{"id":50236,"date":"2020-07-16T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T08:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/oosterland-welcomes-new-director-20200715-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:00:13","slug":"oosterland-welcomes-new-director-20200715-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/oosterland-welcomes-new-director-20200715-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Oosterland welcomes new director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_4733ea68\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8983\/05267b8a74864b45bed7e476cc476899.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8983\/668a2aa140524e208890d31afc58823f.jpg\" title=\"LEFT: Travis Marshall has been appointed as the director of Oosterland Child and Youth Care Centre in Despatch.     Photo:SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">LEFT: Travis Marshall has been appointed as the director of Oosterland Child and Youth Care Centre in Despatch.     Photo:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>AS a social work manager, youth development and empowerment has been at the core of the career Travis Marshall, the recently appointed director of Oosterland Child and Youth Care Centre in Despatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marshall has taken over the director position vacated by Riaan Marais. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marshall is no stranger to residential care, having spent the past 13 years as the program director at the EP Children\u2019s Home in Port Elizabeth. 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