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Latest revision as of 08:20, 20 November 2025
Charity Founder
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Cass is the CoFounder and CEO of So They Can, a leading international charity that she launched in 2009 to provide access to quality education in East Africa. Her vision for creating social impact is rooted in the belief that education is the most powerful tool for breaking the cycle of poverty. She rejects traditional charity models that create dependency, and champions true impact that comes from locally driven partnerships that empower local communities to lead their own development.Â
Cass’ leadership has underscored the organisation’s evolution from a traditional aid approach that relies on overseas funding at one school, to direct partnerships with 52 government schools in Kenya and Tanzania, supporting nearly 50,000 children with access to education and community development. A unique, long-term and sustainable approach that has made her a thought leader in the sector, and gained So They Can Full Accreditation with the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which puts them in the top 1% of Australia’s charities.Â
Cassandra’s career background is medico legal, gaining her Master’s Degree in Medical
Law and Ethics from King’s College, London University.
Having spent a year in Argentina on a student exchange when she was 16, Cass spent time at an orphanage and was confronted for the first time with poverty in the developing world. The injustice affected her greatly, and sculpted her future career choices and charity involvement. As a new mother this empathy took her back to the communities of East Africa that she had become acquainted with while travelling, and a drive to improve the lives of some of the world’s most impoverished children whose family’s suffered deprivation and displacement due to political violence.
Working in Africa now Cass gains so much from the people she works with, as she describes in her Tedx talk. The communities have taught her to be grateful for what she has got rather than focus on what she has not got, the children have helped her to live in the present and enjoy the simple pleasures of life, and the communities of Kenya and Tanzania have taught her the value of Ubuntu (I am because of you) and the importance of global balance.
Cass was very honoured to be nominated for the 2015 New Zealander of the Year and to be one of the final 10 people that were considered for this prestigious award.
Today So They Can has entities globally in Australia, Kenya, New Zealand, Tanzania, UK, and US and over $45 million has been mobilised. Cass was appointed as an Advisor on Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Centre’s International Advisory Board in 2024, awarded Women’s Refuge Services Inspirational Woman of the Year in 2022, and has been a New Zealander of the Year finalist.
