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DENOSA mourns Gerald Kraak – Champion of Human Rights and Reconciliation
We are deeply saddened to announce that our longtime colleague and friend, Gerald Kraak, passed away on the evening of 19 October after struggling with cancer over the past several months.
Gerald was a Programme Executive for Atlantic’s Reconciliation & Human Rights Programme in South Africa, an award-winning author and a lifelong activist for human rights.
His creativity, passion and commitment to holding South Africa to its promise of rights and equality for all people was evident in all of his grantmaking for The Atlantic Philanthropies.
When DENOSA’s professional Wing, DENOSA Professional Institute (DPI), received the start-up funding from Atlantic Philanthropies in 2010, he was at the helm of the organisation.
DENOSA sends out it heartfelt condolences to the Kraak family and all those whom he worked closely with, as he surely touched their lives in a positive way. DPI continues to play a role in empowering nurses of South Africa with the necessary training, and it is all thanks to the likes of Gerald Kraak who first opened the doors of the institute.
May his soul Rest in Peace.
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