Info About Lyndon Barends & DAD Fund Organization

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Lyndon Barends is the recipient of the 2014 Inyathelo Award for Philanthropy in Education. Lyndon Barends set up the DAD Fund ten years ago to nurture young leaders and provide disadvantaged teenagers with the opportunities to rise above their circumstances through education and development programs. Lyndon Barends himself grew up in a shack in Crossroads outside Cape Town and only managed to finish his schooling by working as a cleaner at his college after hours. The late Dean of the college, Daniel Arthur Douman, supported and mentored him throughout his career and it was in honour of him, that Lyndon set up the DAD Fund in 2003.  Starting his career as a teacher, Lyndon Barends became involved in community development and later became a spokesperson for the World Health Organisation, campaigning for TB sufferers alongside Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. After being awarded a bursary to do an MBA in the UK, Lyndon Barends joined Standard Bank where he serv...
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Information About Lyndon Barends The Founder Of DAD Fund

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Lyndon Barends was raised in a shack in Crossroads (where the 1976 apartheid uprisings took place). He was the first person in his family to complete high school and earn a university degree. Daniel Douman became Lyndon’s mentor and inspired him to push through his tough circumstances and to educate himself. This led to his MBA and finally becoming the business and community leader he is today. Lyndon Barends has played significant roles in diverse national projects from health care, children’s charity, banking, and sport. Among several other business roles, Lyndon Barends has been a Partner and still is a Director of Match world - a strategic sponsorship marketing company – and the newly appointed Group CEO of Primedia Sport. He holds Dip Personnel Management, BA (Psych & Soc), BA Hons (Development Studies), MBA and currently reading towards his DBA in Switzerland. For more detailed information about Lyndon Barends so, you can visit us: - https://bit.ly/2QrL...
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