Inga Raw is a social entrepreneur who loves to network people and has a heart to support family health. She is married to Robert and is the mother of three children. Inga is a Lay Counsellor with a B.A. Psych degree (UNISA); has completed the play therapy course (Advanced level) with Dr. Rinda Blom (2011), and is currently specializing in training children and adults in emotional intelligence skills. Inga’s experience includes more than ten years of work as a pastoral counsellor, child and youth worker in South Africa and the USA.
Lynese Macey is an advocate for the emotional needs and different learning styles of children and adolescents at home and at school. She a foundation phase teacher with a B.A. degree (UCT) and a PGCE (UNISA), completed the Lifeline personal growth course, and play therapy course with Dr Rinda Blom and specializes in emotional intelligence and play therapy techniques. Lynese’s experience includes running a successful pre-school, 18 years of teaching experience, and editing and writing parenting articles. She is mother to one, and as a teacher has been privileged to be mother to many.
Leonie Probert is a wife of 41 years, mother of four adult children, mother-in-law to three and grandmother to nine grandchildren. From the early 1980s Leonie was involved in community development on farms in the Stellenbosch area that included work with families, parents and mainly children. She established crèches for farm children, training up the farm ladies to teach the children and compiling a manual for the teachers to use in the classrooms. Leonie was the manager/principal of Smiley Kids Day Care Centre in Stellenbosch for two years. She also has experience with individual counselling and group work. Leonie trained with Hope Unlimited in 2012, participated in two Parenting for Life courses, and has a heart for the restoration of families.
HOPE UNLIMITED is a project-based organization focused on providing children, adolescents & adults from every walk of life with the emotional & psychological support they need to build a healthy future in an uncertain world.