About Women4Women - Non Profit Organisation

The foundation is exactly what it says, women helping other women. The foundation is a non-profit organisation (NGO) focused on female empowerment and community upliftment: a programme to improve the lives of the less fortunate and previously disadvantaged women of South Africa.

Our founder, Cindy Nell-Roberts, is a well-known South-African celebrity, television presenter and Director of Cosmetix (Pty) Ltd. Cindy reached celebrity status as Miss South Africa and a Miss Universe runner-up in 2003, thereafter she became a popular television presenter and personality for shows such as Pasella, Survivor, Strictly Come Dancing and Wedding Bashers just to name a few. Cindy spent over 15 years working with various charity projects and discovered that, above all, her passion in life is to help other women to improve their lives. The Women4Women foundation will focus on the empowerment and upliftment of women, with the end goal to help women improve their earnings, living conditions, confidence, appearance and to secure the future for their children.

The Women4Women foundation has partnered with the Mrs South Africa Pageant (a female empowerment and upliftment programme) and will be the official beneficiary of the Mrs South Africa annual fundraising ball. Funds raised at the ball will be distributed to community projects.

Women4Women will endeavour to establish three fully functional ECD Educational centres in three townships in 2020 for girls from the age of 6 - 11 years. Women4Women will also pay for the training of staff and day to day operations and maintenance of the educational centres. Our bursary students from underprivileged communities are currently studying Early Childhood Development and will be re-invested back into the system and community to assist with the Early Childhood Development program. Life skills taught at the Early Childhood Development Centres will be on par with the Government policy which is a comprehensive approach for children from 6 to 11 with the active participation of the educator. Its purpose is to protect the rights of children to develop their full cognitive, emotional, social and physical potential.

Life skills to teenagers form a big part of our initiatives please see the projects page for reference.

Women4women is a platform for change makers to join hands and support, initiate and execute community upliftment projects with specific emphasis on female empowerment. Our mission is to ultimately create jobs, increase income, grow small female businesses and entrepreneurs thereby empower females of all ages in all spheres of life to improve their circumstances. We strive to narrow the gap of inequality and build a better tomorrow for the woman of Africa. Empowering and uplifting the women in our communities is the key to mobilizing economic growth.

Lobbying government, public and private institutions to raise funds, to facilitate, assist, initiate, fund or participate in projects and programs that economically uplift women in various communities.

Cindy Nell

CEO

Our founder, Cindy Nell-Roberts, is a well-known South-African celebrity, television presenter and Director of Cosmetix (Pty) Ltd. Cindy reached celebrity status as Miss South Africa and a Miss Universe runner-up in 2003, thereafter she became a popular television presenter and personality for shows such as Pasella, Survivor, Strictly Come Dancing and Wedding bashers to name a few. Cindy spent the past 15 years working with various Charities, NGO and projects and discovered that, above all, her passion in life is to help other women to improve their lives. The ultimate aim of which is to help women improve their earnings, living conditions, confidence, appearance and in so doing to secure a brighter future for their children.

Focusing on the empowerment and upliftment of women.

Joani Johnson

Director

Former Mrs South Africa, Joani Johnson has been the CEO of Mrs South Africa (Pty) Ltd since 2011. The Pageant has seen tremendous growth under her guidance and expertise and grows from strength to strength each year. She is an acclaimed businesswoman in South Africa and an award-winning entrepreneur. Joani has created a winning team that has backed the company ever since. Joani has her degree in Communications and is currently studying towards her Master’s in Business Administration. She has over 15 years’ experience in the model, pageant and media industries. Joani is also the founder and CEO of Ace Models SA, the leading modelling academy in the country with over 17 franchises across South Africa and Namibia. She has been nominated for various awards including Africa’s most influential woman in Business and Government and is passionate about female empowerment.

Nominated for various awards including Africa’s most influential woman in Business and Government.

Vusi Zwane

Vusi Zwane is currently the Executive Chairman of energy company, Rockwill Solar. Zwane is a Corporate/Government Affairs Consultant and a well-known businessman in South Africa. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Peermont Children's Trust, the Peermont Education Trust, the Peermont Community Benet Trust and the Ekurhuleni Peermont Chambers of Commerce Trust, which assists small-medium enterprises with grant funding. He has also served as the Chairman of the JSE-listed, Country Foods Limited. He is a founding member of the business lobbyist group, the National Black Business Council and is a member of the Black Business Council. He has served on the judging panel for the last 8 years.

Clive Roberts

Director

Clive Roberts is a well-known and respected South-African entrepreneur who rose to prominence at the age of 26 to be South-Africa's youngest businessman to list a company on the stock Exchange. He has subsequently built and advised on various other successful businesses ranging from Cosmetix (Pty) Ltd which he founded in 2002 (a Women4Women foundation sponsor) to businesses in the gaming and energy sectors. Clive will be involved in annual meetings in the Women4Women foundation in an advisory and guidance capacity. His extensive knowledge and experience in the financial and operational sectors will guide the foundations strategic and financial decisions.

Sponsor for the Woman4Women Foundation.

Brigitte Willers

General Manager

Brigitte is an experienced Brand, Project and Business Manager in the marketing sector. Her passion for people has led her to run various successful projects in the CSI space to raise funds for numerous causes predominantly around the welfare of women and children in South Africa. Brigitte currently manages her own Marketing and Project Management company as well as the operations for Women4Women.