Feathered Five

The author of Under The Baobab Tree and The Rumbling Rhino, Roslynne Toerien is a proudly South African mother of three young children, residing in Durban, KZN. She holds a Bachelor Of Education and has a love for teaching, writing and dance. Ros is the CEO and Founder of the South African Non-Profit Trust, The LEARN Project which stands for “Let’s Educate A Rainbow Nation” and aims to equip disadvantaged schools with libraries and book corners. She lives by the motto “Small actions lead to big change” and this can be seen in the number of school LEARN library doors that have been opened and minds that have been unlocked through the power of books and literacy.
Ros has been a guest speaker at a number of events and schools and was awarded The Paul Harris Fellows Award by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. She has worked closely on The Presidents “Reading Champion Programme”, as the KZN Provincial Lead Support Partner with The LEARN Project.

Rachel Nyman is a student at the University of Pretoria, she is currently completing her degree in Fine Arts.

Rachel was born and raised in South Africa, Durban. She is the eldest of six siblings. Being homeschooled at home by her mother for majority of her childhood, this allowed her the space to develop her creativity and love for illustration and the arts in a very spacious culture. Rachel chose to complete her school career at Our Lady of Fatima, where she was blessed with the most incredible art teacher who challenged and inspired Rachel in many ways.

Rachel has spent many hours in less privileged communities where her heart grew in compassion for people, their struggles and stories. Rachel dreams of ways to bring HOPE to these environments through creativity and telling stories through art.

Rachel matriculated in 2023 where she received the Gail Baxter trophy (Top Art Student in her year) and shared the Humanitarian of the Year Trophy with her twin sister.