International guest speaker, celebrated author and  Philanthropy Consultant,  Rooney International Scholar, TEDx Speaker and Wellington, New Zealand Rotary Member – Getrude Matshe

Watch the TEDx Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzIyOtusDxE

Read her Huffington Post articles http://www.huffingtonpost.com/getrude-matshe/

 Getrude Matshe is an inspirational speaker who has been described as a vibrant bundle of African energy whose zest and passion for life inspires everyone she meets. She is passionate about helping people achieve their full potential and find their individual life purpose. She is passionate about individuals’ success. This makes her an energetic, inspirational and enlightening speaker. Getrude has written several books and is now a book writing coach.

About Getrude Matshe

Her speaking career started in Norway 1989 and for 12 years she has worked in the IT industry as a Systems Analyst, Systems Support Manager and Project Manager. Getrude immigrated to New Zealand in 2001 with nothing and is now the Director of three successful companies.

• She started Medical Recruiters of New Zealand Ltd
• GM Global Investments Ltd (Property)
• As an owner she formed Simzisani Ltd, a talent agency catering for the film and advertising industry and has been instrumental in supplying ethnic extras for prominent movies such as Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” and James Cameron’s Avatar
• She is the founder and CEO of the Africa Alive Education Foundation, an organization that supports HIV orphans in Zimbabwe
• She formed Walk on the Wild Side Tours – a symbiotic tourism company that takes tourist to Zimbabwe to work with HIV and Aids orphans
• She became a Rooney International Scholar in 2012 and worked at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• She is married and the mother of three children and a well known African Storyteller, poet, artist and published author.
• She is a script writer and an Independent film maker
• She writes for CNN iReport – http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-946671?ref=email
• Getrude blogs for the Huffington Post – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/getrude-matshe/
• Actress in the movie “Cry Freedom” with Denzel Washington in 1987
• 15^th March 2014 Getrude was a speaker at the UN Annual Summit on the Status of Women

• Getrude supports and volunteers for :-
  • The John Fawcett foundation in Bali Indonesia
  • Mustard Seed Orphanage in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  • The Ubuntu Africa foundation in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ujamaa Children’s Home in Arusha, Tanzania
  • Global Camps Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa

Getrude is a dynamic entrepreneur who has started life in a new country and who has proved that anything is possible if you have a purpose.