Sarah comes from Belgium and will be staying at Zithulele for 12 months. She is a consultant in Strategy and Operations projects and is pretty excited to experience a different life style and volunteer at the foundation as the general manager. Sarah is engaged to Bernard, a foreign doctor at the hospital. She enjoys good food and is already fond of tasty South African flavors!

Tom arrived at Zithulele at the beginning of the year, and will be involved in fundraising for the foundation, expanding the ARV rollout in the area and assisting with micro-finance projects in the community. Tom is married to Jo (a community service doctor at the hospital). With his craving for sushi difficult to satisfy and in an attempt to embrace rural life, Tom has recently taken up gardening!

Anita has been working for the JRHF since January 2010 as the Education and Literacy Programme Manager. She is working with her sidekick Sammy focusing on training teachers and setting up 11 more pre-schools in the Zithulele area within the next few months. She is married to the hospital’s dentist Etienne and they have both been waiting patiently on their new house being built on church property.

Roger lives at Zithulele and has been working in the Wild Coast since 2002. He is involved in eco tourism, adventure tourism and responsible tourism. As well as facilitating volunteers and community development initiatives. He is married to Karen the chief physio at Zithulele, both self confessed tree huggers with a thriving worm farm.

Kayleigh McMillan is a 17 year old Project Trust volunteer staying in Zithulele for 8 months. She is the assistant to the Health Programme and is responsible for the ARV programme that runs at the clinics surrounding the hospital. She plans to study medicine on her return to the UK.

Sam is a 19 year old student from England volunteering for 8 months, with the charitable organisation 'Project Trust.' Samantha has taken a gap year before University, where she will be studying Psychology and Biology as a combined degree. During the 8 months, she will be working with Anita at the preschools as the 'Education and Literacy Programme Assistant.' She enjoys sunset walks on the beach, hot curry and making compost.