Tanya van Tonder has worked for over 10 years in childcare, media, fundraising and volunteer roles to help vulnerable children and communities in South Africa. She is currently the Media and Fundraising Assistant at The Kidzpositive Family Fund, where she assists with social media, fundraising events, media inquiries and helping beneficiaries. Previously she volunteered at a children's shelter and family fund, worked as a features writer, translator and actress. She has a degree in drama and qualifications in auxiliary social work and multimedia studies.

1. Contact Information
Observatory, Cape Town
(073) 240 8873
tanya.vant@gmail.com
Personal Information
 Surname: Van Tonder
 First Name: Tanya
 Date of birth:
4 August 1983
 Nationality: South African
 ID Number: 830804 0115 08 0
 Languages: English, Afrikaans
(excellent)
Xhosa (very basic)
Tanya van Tonder
Media and Fundraising Assistant
Summary
I started volunteering at a children’s shelter in Cape Town in 2010, helping with
Educational and Creative activities, assisting with planning the Holiday Program and
coordinating outings. During this time I studied through UNISA (University of South
Africa), completing a one-year course in Auxiliary Social Work (People Centered
Development Training). While studying, I volunteered at The Kidzpositive Family
Fund, assisting in the playroom (educational waiting area for children receiving ARV
medication at Groote Schuur Hospital) as a childcare worker. In 2011 I was
appointed part time, twice weekly for clinic days. In 2013 I was permanently
appointed at Kidzpositive head office as media and fundraising assistant.
Work Experience
Media and Fundraising assistant 2013 – Present
The Kidzpositive Family Fund
 Assisting the Operations Manager with online media (Facebook, Twitter,
website) and print media tasks; radio interviews and press releases.
 Brainstorming new events and fundraisers, setting out a timeline of planned
execution, and implementing ideas.
 Handling any media queries around our projects, beneficiaries or events.
 Assistant organiser for fundraising golf days, movie night, and other
exposure/fundraising events - getting sponsored prizes, advertising,
engaging with corporate environment, and execution of events.
 Assisting the Operations Manager with running and cycling events that
serve as fundraisers and awareness campaigns for Kidzpositive, such as
the Cape Town Cycle Tour and Two Oceans Half Marathon, where
Kidzpositive sell entries, facilitate registration and assist the runners/cyclists
to raise funds for our projects.
 Handling daily tasks at the office and assisting the rest of the team, as well
as some of our sites, with their tasks.
 Assisting young people/teenagers who fall under our beneficiaries with
basics such as applying for an ID, setting up a basic CV, trying to help them
with job/job shadow/internship opportunities.
Childcare worker (volunteer, part-time) 2011 – 2013
The Kidzpositive Family Fund
 Taking care of children (from under-10s to teenagers) who are attending the
ARV/HIV clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital.
 Working in a team with two other childcare workers, as well as the larger
government hospital and NPO structure.
 Formulating educational activities and crafts for specific age and
development of children attending the clinic.
 Looking out for any developmental/educational or home/personal issues
and referring them to the medical officer, head nurse, counselor,
psychologist or occupational therapist.
 Attending to the children’s safety and helping the doctors identity patients.

2. Skills
Child care
Project management
Fundraising
Press releases
Feature writing
Copy editing
Translation
Rewriting
Social media
Team management
Problem solving
Special / personal
projects:
I have various individuals and
organisations that I support on a
personal level, such as a young family
who I met via my work with The
Kidzpositive Family Fund. Over the
past three years I have assisted them
with school funds, health care,
reconnecting them with family and
helping them relocate. There is also an
educare in Mfuleni which I have
assisted with fundraising and
donations, and I take on many other
such challenges through out each year
depending on where a huge need is.
Tanya van Tonder
Media and Fundraising Assistant
Work Experience (continued)
Volunteer / Childcare Worker 2010 – 2014
Ons Plek - A place of safety for vulnerable and street girls
 Responsible for the home’s children during the staff’s weekly half-day
meeting where I planned, provided and executed anything from educational
activities, craft making, movie days, educational outings and healthy
outdoor activities such as gym classes, beach days and mountain climbing.
Features Writer 2008 – Present
Independent Newspapers - Daily Voice
 Responsible for providing the paper with two weekly columns (one about
relationship problems, another on safe sex and sexual health) and
television copy for four days a week.
 Answering the questions in a frank, educational manner that appeals to the
newspapers readership and provides them with basic tools to help assist
them with their problems/queries.
Translator / Sub-Editor 2007 – 2014
Independent Newspapers - Daily Voice
 Translating copy from English to Afrikaans.
 Making sure copy is translated as swiftly as possible, ensuring correct
language use and grammar.
Television, theatre, radio 2002 – 2004
 Freelance actress in various stage productions, as well as in TV
commercials (acting and production), seven months on 7de Laan; as well
as voice over work for radio.
Education
2010: Auxiliary Social Worker (People
Centered Development Training)
UNISA (University of South Africa)
Pass mark: 80%
2005: Multimedia Studies
Elsabé Daneel Productions BK
 Television: presenting; interviews;
news reading; text writing;
producing; directing
 Radio: Presenting; interviews; news
reading
2002 – 2004: B.Dram degree with
English III
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
2001: High School
Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl, South Africa
 Afrikaans First Language
 English First Language
 History
 Art
 Economics
 Biology