tHERE IS NEVER A TEAM OF ONE
The Team
Micky Heiligengerg-Pieterse
Founder & Fundraiser
Micky got a vision to go & do something to help a forgotten people in the valley of 1000 hills in Ximba. She has connected people & highlighted this area to other organisations, which in turn has brought about a primary school for 800 learners & now a technical high school. She was the visionary & fundraiser for this project & trusted that in time all will fall into place for the next steps.
She organised field trips, better known as (working holidays or mission trips) & personally lead groups to visit the project, getting involved & at the same time Micky loves to show off birth country & hopes that visitors will get involved for the long run in the future.
Micky has been married to Klaas Heiligenberg since 2010 & lived in Holland, running the operation from their home office when she is not in the field (part-time).
She remains an unpaid member of this team since 2003 & raised all her own sponsorship monies through selling or doing stuff.
In 2024, she handed the batten over to Rob Ventres and now only supports the website updates. Klaas and Micky relocated to South Africa to retire. Micky is currently employed as a web developer and artist, but her husband, who is in a contented retirement, provides the majority of their financial support.
She organised field trips, better known as (working holidays or mission trips) & personally lead groups to visit the project, getting involved & at the same time Micky loves to show off birth country & hopes that visitors will get involved for the long run in the future.
Micky has been married to Klaas Heiligenberg since 2010 & lived in Holland, running the operation from their home office when she is not in the field (part-time).
She remains an unpaid member of this team since 2003 & raised all her own sponsorship monies through selling or doing stuff.
In 2024, she handed the batten over to Rob Ventres and now only supports the website updates. Klaas and Micky relocated to South Africa to retire. Micky is currently employed as a web developer and artist, but her husband, who is in a contented retirement, provides the majority of their financial support.
Klaas Heiligenberg
Administrator & much more
Klaas married Micky & the first things she insisted on is that he must devote himself part-time to this project for a season with Micky & he was so smitten with Micky he just agreed. Without Klaas this project's administration would be a mess, he devoted his spare time to balancing the books & preparing difficult Dutch paperwork for the authorities for further accountability. He was also the main photographer in the family & now also does all the drone work for our promotions.
He also went on the group trips to do the administration work, blog postings of the trips & no doubt all the photography. Which meant when he gets home he still has months of work to do because Micky keeps it coming.
Klaas also enjoys motorbikes & has been a member of the CMA, an international association, since they launched in the Netherlands. Micky his wife was also a member in the UK & that is how they met. Klaas & Micky are also active in the CMA mostly in the summer months of the year.
Klaas also loves wordwork & makes almost anything Micky asks for but now in South Africa now enjoys the outdoors much more than in the Netherlands.
He also went on the group trips to do the administration work, blog postings of the trips & no doubt all the photography. Which meant when he gets home he still has months of work to do because Micky keeps it coming.
Klaas also enjoys motorbikes & has been a member of the CMA, an international association, since they launched in the Netherlands. Micky his wife was also a member in the UK & that is how they met. Klaas & Micky are also active in the CMA mostly in the summer months of the year.
Klaas also loves wordwork & makes almost anything Micky asks for but now in South Africa now enjoys the outdoors much more than in the Netherlands.
Sharlene Schultze
EX Director (South Africa) EX Project Manager
2004-2024 part time volunteer
2004-2024 part time volunteer
Sharlene is a dedicated wife & mother of 4 1/2 children, of which two are adopted. She is an entrepreneur, business owner, visionary and self-confessed coffee snob! She lives on a family farm on the famous Comrades Route. She is a special kind of lady, certainly a peoples’ person & teacher by nature. Not only that, but she is married to a Master Baker & lives among a Macadamia Nut orchard which her son manages. She is an all-rounder, in more ways than one, she bakes, sews and creates. Not to mention did all the running around and thinking for this very project.
She also associates with people who love to help & be of service to people. She calls it passionate about passionate people. Furthermore, she has been with Grapevine Family Foundation from the start & loves the people she works with for that very reason, she has a heart for the very same Community this foundation has set its routes.
Unfortunately, she had to make tough dissensions and had to cut it short and hope that one day she will be able to continue where she left off. She is always busy with community and has a heart of gold. We truly miss her.
Unfortunately, she had to make tough dissensions and had to cut it short and hope that one day she will be able to continue where she left off. She is always busy with community and has a heart of gold. We truly miss her.