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New Woza Moya Director, Sylvia Anderson, was born and grew up in Zimbabwe, where she lived until 10 years ago, when she moved to Pietermaritzburg. Sylvia is passionate about community development, in particular working to help organisations address the systemic nature of poverty and to consider how they are working in communities, helping them to ensure that their work is respectful, empowering and sustainable. Within that, children and social justice issues facing women in communities are very close to Sylvia’s heart. Sylvia has been working as a Community Development consultant with her husband Paul in their Manna Consulting business for many years. She holds a Masters degree in Community Development.

Sylvia and Paul have 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls aged between 22 and 14 years old, and loves being a mother to these 4 young people. When not caught up with these two areas that occupy a lot of Sylvia’s time and heart, you will find her outdoors, bird watching, hiking, fishing and swimming mostly.

Sylvia is based in Pietermartizburg, one hours drive away from Woza Moya, travelling out to be on site for one or 2 days per week, with the team and her counterpart S’Phesihle.

New Director of Operations S’Phesihle Radebe is originally from the Ufafa Valley Community. Much to his family’s delight, he has returned home after being away for 10 years, in order to take up this position at Woza Moya. Sphe was born and raised in Mashakeni Village, the last of 7 children. Despite losing his father at a very young age, and experiencing hardship, S’Phesihle continued to have big dreams. Supported by a scholarship from the National Research Foundation, he recently completed his Masters in Environmental Management at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. S’Phesihle’s academic career began at UKZN where he obtained a Bachelor of Social Science in Geography and Rural Resource Management, followed by Honours in Geography and Environmental Management. Working with the Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa (WESSA) for a few years, Sphe became passionate about community development especially in relation to water, sanitation, invasive alien plants, waste and environmental management, and other ecological concerns. S’Phesihle also has a strong interest in social change and mentoring young people.

We invite you all to become a part of a new Friend-Raising initiative for Woza Moya!  The Woza Moya Board of Directors has decided to follow a different path in order to create financial sustainability. Woza Moya has a global reputation as an exemplary community-based organization which is supported by a few wonderful grantors.  Despite our successful ongoing operations it continues to be a challenge, year upon year, to keep our heads above water.

We are appealing to all our Woza Moya friends, locally, and in Europe and the USA, where we are fortunate to have platforms already in place to receive donations.  Meet our Woza Moya UK Trustees http://www.wozamoya.org.za/how-you-can-help/monetary-donations.html#donate-uk. We are also blessed to have the South Coast Foundation, a 501(c) (3) organization in the USA as a friend. http://southcoastfoundation.org/aboutscf.shtml . We receive 100% of all donations made in the UK and the USA, which are tax deductible.

Sue Hedden, Founder and outgoing Director will be travelling around South Africa in 2018 and to the UK and the USA in 2019.  She will be telling the Woza Moya story and requesting many more friends to come on board. Friends who can assist in various ways. Gathering resources for Woza Moya, are not necessarily limited to monetary donations. There are so many different avenues for you to become and Friend and support us. For some it may be helping to spread the word and pass on our story. For others, a monthly debit order, no matter how small.  

This year is a crucial time as Woza Moya plans for this new and exciting venture. We really need your help to make this happen.  We would love to connect with a small circle of your friends to share our story. This could be in the form of a casual tea party, at your home or wherever would be suitable. If your heart resonates with this, please email Sue at  and we can discuss this further.  

Watch this short video of our work!