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Stefan Hippler

Reverend Father Stefan Hippler is a Roman Catholic priest from Germany who has lived and worked in South Africa for 25 years. He is the Chairperson of HOPE Cape Town Trust, a development organisation working in the fields of health, ECD, youth and vocational training/entrepreneurship in the townships of the Greater Cape Town region. He is an author, Aids activist, a Paul Harris Fellow and a member of the Senior Council of the Southern African-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry. In 2021, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz), Germany’s highest civilian award.