A life speaking up for the poor.
CHRONOLOGICAL RESUME
Managing Director Transvaal Society for the Blind
1976 - 82
Member of the Executive Committee of the National Council for the Blind
1977 – 93
4 years as Vice Chairman
10 years Chairman of (Committee for Workshop Managers)
Served on the Committees for Rehabilitation and the Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness
Managing Director and Fundraiser of Natal Society for the Blind
1982 - 03
Manager, Fundraiser and Trustee of Horizon Farm Trust for Intellectually Impaired Adults
2003 - 13
Director of GHB Project Management - Corporate Fundraising
2001 - present
Filadelfia Secondary School for the Physically Disabled
Services for the Blind
Amanzimtoti Crisis Shelter for Abused Women
Pretoria Workshop for the Blind
Giba Gorge Conservancy
DreamCentre Aids Hospice
fundraising achievements
Filadelfia Secondary School for the Physically Disabled
Creating opportunities for disadvantaged and disabled South Africans to reach their full potential and live self-determined lives has always been Geoff’s biggest motivation in his work. One of his proudest achievements is the continued success of Filadelfia School. Its academic merit and reliable high rankings in Matric tables are just part of its recipe for success and empowerment of those at the margins of society. Geoff’s work in fundraising has assisted in many additional efforts, from state of the art assistive devices to mobility training and offering the students a sound value system at their boarding facilities.
Workshops for the Blind
Besides assisting with vehicles, equipment, training courses and running costs for various Societies for the Blind all over South Africa, Geoff has enabled Pretoria Workshop for the Blind to build their dream house and making it the pride of the Blind welfare organisations around the country.
Horizon Farm Trust
In 2003, Geoff raised the money to purchase a 30 acre property in Shongweni, KZN, and over the next ten years developed infrastructure and building to now house forty mentally handicapped school leavers. The Animal Assisted Therapy Program for residents and disabled children from the community and special-needs primary school have been additional areas of successful fundraising.