The COSAT learners are grade 10-12 students (age 15-18) of the Center of Science and Technology in Township Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Frerieke van Bree registered the Dutch organization Umeebee with the mission to help people in developing countries empower themselves by connecting donors in a personal and fun way with beneficiaries, using online media. She received her Master Degree of Architecture at the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands. She moved to Cape Town in September 2006 where she has been working as an architect on community projects and inner-city renewal projects at the office of KLG Architects and currently at Makeka Designs Lab.

Frerieke loves creating projects that combine her big passions; art, technology, humanity. She loves: people, travel, exploring cultures, stimulating leadership, making a difference, having every voice matter!

She enjoys working with the students, women in South Africa and working on this Love To The World website to inspire you! She and Anasuya met in February 2008, they started doing some projects together and that’s when this site was born..

Anasuya Isaacs founded Let Love Lead to address the disproportionate devastation of HIV/AIDS on women and children, particularly, those of color. As a published poet and essayist, she uses the power of the arts to uplift, inspire and empower through workshops and “communologues” . Anasuya has been an artist for social change rallying around many causes, most notably the Free South Africa and The Free Darfur movements. Her plays have been in festivals in both Paris and New York. She was a founding member of Le Theatre Saltambule in Paris, performing classical French theater in French.

She has taught creative writing, theater, and literacy to people of all ages in homeless shelters, prisons, after-school programs, in hospitals, and in schools. As an Adjunct professor, she taught English-as-a Second Language in the U.S, and in France. She holds a BA in Government, Concentration in International Relations from Oberlin College. She studied French Civilization and Culture for two years at Universite de Paris- Pantheon Sorbonne.

Eline Elias contacted Frerieke in June 2008 and since then, she has been working with all her passion for Umeebee and Love to the World from within The Netherlands. Her contact with Frerieke started when she was looking for South African organizations to work together with and literally ‘bring love to the world’.

Eline, born and raised in the Netherlands is a super passionate 18 year old, studying in The Netherlands to become a teacher in economics. During her practical training at a school in 2007, she experienced her love for students and teaching. She is now, more then ever, motivated to have her three major passions; education, developmental projects and Africa to be combined into real action. She is passionate about making a positive change in the world and excited to being able to do this, through the work she does with Umeebee/Love to The world.

She has a great expertise of writing fundraise proposals and she has a lot of knowledge about the Dutch world of funders.