Hello from our Eswatini team.
We would love to introduce you to our dedicated team in Eswatini – Thammy Dlamini, Sphiwe Simelane and Claudia Ginindza.
Our local team are vital to making Lifting Spirits’ goal a reality, with excellent local knowledge and a shared passion to help children with big hearts and even bigger smiles have a better future.
Thammy Dlamini is our Education Manager, Sphiwe Simelane is our Content Manager and Claudia Ginindza is our Mindset Coach. All live in Eswatini and are very familiar with the areas our sponsored children, who are orphans or very vulnerable, live and go to school.
“The amount of heart in this team blows me away. The proactivity and passion of the entire team is so impressive and uplifting. We are all in it for the same purpose and with the same desire to enact positive change for those who truly deserve it,” said Michelle Meineke, Founder and Co-Director of Lifting Spirits.
Thamie grew up with Michelle, the two living in houses metres apart since they were knee-high. They have been family friends for more than 30 years and James Barry, Lifting Spirits’ fellow Director, and Thammy have known each other for more than 15 years.
Sphiwe and Michelle have known each other since they were very young and climbing trees together and Michelle was delighted to work with Claudia in a professional capacity before she joined Lifting Spirits. Each team member is a volunteer, unfailingly giving their support around their family and professional lives.
“Every single one of us has had a helping hand at some point in life and, as a team, we believe in passing that kindness on,” said James.
“Every single one of us has had a helping hand at some point and, as a team, we believe in passing this kindness on.”
Lifting Spirits
The team at Lifting Spirits raise money to send orphaned and very vulnerable children to school in Eswatini, a country in southern Africa. Eswatini has one of the world’s highest number of orphans and is one of the world’s poorest nations, yet it is full of children with big smiles and a huge desire to learn. Our fundraising pays for school fees, uniforms, book hire and stationery. We have a Lifting Spirits’ team on-the-ground in Eswatini and we work very closely with our Swazi partners. Every single penny donated goes to the children. 100%.