HOPE Cape Town Trust & Association

HOPE CAPE TOWN TRUST & ASSOCIATION

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People who make HOPE happen

Voluntary Management HOPE Association

Staff @ Tygerberg

HOPE Community Health Worker

Honorary Member of the HOPE Association

Voluntary Management HOPE Association

Rev. Fr. Stefan Hippler
Rev. Fr. Stefan Hippler is a chaplain to the German speaking Catholic Community in Cape Town since 1997. He also brings international experience in the areas of social work and humanitarian issues. Together with Dr. Monika Esser, he is co-founder of HOPE Cape Town Association and chaired the management from 2001 - 2006. In 2006 he was elected Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the HOPE Cape Town Trust.

Stefan Hippler

Dr. Monika Esser
Tygerberg Children’s Hospital and representative of the German Speaking Catholic Community
Dr. Monika Esser is a pediatrician at the Tygerberg Children's Hospital and a faculty member of the University of Stellenbosch. Together with Rev. Fr. Stefan Hippler she is a co-founder of HOPE Cape Town Association. Since November 2006 Dr. Esser is the also the chairperson of the management committee.

Dr. Susanne Reuther
Sponsorship and ART Therapy
Dr. Susanne Reuther is both a medical doctor by profession and a successful entrepreneur including "Rooibos Tea". She has been and still is very instrumental in obtaining funding for the project mainly from Germany.

Prof. Mark Cotton
KID-CRU Tygerberg Hospital (Founder)
Prof. Cotton was made responsible for the Ithemba Ward in 2001 due to his specialty in pediatrics and triple therapy treatment.

Prof. Robert Gie
University of Stellenbosch
Dr Gie is a faculty member of the Tygerberg Academic Health Complex and the University of Stellenbosch and also involved in TB training in other countries including UN programmes.

Prof. Wolfgang Preiser
Professor Dr. med. Dr. med. habil. DTM&H MRCPath, Head of Discipline
He was appointed Professor and Head of the Discipline of Medical Virology at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Stellenbosch as from August 2005. Before he had worked as a medical virologist in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and in London, United Kingdom. His special interests are the diagnosis of viral diseases with particular emphasis on HIV, viral infections affecting immunocompromised patients as well as emerging infectious diseases. He has for many years followed the development of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and been involved even before moving here. He is also one of the authors of a textbook on HIV medicine that is available free online.

Staff @ Tygerberg Academic Children's Hospital and Campus

Yasmin Buettgen
Project Coordinator
Yasmin Buettgen is in charge of the day to day running of HOPE Cape Town. She has various experience in the NGO fields and speaks German, English, Afrikaans and is trying hard to learn Xhosa

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Pauline Jooste
Training and Compliance Officer
Pauline Jooste, a senior nurse with extensive experience of 27 years in the hospital and clinic setting, has been with HOPE Cape Town Association since January 2005. A nursing graduate from Tygerberg Hospital, Pauline is responsible for the training of all HOPE Community Health Workers as well as professional liaison with clinic staff.

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Lise Chartrand
Liaison Officer between Association & Trust
Lise Chartrand joined HOPE Cape Town Association in March 2006. Her international background in development is oriented towards social and policy issues and she is responsible for outreach.

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Patty Peier
Office administrator
Patty is our office administrator, first as a volunteer and now full time employed. She worked for 28 years in the aviation industry and was responsible for the daily running of a Military and Commercial Aviation workshop. You will have her friendly voice on the phone if you contact the HOPE Cape Town office

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Dr. Madri Carstens
HOPE Cape Town Doctor – Pediatrician
Madri Carstens has been with HOPE Cape Town Association since March 2003. Originally responsible for ARV sponsored children, Madri now provides medical training in-house for the HOPE Community Health Workers.

Yasmin

Trainings Officer

Liaison Officer

Patty

HOPE Doctor

HOPE Community Health Worker

please go to HOPE Programs - HOPE Community Health Workers

Honorary Member of the HOPE Association

Each year HOPE Cape Town honours individuals who have made a major contribution either to HOPE Cape Town Association or in the fields of HIV and Aids. The HOPE Certificate of Appreciation is awarded at the “Ball of HOPE” the annual Cape Town fundraiser. We are honoured to include the following among our Honorary Members.

Stefan Braun
Former CEO Arabella South Africa
Prof. Peter Hesseling
Tygerberg Academic Health Complex
Former Head of Pediatrics
Nick Koornhof
Former Minister of Health, Western Province
Axel Schwirtz
Former German Consul General in Cape Town (2001-2006)
Clem Sunter
Chair, Anglo American's Chairpersons Fund
Piet Meyer
Former Deputy speaker of the Western Provincial Parliament
Former Minister of Health, Western Province
Hans Reuther
Sponsor - Bamberg (Germany)
Kathrin Hoyos
Former Member of the HOPE Management Committee
Anna Margaretha Peters
German Ambassador to South Africa 2002-2004
Prof. Sobantu P Kubukeli
Traditional Health Practitioner Association of the Western Province
Viola Klein
Saxonia Systems Dresden - Vorstand (Germany)
Andreas Moench
Saxonia Systems Dresden - Vorstand (Germany)
Karsten Knechtel
Process Consulting Muenchen - Vorstand (Germany)
Pierre Uys
Minister of Health - WP 2007
Anja Tambusso Ferraz
Southern African - German Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Marchelle Hendricks
Volunteer HOPE Cape Town

Honorary Member

Honorary Members 2004

Honorary Members 2005

HOPE CAPE TOWN Trust
HOPE CAPE TOWN Association
P.O.Box 19145
Tygerberg 7509
South Africa

Trust:
Public Benefit Organisation No 930024843
Non Profit Organisation No 053-417 NPO
Association:
Public Benefit Organisation No 18/11/13/4709
Non Profit Organisation No 031-599NPO