OUR FERTILE GROUND
"People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving forward." -Albert Einstein
Ashley Newell
“The biggest thing in the world, bigger than the ocean and the sky, is your heart.”
-Do Hyun Choe
Ashley recently graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of California Santa Cruz. Her education focused on issues impacting children affected by war and complex emergencies, as well as orphaned and vulnerable children worldwide. She also has experience in inclusive special education.
Having fallen in love with South Africa on a trip in 2009 wherein she participated in a community development project in the Eastern Cape, she returned to Cape Town in 2010 to gain further work experience in the areas of Social Work and Public Health. Ashley volunteers with our hospital outreach program at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital where she facilitates developmentally stimulating games and activities for the children in the outpatient clinics in order to alleviate anxiety and encourage parent-child interaction.
Ashley’s educational background, facilitation experience and bright personality have helped her to make a wonderful impact on each Fertile Ground camp.
