The 121@VMA Team

Lizette Venter directs 121@ VMA. Having worked in the corporate world for many years (IT and Project Management) she felt the strong call to get more involved in community work. This led to her starting up 121@ VMA where she does her utmost to keep the rest of us (young ones!) in line!


Ian Stuart is pastor of the Pretoria North Baptist church. He is actively involved in every part of 121@ VMA from guiding us with his wise council, to daily decision making, to sorting out technical hitches, to facilitating with the detention program.


Cori Wielenga is involved with all the day-to-day runnings of 121. She initiated the project in Soshanguve and is developing material for the detention program. She is currently working on her doctorate in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies, in which she is focussing on reconciliation processes in Rwanda.


Ian Dewbury and Rene Jobse are both on our board and involved with the long term planning and visioning for 121. Ian brings with him enormous amounts of experience in working with children in ministry. Rene's interest is around connecting business and ministry, and was part of a team that developed the fantastic MoneySkills boardgame.

Salome van Niekerk joined our team only a few months ago and is helping out in a hundred-and-one ways, from administrative tasks, to facilitating detention sessions, to training our volunteers in Soshanguve. She is preparing for a six-month missions outreach to Mozambique and is further exploring the possibilities of full-time missions.

Hope Nkadimeng has joined us specifically to coordinate the project in Soshanguve. He has worked for several years in the NGO world in Soshanguve, building relationships with schools and volunteers. He has also assisted with the detention program in Pretoria.