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Yehuda Lazarus
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Being born and raised in South Africa has ignited the passion of assisting individuals and communities from an early age. Having travelled overseas and lived abroad for several years, he realised the importance, his projects had on individuals and just how impoverished parts of South Africa is. The real push and urgency to provide a solution to end the anguish of hunger during the Covid-19 pandemic allowed us as a group of directors to formalise and legally register Fingertips of Africa as an NPC.
“My passion is my country, my communities, my people and all mankind in need.”
Gilana Assness
Director
Gilana Assness has had a passion for charity work since she was a little girl and helped her Bobba (granny) who was the chairlady of the Jewish Womens Benevolent. Seeing their kindness sparked the desire for Gilana to help people, involving herself in many outreach programs, bringing joy into the lives of those most deserving.
Gilana graduated with a BCom Marketing Management & received her PDM (Post Gradute Diploma in Management) in 2015. During Gilana’s GAP year in Israel, much of her time was spent volunteering in soup kitchens and teaching English to underprivileged kids.
When COVID 19 became a shocking reality in 2020, there were so many people in South Africa that were desperate and in dire need for food and so Fingertips of Africa was brought to life.
“If you can be anything in the world, be kind”
Aharon Chemel
Director of Fingertips of Africa
Over the last 10 years, Aharon has been involved in non-profit and community work ensuring the youth of today are well educated, open minded and taught to think critically. It’s with his passion for community that he decided to join Fingertips of Africa which is making such an impact on South African society.
Aharon is the Director of Informal Jewish Education at the Kind David Schools. Aharon completed his MBA in 2020 with a special interest in social entrepreneurship. With this background he hopes to help Fingertips achieve a sustainable way of ending hunger in Africa.
“Love every fellow as you would love yourself”
Jacqui Morwalle
Permanent Staff
Having worked in various industries including, private sector, public sector, SMMEs and NGO’s resulted in gaining extensive human relations skills. It is from these experiences that an interest in community work arose. Started volunteer work at a community based organisation which is engaged in education initiatives in underprivileged community. Further experience was gained working at an abused women’s shelter. A passion was ignited for lending a helping hand by pooling together resources and networks to impact lives in a positive and constant manner.
Collet Ndlovu
Driver
I have always loved driving and the work is rewarding as it gives me an opportunity to make a difference to the lives of the people in the communities we serve. The work that I do has allowed me to gain confidence and customer service skills; most importantly I am giving back to my community.
