Insa Kuschnerus

Germany

Insa Kuschnerus was born in Hanover, Germany, on November 21, 1989.

She completed high school in the small town of Bad Honnef and 2009 and was part of the school’s drama group. She also participated in a work group in which she learned about the history and culture of South Africa.

Insa also participated in a schools exchange programme with schools in England and France to improve her language skills. In 2008, she started to write poetry and participated in a few Poetry Slams in Cologne. In 2007, she joined the local group of Amnesty International to volunteer in organising events in protest against human rights violations.

This great appreciation for South Africa and the arts as well as human rights work could only take her to Drama for Life. So Insa applied to the German Development Services to undertake a year volunteering with DFL at Wits University.

She works in the DFL office supporting the programme manager to organise workshops and other events like the DFL welcome reception. She has also contributed to some of the workshops and helped out during the DFL conference.