SHAMBA Eswatini
Establishment and mission
The SHAMBA Trust (Eswatini) was established on 11 March, 2011 as An Association Not For Profit in terms of
Section 17 of the Swaziland Companies Act.
Our aim is to develop the capacity of communities to provide disadvantaged children from AIDS affected
households with an equitable foundation to lifelong development through the provision of high quality early
childhood care and education.
Staff
SHAMBA Swaziland is governed by volunteer Directors, office management staff and a teacher and support
worker at each Bright Future Preschool (move the cursor over the photo to see biodata).
Directors
Bright Future Roma
Bright Future Makhwane
management and office support staff
Bright Future Ntambande
Bright Future Maplazini
Bright Future Sigengeni
Bright Future Madacaza
Bright Future Mbowane
Seraphy Resting
Sinethemba is a company director. She joined the SHAMBA Board in 2019. She brings many years of experience of company
administration and dealing with corporate finance and legal issues.
Allan Low
Allan has 23 years experience as an agricultural economist in Southern and Eastern Africa. He wrote a text book on
Agricultural Development in Southern Africa based on his early work in Swaziland. Allan decided to settle here after
retiring.
Nhlanhla Bhembe
Nhlanhla is our accounting technician. Nhlanhla completed his CAT exams and will qualify as an accounting technician
once he has been accredited with practical competencies, which we hope he will accomplish while working for us.
Joy Rockley-Zwane
Joy grew up in the UK and attended university there. She came to Swaziland in 1983 to get married. She has two
children and works as a dentist in her own practice in Mbabane.
Thembi Silombo
Thembi attended school in Piggs Peak in the North of Swaziland. After leaving school she gained an AAT accounting
qualification and is currently enrolled with UNISA pursuing her BCOM degree. In 2004, she joined FNB where she is
now a member of FNB 's Junior Board.
Xolile is our ECD officer at Roma preschool. She joined SHAMBA in January 2019. Xolile trained as a preschool teacher
at Edugate and subsequently worked at their model preschool.
Nonhlanhla Dlamini
Nonhlanhla is our ECD officer at Nkoyoyo preschool. She joined SHAMBA at the end of 2015. She shadowed Mapule at
Nkoyoyo preschool during the last term of 2015 and will take over from her in 2016. She has previously been invoved
in training parents on early childhood education and development.
Teresa Magagula
Teresa is our support worker at the Nkoyoyo preschool. She has been with SHAMBA since 2011, when we started our
first preschool at Nkoyoyo. She is a resident of Nkoyoyo and a member of the Swedish Free Church, whose building
the Nkoyoyo preschool occupies.
Busisiswe Sithole
Busisiwe joined the SHAMBA management team in June 2019 as ECCE Manager/Human Resources Manager. Busi had
six years experience as a preschool teacher trainer before joining SHAMBA. She has certificates in early childhood
development, a certificate in adult education and a diploma in human resources management.
Kanyisile Mashinini
Kanyisile is our support worker at the Roma preschool. She has been with SHAMBA since 2015, when she spent the
last term shadowing Teresa at Nkoyoyo preschool . She is a resident of Roma and a former caregiver at the Roma 2
Neighbourhood Care Point.
Zethu Bhembe
Zethu has been with SHAMBA since 2016. She was the deputy ECD officer at Ntambande until May 2018, when she
moved to Makhwane as the ECD officer and opened the new school there. She has an IGCSE certificate.
Cebsile is the ECD officer at Maplazini. She has been with SHAMBA since January 2019. She is from the local
community.
Nomalizo is our support worker at Bright Future Makhwane. She trained at Nkoyoyo before she joined Zethu to set up
the new preschool at Makhwane. She is a resident of Makhwane and has a JC qualification.
Gugu is our assistant ECD officer for the new preschool at Mbowane. She joined SHAMBA in February 2019. She is from
the local community.
Khanyisile is our support worker at the Ntambande preschool. She joined SHAMBA in 2018. She is from the local
community.
Hlengiwe is our assistant ECD officer at the Madacaza preschool. She joined SHAMBA in 2018. She trained with
Nonhlanhla at the Nkoyoyo preschool. She is from the Madacaza community.
Phumzile is our support worker at Sigengeni. She joined SHAMBA in November 2017. She shadowed Teresia at the
Nkoyoyo preschool. She is from the Sigengeni community.
Thulie is our assistant ECD officer at the Ntambande preschool. She joined SHAMBA in 2018. Prior to that she worked
as a support worker at the Nkoyoyo preschool as an employee of the Swedish Free Church. She is from the Nkoyoyo
community.
Nokulunga is the support worker at the Madacaza preschool.She joined SHAMBA in 2018 and was trained by Teresia at
Nkoyoyo. She is from the Madacaza community.
Nomvula is the assistant ECD officer at the Sigengeni preschool.She joined SHAMBA in 2018 and was trained at Roma
BFP. She is from the Sigengeni community.
Rose is the support worker at the Maplazini preschool. She joined SHAMBA in 2019 and was trained by Teresia at
Nkoyoyo. She is from the Maplazini community.
Samu is the support worker at the Mbowane preschool. She joined SHAMBA in 2019 and was trained by Teresia at
Nkoyoyo. She is from the Maplazini community.