About Us

Executive Director
Sr Natalie Kuhn

Sister Natalie was educated at the Dominican Convent Schools in King Williamstown, East London and Graaf Reniet. She has been in education since 1956 and specialised in Early Childhood Education.
Prior to arriving at the Dominican Convent in Belgravia in 1986, she managed the Dominican Convent in Springs from 1976 - 1984. Sister then went on a sabbatical Leaders Programme at Notre Dame University in Indiana in the US during 1984/1985.
When Sister Natalie arrived at Belgravia in 1986 there were 240 pupils at The Convent. Today the school has a pupil body of 660, of which Sister has obtained scholarships for many of the learners.
During the dark days of apartheid, Sister battled to keep the doors of the Convent open because she exceeded the allocated percentage of black learners in her school.

Executive Director Sister Natalie Kuhn

Mr Cresswell originally comes from UK where he was educated and gained an MSc degree in Minerals Engineering at London University. He has worked in various countries around the world on the design of new mines and is currently a Process Engineering Consultant at DRA Plant Design Engineers specializing in the coal industry.

He emigrated to South Africa in 1985 and is married to Clare a Physiotherapist. They have two teenage children both in local high schools. He was introduced to Sister Natalie by KNF’s indefatigable fund raiser Sue Peiser through their church and due to his interest in children’s education agreed to became Chairman of KNF shortly after its foundation in September 2004. Mark considers that it is a great privilege to work with someone as inspiring as Sister Natalie and his aim is to steadily increase the funding and infrastructure of Wings of Hope school in order to make is self sustaining.

Mr. Mark Cresswell