Joy Olivier

Co-founder and Director

Online member for 2 years 43 weeks

Joy is currently volunteering as full-time as possible for IkamvaYouth. Her role involves a bit of everything -- from tutoring English and mentoring learners and volunteers to strategic planning, project management and coordination, engaging partners and fundraising. She tries to balance her time between the details of ground-level implementation and long-term strategy regarding the IkamvaYouth model's replicability and scalability.

Joy has an honours degree in Psychology, and will begin her MA in Education and information and communications technology (ICT) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2007. Previous work experience includes posts as a researcher at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and bridges.org. She currently freelances as a researcher for policy and implementation projects concerning the use of ICT for education and development.

Joy is passionate about IkamvaYouth because of the enjoyment and fulfillment she gets from working with the wonderful ikamvanites (volunteers and learners), and the positive impact that the organisation has on peoples' lives. She feels honoured and privileged to be working with such talented, committed and fun people and is continually inspired by the results that the ikamvanites have been able to achieve, and the massive potential the IkamvaYouth model has for driving social change and transformation in South Africa.