I completed my Masters degree in Social development in 2005 at the University of Pretoria and my BA (Honours) degree in Social Work in 1996. I have worked for all different sectors in South Africa including Public / Government, Private Sector, NGO, Hospital, Mining, Correctional Services and I am currently in Private practice. I have been involved in the Counselling, Employee Wellness, HIV and AIDS field for fifteen years as an Employee Wellness manager, EAP practitioner and Social worker.

I have been exposed to a number of training as part of my continued professional development such as: Investment in Excellence, Franklin Covey’s seven habits, Project Management, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Hypnotherapy, Reiki and PLR. I love travelling, hiking, playing squash and tennis, gym and I would like to believe that I have a great sense of humour and that you are as good as you want to be.

Have a look at Your Purpose Consultancy to find out more about my work.

Karin is an experienced HIV&AIDS consultant and is an Occupational Therapist with a further qualification in Adult Education and Training. She has been actively involved in training and development for the past 18 years. After working for the Department of Health and then PPASA (Planned Parenthood Association of SA), she become further involved in the field of Sexuality, Lifeskills, HIV&AIDS and social development and has been working in this field for the past 14 years.

She has developed many different training and capacity development programme around HIV &AIDS for both private and public sector companies as well as working in schools and with NGOs. She is also very involved in the capacity building and organisational development training of organisations in the development and health sector. Her passion for training and facilitation makes her very effective in transferring skills to those involved in the struggle with HIV as well as other social issues.

Karin serves as a consultant for different government departments, companies and NGOs in the Western Cape , KZN, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, North West and Free State. She also works for the United Nations – UNESCO and UNAIDS programme as a training advisor on HIV&AIDS and Human Rights.

She lives with her dog Luca and 2 cats, Henry and Priscilla. She is an aunt of 3 wonderful little ones and loves walking in nature, the Cape Town rain and late, light summer nights.

Roxy is an HIV activist, a powerful international speaker and trainer and she is the brand owner of her own skincare range as well as running a successful spa.

Elizabeth Mills, originally trained as a social anthropologist in South Africa at the University of Cape Town, has historically pursued an interest in the relationship between gender, citizenship and health. She completed her MPhil at the University of Cambridge and her PhD at the University of Sussex.

Her research, largely in Southern Africa and Latin America, lies at the interface of political and medical anthropology. It has explored women’s embodiment of HIV and AIDS biomedicine and how this affected their perception of and political engagement with actors in a global network that governed the development and distribution of AIDS biomedical technologies. Formerly the Deputy Director of the AIDS and Society Research Unit at the University of Cape Town, Elizabeth engaged with and informed policy processes, managed large inter-disciplinary and multi-country research teams, and conducted and published qualitative and quantitative research.

Elizabeth’s research interests include the political economy of gender and global health, women’s political participation in post-conflict regions, and legal and policy strategies for addressing discrimination related to sexuality. She has published on poverty reduction strategies; unemployment and social welfare; women’s contributions to transitional justice; sexuality and HIV; conflict and sexual violence; gender and health citizenship; and the anthropology of biomedicine and plural health systems.
Currently, Elizabeth convenes the Sexuality, Poverty and Law Programme in IDS and conducts research on gender, health, citizenship and masculinities in West and Southern Africa.

Twenty years ago, Mark Dodsworth fell in love with the power of music and rhythm. When contemplating why, he realised that music has a unique magic, a magnetic force that can be harnessed to build community and much more. Inspired by the Confuscious quote “Tell me & I will forget, show me & I may remember, involve me & I will understand”, he discovered that by involving people in music and creative activities, he could create safe spaces for personal and group empowerment.
As the co-founder of RedZebra Global & Fellow of the Creative Education Foundation, Mark has used his innovative style of facilitation & training, to actively engage & empower people in communities and companies, locally and globally.
Mark has consulted, designed and delivered a variety of training & development workshops in the areas of breakthrough team effectiveness, leadership development & Health and Wellness. He is particularly proud of his collaboration in rolling out the powerful ‘HIV Peer Educator Training’ for dance4life, a global HIV AIDS awareness campaign, delivered in over 30 countries reaching over 1.4 million agents of change by 2014.

Since 2012 his passion for community cohesion & creativity has found him in his ideal environment as the Musical Coordinator with the Cape Town Carnival. This fulfilling role enables Mark to create inspiring experiences as he fuses his enthusiasm for personal development, the power of the performing arts and purposeful dialogue to help cause social cohesion in Cape Town.
Mark’s role as the co-founder of the RedZebra Foundation, sees him bring all his creative skills & experience together. Here he is able to give input for design & deliver high energy, rhythmical, fun & engaging programs to youth, who get to experience themselves as empowered individuals and come away with a revitalized understanding of the power of personal choice.

Peter is as passionate about youth empowerment, especially when it comes to addressing inequalities resulting from the past. Peter has been involved in various youth empowerment projects since 1998. In 2009 Peter became the RedZebra Training Coordinator for all dance4life trainings in Africa and has developed and facilitated the training of youth peer educators and trainers in various countries. Peter Schaupp is co-founder and managing director of RedZebra Foundation which runs and implements SRHR programs in South Africa. Besides being a head trainer and facilitator he has been involved in developing training and workshop material for dance4life and various other organisations. Peter has studied Research and Social Psychology, isiXhosa and Linguistics at UCT

He has a strong passion for percussion and African Drumming. He stayed in West-African villages with Master-Drummers to learn the art and culture of West-African Hand Drums. He has designed and taught a “Djembe and West African Percussion” Course at the Dept for African Music at UCT. He has been teaching private classes and performing since 1998. He currently manages and performs with the African percussion band Manding Kan and the Samba band Sambafrique.