Standard Oil of New Jersey (Exxon) in the United States and Europe.
During his career on Wall Street, Mr. Chalsty served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Equitable
Companies Incorporated, AXA Financial, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Sappi, Metromedia, Creditex, SDW
Holdings Corporation,Anchor Glass Container Corporation and IBP, Inc.Additionally, he served as Chairman of The
Teagle Foundation, Chairman of New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, President of Lincoln Center
Theater, Vice Chairman of the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a member of the Board of
Governing Trustees ofAmerican Ballet Theater, a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic, a
member of the Board of Directors of theAssociates of Harvard Business School, a member of the Board of Trustees
of Columbia University, a member of the Board of Governors of the Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation, and a member
of the Board of Trustees of The Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
Mr. Chalsty served as Vice Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange from 1990 to 1994, and as a Director of
the Exchange from 1988 to 1994. He is a member, past President and Director of the New York Society of Security
Analysts, and a member and past Director of the Financial Analysts Federation. In 1995, he was appointed by
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to serve as Chairman of the New York City Host Committee for the 50th Anniversary of the
United Nations.
Born in Port Elizabeth, SouthAfrica in 1933, John Chalsty became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1964. He graduated
from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg where he earned a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and Physics
in 1952, a B.Sc. degree with Honors in Chemistry in 1953, and an M.Sc. degree in Chemistry in 1954. In 1957,
he received an M.B.A. with high distinction from the Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar. Mr.
Chalsty has received many honors over the years including the AHA/ASA Heart of New York Mission Achievement
Award, the Overcoming Obstacles Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Doctor of Commerce degree from his
alma mater, the University of Witwatersand, where he was commencement speaker. Since 2007, John Chalsty
and his wife, Jill, have lived in Charleston, South Carolina, where he commits his time to the boards of MUSC’s
Hollings Cancer Center, Spoleto Festival USA,Afrika Tikkun, Community for Education Foundation, and the Gaillard
Management Corporation for which he also serves as Treasurer.
HONOREE
Inaugural Community Investment
Robben Island Reunion
9-12 February 1995
June Tatelman
June Tatelman is a true investor in community change, June Tatelman’s career in education and commitment to
philanthropy spans over 40 years. Finding ways to support HIV/AIDS infected individuals has been an especially
deeply personal mission for her.
In the early 1990s, her husband, Eliot, lost his older brother to AIDS. In response to this tragic loss, June, along
with her husband and their two sons, Josh and Michael, founded a Massachusetts-based family run non-profit
organization called Camp Miracles and Magic. For the last 17 years, children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS
have been able to spend one week at the camp each summer enjoying activities that build self-confidence, in an
atmosphere where they feel safe and free of the stigma of HIV/AIDS. Following her visit to South Africa 11 years
ago, June saw the need to extend these types of programs and services to its most marginalized populations. The
result is that through the support of the June and Eliot Tatelman Family Foundation, Afrika Tikkun has been able to
host summer camps that promote the psychosocial well-being of hundreds of marginalized young people and the
greater community.
June is also an educator by profession and over two decades she taught both elementary and middle school
students in the Sudbury, Massachusetts school system. June helped develop the K-8 Health Program curriculum
and introduced a Peer Mediation Program into the Middle School. After retiring, Ms. Tatelman became a Guardian
ad Litem in the Juvenile Court system of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She has also worked as a counselor
for Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts and Preterm of Massachusetts. Her career and volunteer work have
focused on young people.
June’s husband, Eliot Tatelman, is President and CEO of leading furniture retailer Jordan’s Furniture. He is a
prominent advocate for advancing adoption awareness and serves on the Advisory Board of the MA Adoption
Resource Exchange (MARE). Giving back to community and philanthropy are a big part of his business philosophy
and Jordan’s Furniture has been active in hosting events, airing media campaigns, and donating funds for
adoption and foster care initiatives. Today, over 360 foster children have found permanent homes through the
Jordan’s Initiative.
June was raised in Valley Stream, New York and received her degree in Education from Boston University. She
has served on the Advisory Board of Afrika Tikkun USA for the last 10 years. In addition, June has served on the
Pathfinder International Board of Directors since 2008 and on the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Board of
Trustees since 2014.
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Felicia Mabuza-Suttle
Author of the bestseller and Publisher’s Choice, Dare to Dream: “No one
and nothing should stop you from realizing your dream.”
Businesswoman, talk show host and author, Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, is an international award-winning entrepreneur,
an inspirational speaker, an author, and a philanthropist. She is President and co-owner of Leadership Success
International, LLC, an organization that specializes in executive leadership training and business communications.
Mabuza-Suttle is one of the founding members and shareholders of Pamodzi Investment Holdings. The South
African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) also named her among the “100 Great South Africans.”
Felicia, as she is known on television, is host of Conversations with Felicia, a talk show on The Africa Channel in
the US. In South Africa, she hosted the popular The Felicia Show. The Felicia Show was the first South African
audience talk show that enabled black and white SouthAfricans to come together and debate issues they could not
discuss during apartheid.
Felicia has interviewed luminaries like Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere, Kenneth Kaunda, Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Britain’s former first lady, Cherie Blair, and personalities like Larry King, Danny
Glover, Diana Ross, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, John Maxwell, Iyanla Vanzant, T.D. Jakes, Wayne Dyer,
Suze Orman and many others.
She is author of Dare to Dream, her memoir describing how she answered Nelson Mandela’s call to all South
Africans living abroad to come back home to help build a new democracy. Her new book, Live Your Dream, is an
inspirational book based on quotes and experiences that will help propel you.
MARC IAN LUBNER
CEO and Executive Chairman, Afrika Tikkun
Marc Lubner is CEO and Executive Chairman of Afrika Tikkun. In his role as CEO of Afrika Tikkun, Marc’s
mandate is to grow the development organization’s reach from 2,000 to 20,000 interventions daily with a budget
that exceeds $7 million.
Previously, Marc worked for the PG Group, a family business in the glass and timber industry, working his way during
10 years, from the shop floor to senior management locally and internationally. He went on to build a business in the
entertainment software industry, which he sold to CAN Gallo Group.
Marc managed Umbono Investment Group, a listed private equity investment group, effecting and funding some
of the first black empowerment deals in South Africa, and grew the group’s investment value four-fold before it was
privatised and delisted. Following this, he bought a black economic empowerment firm offering strategic planning to
senior executives in Government and the private sector.
Marc has held positions as Chairman and Board Member of the YPO organization (Africa Gateway Chapter);
Chairman of the South Africa Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Home for Handicapped Children; Executive Member of
the Lubner Kibbutz Home for the Handicapped; and Global Leader of Tomorrow (World Economic Forum).
He is also the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of The Smile Foundation South Africa; Executive Chairman
of the South African Israel Chamber of Commerce; Founding member of Angel’s Haven Home for AIDS Orphan
Infants; and Committee member of GuideStar South Africa.
Marc has been awarded The Young Presidents Organization Honour Award 2002; The Inyathelo Philanthropy
Award 2009; The Young Presidents Organization PhilanthropicAward 2010 and TheABSAJewishAchiever’s Cyril
Harris Philanthropy Award 2011.
Marc holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and an MBA from
Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management in the U.S.
Special Guest Celebrity Auctioneer
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Brian DiMasi
Senior Corporate Counsel, Safelite AutoGlass
®/
Board Member, Safelite AutoGlass
®Foundation
Brian DiMasi is Senior Corporate Counsel for SafeliteAutoGlass®
headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Brian provides
legal and strategic business support to Safelite’s Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing/ Distribution, Customer/
Brand & Technology and Field Sales teams. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Safelite AutoGlass®
Foundation and is an executive officer of an Ohio non-profit, A Kid Again®
, which serves the needs of children with
life-threatening illnesses.
Since 2010, Brian has served on the Safelite Challenge Committee, which organizes its annual triathlon, duathlon,
5k Fun Walk and Motorcycle Poker Run in Las Vegas, Nevada, to raise money for Afrika Tikkun. Since 2010, the
Safelite Challenge as raised nearly $1.7 million for Afrika Tikkun. In 2012, Brian was blessed to visit all of the Afrika
Tikkun Centers. It was a life-changing experience where he was able to see, first-hand, the amazing work Afrika
Tikkun performs to transform lives of the most vulnerable children in South Africa.
Brian joined Safelite®
in 2004, after 10 years in private practice as a litigator in Erie, Pennsylvania. He lives in
Dublin, Ohio with his wife, Heather, and their five children. Brian’s priorities are his faith and his family and is an avid
triathlete. He completed his first Ironman Triathlon in 2013.
Vanessa Cecilia Mentor
Afrika Tikkun Subject Matter Expert for
Early Childhood Development
Vanessa Cecilia Mentor has been an Educationist for more than 29 years. She is very passionate about making a
difference in the lives of young children and youth in SouthAfrica andAfrica at large. Her career started in 1986 as a
Junior Primary/Foundation Phase teacher at Riverlea, Johannesburg, and she worked there until 1990.
She had the privilege of lecturing at the Rand College of Education, as a Junior Primary/ Foundation Phase Lecturer
to Pre-Service and in-service training students, from 1991 to 1996. When the new Department of Education
was formed after the end of Apartheid, she was appointed as an Early Childhood Development of office for the
Johannesburg Central region. In this position, she was fortunate enough to be part of the team that implemented
the Impilo Pilot project for Early Childhood Development, from February 1996 to July 2000. During this time, she had
the opportunity to travel to South East Asia -- mainly to Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, on an Early Childhood
Development exchange program.
In August 2001, her career, took a turn and she went into human resources as a Chief Education Specialist for 7
years in the Sedibeng West Education District of office. While working at the District office, she got an opportunity
to spend 3 weeks in Alberta, Canada on a Teacher Development exchange program. At the beginning of 2008,
The head of the Department for Gauteng Department of Education opted her to act as the Director of the Early
Childhood Development Institute. She was given a permanent contract in that position from June 2009 through
January 2015.
In February, 2015, she took up a position as a Subject Matter Expert for Early Childhood Development at Afrika
Tikkun, in Johannesburg. She is responsible for managing, overseeing and implementing the aligned policies,
visions, goals and objectives as stipulated in SouthAfrica’s National Early Childhood Development Policy as well as
Afrika Tikkun’s Cradle to Career vision.
Special Guest Special Guest
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Afrika Tikkun Student Athletes
Patrick Sikhosana
My name is Patrick Kevin Sikhosana, I was born in Sebokeng, and I am
currently in grade 11 and live in Driziek. Life before Afrika Tikkun was just
ordinary and I had started to accept life as it was until one of my friends
convinced me to enroll in Afrika Tikkun’s Center. Joining Afrika Tikkun gave
me new hope and I soon realized that computers, life skills, library and arts
and culture interested me.AfrikaTikkun has given me access to the resources
that I never had before and has allowed me to participate in activities such as,
arts and culture, sports, computers, library, learning support etc.
Afrika Tikkun is keeping me busy and is preventing me from doing self-
destructive things like smoking, alcohol abuse, robbery, which might have dad
me end up in prison. I spend almost all my time at the Center, which assists
me with my school work as well as in polishing other skills that I am interested in. These creative skills include;
acting, dancing stage performance and cycling. The center has taught me to be a self-disciplined and respectful
young man. The Center has helped me to realize my inner passion for arts and sports. It has also allowed me to
maintain a good academic standing. In the future, I would like to start up my own business.
My plan B is to perhaps open up a center like Arekopaneng, where I will be catering and accommodating children
from different backgrounds and making a positive impact in their lives. I would like to thank theAfrika Tikkun Center
so much for all their contribution in my life. I am a better and wiser person today because of the guidance I got from
its facilitators. I would also like to convey my gratitude to the sponsors and the donors for making it possible for the
Centers to assist us and provide us with quality education and a more positive future.
Morongwa Ramasobane
I am Morongwa Pride Ramasobane, a 16-year-old female from the community
of Diepsloot. I was raised by my mother, a single parent, and I have two older
sisters. I am originally from a small rural area called Vergenoeg, GaMokopane
in Limpopo. Growing up without a father taught me to be responsible and
independent at a very young age. However, I lacked proper guidance to direct
me to the right path. Being a child from a township, I started believing that real
life was on the streets. Despite the challenges that I had faced, my teachers
showed faith in me. In the 10th grade I was selected to participate in Afrika
Tikkun’s Anti-Violence Buddies Program.
I have been motivated to become a well-known activist, a feminist and a human rights advocate. I also developed
passionforscienceinAfrikaTikkun’slibrary.Today,Iaspiretobecomeacivilengineerandopenmyownconstruction
company that would hire women and show them that being a woman is not a curse. I also want to establish more
centers like Afrika Tikkun as part of my company’s outreach to more disadvantaged communities. The leadership
skills that I developed, led me to participate in the Nelson Mandela’s children’s parliament and helped me to become
the chairperson of the CNOP as well as a child ambassador for the Gauteng province. All this I achieved through
the guidance of Afrika Tikkun and my own ability to persist and persevere. I am working on a few projects, which
will serve the community --including making a documentary on gender based violence, small boys talk groups,
advocating for facilities and bringing mobile clinics in schools. I am also planning to revive the will-way-road. I would
like to conclude by quoting Nelson Mandela’s words, “.... it always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Legacy Gala
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Afrika Tikkun Student Athletes
Clayton Dube
I was raised by my uncle and his girlfriend in Pretoria, who cared for me until
I was 15 years old. At that time, my mother worked as a domestic worker
in Johannesburg and assisted my uncle with my school fees and also took
care of my other siblings. A year later, I returned to my Mother’s home but
she had lost her job and has been unemployed for 3 years now. With the
limited income of my father, my education was affected. Because of the
unpaid school fee, I started skipping school.
In this disturbed environment, it became difficult for me to concentrate on
my studies. In Johannesburg, I looked for a soccer team to play for and
was introduced to Afrika Tikkun. I was impressed by the facilities Afrika Tikkun offered at no cost. I finally was able
to devote time to my studies and access Afrika Tikkun’s library, computers and other resources. Through Afrika
Tikkun’s programs, I have been able to improve my academic and athletic performances. Currently, I am the
soccer captain at school, vice-captain at Afrika Tikkun and just last year, I was awarded the most-disciplined player
prize. Thank you Afrika Tikkun and the sponsors for making a difference in my life. Without you I don’t think I would
be the kind of person I am today. I am 19 years old now and studying in Grade 11. I plan to become a sound
engineer in order to build a better life for myself and my family.
Gabrielh Malama
I come from a family of two and was raised by a single parent. Before joining
Afrika Tikkun in January 2014, life was unpleasant for me and my family. I lost
my dad at a young age and my mother lost her job as a teacher during that
time.As a single parent, it was difficult for her to provide for the family.Through
part-time jobs, she struggled to put food on the table but continued to push us
to have a proper education. During that difficult time, I almost lost my mother
due to illness that affected her kidneys. I fell into depression.
My mother introduced me to Afrika Tikkun, which has helped me realize my
true potential, and made me into a confident and diligent person. I am now
in grade 12 and have been a representative council leader in my school. At
Afrika Tikkun I am an event organizer in a program called young urban women, which is sponsored by Action Aid.
This program has enhanced my ability to speak my mind and has given me information on unpaid care work, social
security, sexual reproductive health rights and decent work.
I plan to study administration at the University of Cape Town and become a logistics administrator. I am a young
innovative person that would love to run her own business in the future that sells different goods to foreign countries.
Afrika Tikkun has opened doors of opportunities for me. It made me believe that I can make a difference in and
contribute to my community. I am a true picture of a future leader of tomorrow.
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10. Congratulations,
June!
You deserve this honor and we are proud of
you. Thank you for keeping us grounded and
always reminding us about the important
aspects in life…giving back, acting kindly,
and being selfless. At times when other
people get public credit, it is so nice to
see you receiving the accolades that you
deserve, since you are the one who does all
of the work. As you have said, it is not
about the money. It is about the time…
time that is spent on a cause, time
that is spent on helping others, and time
that is spent with loved ones.
We all love you,
Honey/Mom/Gamo, Congratulations!
Love,
Eliot, Josh, Michael, Tanja, Courtney, Tyler,
Peyton, Mason, Portia, and Jagger.
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youth sexual and reproductive
health projects for over 40 years,
in 40+ developing countries.
job: Pathfinder Program Ad | publication: Afrika Tikkun USA Event Program | publication date: 4/2016
contact: Linda Suttenfield/ lsuttenfield@pathfinder.org | creation date: 3/31/2016 | created by: Joe Meiring/joe@factor-e.com
DRUM CAFE NYTRANSFORMING COMPANIES THROUGH INTERACTIVE DRUMMING
DRUM CAFE NY is proud to support AFRIKA TIKKUN
Training & Development
Diversity & Inclusion
Incentive & Leadership
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contact: 212-529-1881
#workingrhythm
Developed as a method to unite the
multi-cultural workforce in South Africa,
Drum Cafe is now the world’s largest
team-building and interactive events
company.
S:5”
T:5”
McCann is a proud sponsor of the
inaugural Afrika Tikkun USA Legacy Gala.
Congratulations to the honorees.
We are proud to salute
John Chalsty
for his lifetime commitment
to educating
the children of the world.
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EXPECTATION
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1.877.stregis
We bring the awesome beauty and creativity of the most talented artists in
South Africa to your doorstep in the USA. Our partnership with Afrika Tikkun
means that your purchase not only helps the artists but supports the
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14. Culture is a Relevant Element To Achieve Total Equality
supports Afrika Tikkun in its tireless support and growth of
South African communities.
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USA
Thank you again for joining us this evening
and being part of Afrika Tikkun’s journey!
We always welcome new partners, volunteers and team
members to join us in supporting Afrika Tikkun’s efforts to enrich
the lives of over 20,000 severely disadvantaged young people in
the townships of South Africa.
For additional information, please contact:
Elizabeth Ngonzi, CEO
Afrika Tikkun USA, Inc.
25 Broadway, 9th Fl. New York, NY 10004
Elizabeth@afrikatikkun.org | 732.208.3304
Visit our Website at AfrikaTikkun.org
Follow us on Twitter / Instagram: @AfrikaTikkun and
Facebook: Facebook.com/AfrikaTikkunNPC
Afrika Tikkun USA, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization | EIN: 13-4095132
All donations are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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Las Vegas, NV
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