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nosimilo filita
My mother used to train pre-school teachers at the Early Learning Centre in Port Elizabeth. She instilled in me a love for assisting others. I grew up in Zwide where I finished matric. I did not want to be dependent on my mother, so I took a job as a cleaner and then as a receptionist. Working as an administrator at Ikhala Trust in Port Elizabeth, I learnt about community development. After I married and moved to Cape Town I was hired half day as an administrator for the Philanthropy Leadership Network (PLN) where I learnt so much working with the coordinator Hilda Gertze. In June 2018 I joined the SCAT team working the other half of my time as a finance assistant.
I love working at SCAT because of the opportunities it provides for learning and growth. My self-esteem has improved because of the opportunities and new responsibilities I have had to learn at SCAT and because I am working with good people who are not tired of teaching me.
PROGRAMME OFFICERS
colleen aleXanDeR-Julies
A sense of fairness and justice, a driving force in my life from a young age led me to study law. Positions in the non-profit sector which followed granted me the opportunity to learn about working with communities, conflict resolution, crime prevention and community safety. I joined SCAT as a fieldworker in 2004 and opted to leave in 2012 to pursue a legal career.
In 2015 I returned to SCAT as a Programme Officer for the Western Cape. SCAT’s work called me back because of the opportunity to work with people on the ground. I am enrolled as an advocate at the Cape Bar and have been able to use my legal background at SCAT, advising LDAs when they ask for information. one of the highlights at SCAT has been the opportunity to run a leadership training programme for women which has resulted in women taking up leadership positions in LDAs and the community.
nosiMilo FilitA FinAnce AdMinistrAtor
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colleen AleXAnder-Julies proGrAMMe oFFicer