{"id":3678,"date":"2022-06-15T04:36:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/?p=3678"},"modified":"2022-06-15T04:36:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:36:29","slug":"vika-shipalana-joins-sa-harvest-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/articles\/vika-shipalana-joins-sa-harvest-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Vika Shipalana joins SA Harvest board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vika brings a wealth of marketing experience and a considerable network to SA Harvest<\/em>. Her career in sales, trade marketing, and brand marketing spans 19 years, and her desire to contribute towards a culture and society where luxury brands and services from Africa are valued and appreciated all over the world, gave birth to her luxury consultancy, VS Luxury Group (Pty) Ltd<\/em> in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on her appointment to the board, Vika says, \u201cI was born in rural Eastern Cape, the second poorest province in the country, and grew up in Bisho. I\u2019m no stranger to poverty or suffering. I\u2019ve witnessed the need first hand, and often wished that I could do something to help on a large scale. SA Harvest<\/em> is making a real impact on hunger in South Africa, and I\u2019m excited to be part of expanding its impact even further.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A firm believer in the growth and development of Africa and her people, Vika makes a valuable addition to the board. She is the third woman to be appointed to the board, bringing greater diversity of ideas, and thought to an organisation that has a steadfast philosophy of innovation based in technology and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of diversity at board level, Vika says, \u201cIt is critical for a successful leadership team to embrace diversity. Women bring a different perspective, which is even more relevant in the context of an organisation that provides hunger relief, as nurturing is inherent in a woman\u2019s genetic makeup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vika believes that it is her duty to help others grow themselves and their businesses for future success. She hopes to bring significant value to SA Harvest<\/em> by enabling connections to potential corporate partners who share SA Harvest\u2019s<\/em> belief that an end to hunger is possible. Through its model of food rescue, hunger relief, technology, and systemic change, SA Harvest<\/em> is on a mission to disrupt the food ecosystem and put an end to the need for charity. In the 31 months since its inception, it has delivered the equivalent of 20 million meals by rescuing 6 million kilograms of food from going to waste. The organisation has over 200 vetted beneficiaries and warehouses in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on Vika\u2019s appointment to the board, chairman Gidon Novick says, \u201cWe are incredibly fortunate to have Vika join the board. Her experience in life and in work and her deep desire to help others are perfectly aligned with SA Harvest\u2019s<\/em> mission to end hunger in South Africa\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a mother to two girls, Ntsako (14) and Jodie (10), and wife to Bonnke Shipalana, Vika believes in leading a balanced lifestyle where one can prioritise self, in order to be of greater love and service to others. She enjoys teaching and mentoring young women on the importance of putting God first, taking care of self (spiritually and physically) and prioritising family above all else. Vika prays that her life is a living example to others and hopes to leave a legacy for the children of Africa and future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on SA Harvest<\/em>, follow them on Facebook<\/em> and Instagram<\/em> @saharvest and LinkedIn<\/em> @sa-harves. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT VANESSA NAUDE ON vanessa@saharvest.org<\/a> or via WhatsApp call on 083 271 6000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entrepreneur and gamechanger Vika Shipalana has joined the board of SA Harvest, the food rescue, hunger relief and food activist organisation that has delivered an average of 645 000 meals per month to those in need since its inception in October 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-schoolscharity"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana.jpg",735,546,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana-300x223.jpg",300,223,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana.jpg",640,475,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana.jpg",640,475,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana.jpg",735,546,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana.jpg",735,546,false],"magazine-7-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana.jpg",735,546,false],"magazine-7-slider-center":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana.jpg",735,546,false],"magazine-7-featured":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana.jpg",735,546,false],"magazine-7-medium":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana-720x380.jpg",720,380,true],"magazine-7-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Vika-Shipalana-675x450.jpg",675,450,true]},"author_info":{"info":["TheLife Team"]},"category_info":"Articles & Advertisers<\/a> Schools and Charity<\/a>","tag_info":"Schools and Charity","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3680,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678\/revisions\/3680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}