Nurture Egg Donor Program
Meet The Team
Meet the Team
At Nurture, we don’t just facilitate egg donation—we understand it on a deeply personal level. Our team has been through the journey firsthand, with over 30 IVF treatments and 11 egg donations between us. We know the emotional highs and lows, the uncertainty, the hope, and ultimately, the profound joy that comes from helping to create families.
This personal experience shapes everything we do. Whether you’re donating eggs or searching for the perfect donor, you can trust that our team will support you with compassion, expertise, and care. We’re here to walk this path with you, ensuring that every step of your journey—whether as a donor or recipient—is met with guidance, understanding, and unwavering support.
Tertia Albertyn Founder & Director
Tertia is the founder of Nurture - South Africa’s most successful Egg Donation Program. An accomplished speaker and an award-winning published author, she is highly regarded in South Africa and internationally for the work she does in infertility advocacy and egg donation. Tertia is a seasoned infertility veteran. In the five years, nine IVFs and many losses it took to conceive her children, she has seen and done it all. Tertia has taken her experiences as an infertility veteran and channeled them into something positive for others. In 2007, she co-founded South Africa’s biggest infertility support portal, and in 2008 she launched Nurture, the country’s premier Egg Donor Program (www.nurture.co.za). An award-winning blogger and published author, her book ‘So Close’ based on her infertility journey was published in 2006. Tertia was recognized by the renowned international organization RESOLVE in 2011 in New York for her outstanding contribution to the family-building community. Tertia lives in Cape Town and has a PDM from Wits Business School and an MBA from the University of Cape Town.
Contact Tertia on tertia@nurture.co.za or 0824418639
Kim Lazarus Senior Director
Kim is the Director of our local and international Frozen Egg Bank Program. She is also our Recipient Support person for the Western Cape. ,With a degree in Psychology, 17 of her own IVF’s under her belt, and over 16 years experience in the industry, she is well qualified to provide care, support and a hand to hold to our recipient parents. Kim has worked with recipients and intended parents for over 16 years, helping close to 5000 recipients find their perfect donor and their happy ever after.
Contact Kim on kim@nurture.co.za or 0832619956
Bronwyn Hockly Recipient Support
Bronwyn is our Recipient Support person for Gauteng, KZN, Free State and North West. Although born and raised a small-town girl, Bronwyn now lives in Johannesburg. She is a former egg donor herself having donated a few times successfully, and has over 5 years of experience working for a leading Fertility Clinic in South Africa as a Donor & Recipient Co-Ordinator, assisting patients with all forms of third party conception (egg donors, sperm donors and donor embryos).
Contact Bronwyn on bronwyn@nurture.co.za or 0722797870
Anica Taljaard Marketing & Donor Administration
Anica is our super star Marketing & Donor Admin person. She is responsible for spreading the message about egg donation, and assisting potential egg donors with their application process.
Anica has extensive experience in education and is a nurturer by nature. She is the perfect person to guide our fabulous egg donors through the process of becoming an egg donor and supporting them through the egg donation process.
Contact Anica on anica@nurture.co.za or 0765500530
Carla Cheyne Donor Egg Bank Coordination & Administration
Carla has been working in Online Sales for most of her life, but her heart has always had a yearning to be in a position where she could help people, especially within the medical field. She believes that she is now in the right place and doing what she was destined to do.
She is passionate about supporting others, and no challenge is too great for her.
Carla takes care of the frozen donor egg bank administration and coordination, and assists donors with their application process.
“I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.” – Jana Stanfield
Contact Carla on carla@nurture.co.za or 0611949246
Louise Vincent Donor Support
Louise is a happy, outgoing girl with a golden heart and a passion for lending a hand to others. She wants to leave a trail of kindness, love, and light everywhere she goes. After working for eight years in the educational field, Louise has chosen to enter the medical world, where she hopes to empower families and improve lives one egg at a time.
Louise is thrilled to continue sharing the love by assisting other young women in discovering the benefits and joys of egg donation. She herself is a four-time egg donor, so she has first-hand experience of the very rewarding journey of being an egg donor. To Louise giving an egg is not simply a biological procedure but also a very personal means of giving hope and happiness to those who are desiring to become parents. She is here to help you on your journey as a donor, ensuring that you feel heard and cared for every step of the way.
Contact Louise on louise@nurture.co.za or 0652823239
Adriana Fernandes Donor Support
Adriana is our Donor Support person based in Cape Town. A former egg donor herself, having donated twice, she brings personal experience and a heartfelt understanding to the role. With 9 years of experience in education, Adriana recognizes the incredible blessing that children bring to families. She is passionate about helping others achieve their dreams of parenthood and feels honored to be part of that life-changing process. Adriana lives in Strand, surrounded by her beloved fur and feather babies.
Contact Adriana on adriana@nurture.co.za or 0818496207