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Tanith Bales
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Yvonne Bester
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Fundraising
Tanith Bales, mother of two twin boys, has been involved in fundraising and charity
organisations for many years by volunteering, teaching swimming amongst other activities.
She has been working as a Travel and Restaurant Guide publisher for 16 years.
Her love for children and animals has led her to strive to make a difference to kids in need.
Tanith will be involved in all the fundraising activities and events for iThemba House.
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Administration
Through personal experience, Yvonne got involved with the Red Cross Childrens Oncology Unit,
and continues to assist them every year with making the children's lives a happier place.
With a background in human resources, she is the perfect person to handle all the administration
of iThemba House. Her interests lie in nutrition and healthy living, and she will bring this
knowledge with her to assist the children in having balanced and healthy diets.
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Vincent Bester
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Yvonne Gartner
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Finance
Vincent is a successful businessman who donates significant amounts of computer software
every year to tertiary education institutions to educate up-and-coming civil engineers,
as well as supporting the Red Cross Children's Transport Fund, which allows children from
the oncology ward to travel to and from the hospital. He has always felt the need to give
back, and has been instrumental in setting up the structure within which Ithemba House operates.
Vincent will be responsible for all the financial aspects of iThemba House.
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Trauma Counselor and Volunteer Recruitment
Yvonne Gartner, mother of 3 children,
is a Trauma Counselor (NICRO) and holds a BA degree in Psychology (Unisa).
She provides the children at iThemba with the necessary trauma
counseling and works closely together with the Social Workers of Child Welfare to
ensure that children can be reunited safely with their biological families, or that
foster homes/adoptive families can be found. Yvonne is also in charge of recruitment
and scheduling of time slots for the volunteers working at iThemba.
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Mike Matthews

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Mike is an attorney practising in partnership in a well-established law firm in Cape Town’s
Southern Suburbs. Mike has a service background, having fulfilled several executive roles in
the Round Table organization for some ten years. He sits on the executive of several established
charitable trusts, including the Music for Life Trust (which is the fundraising arm for the
Southern and Central African organization, the African Children’s Choir) and the Baboon Matters
Trust which is concerned with the welfare of the threatened Chacma baboon in the Western Cape. Mike will
be inputting and, where necessary, dealing with legally-related issues on behalf of Ithemba House.
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