Christina Rollin
Over three decades of frontline experience turned into a structured child protection system.
The Founder
With over 26 years as a Registered Nurse, Christina is experienced in general nursing, with a strong focus on paediatrics, midwifery delivering babies in rural communities, and child protection through her extensive work in children’s homes and children’s ministries in disadvantaged communities.
With over 14 years of experience as a Forensic Nurse, Christina has examined more than 3,000 child victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect. She has developed and delivered numerous training programs for Forensic Nurses, Social Workers, and Legal Practitioners, as well as for schools, churches, and parents. Christina also founded and directed the Sexual Assault Clinic in Benoni, Gauteng, for 11 years, working extensively with community and child protection sectors to safeguard children from abuse and to bring healing and justice to those affected.
In 2018, Christina was admitted as an Advocate in the North Gauteng High Court. While practicing law was never her primary goal, the knowledge gained from her LLB has enhanced her influence in numerous court cases involving children she has supported, as well as in her role as an expert witness in other matters.
Christina is recognised for her extensive work as a medico-legal consultant, having provided expert and objective advice in numerous cases to Courts, Legal Practitioners, and the National Prosecuting Authority on matters including child abuse, parental alienation, and homicide.
Following the tragic murder of the young boy Thabang, Christina founded the Independent Child Protection Unit in 2020. Through the ICPU, she provides specialist child protection consultation to professionals and parents, supporting them in navigating a deeply flawed and fragmented child protection system. Utilising her 40 years of experience within the system, Christina not only assists individual cases but also designs and strengthens child protection models, develops strategic frameworks, and delivers targeted training to professionals working within the sector. Over the past five years, Christina and the ICPU have supported hundreds of children and families in seeking justice, safeguarding vulnerable lives, and facilitating healing.
When One Child’s Death Exposed a Broken System
The ICPU will not stop seeking justice for little Thabang and many others who died unheard, painful, savage and without justice.
“We don’t manage crises. We build prevention systems.”
“We don’t work in isolation. We integrate sectors.”
“We don’t rely on sympathy. We rely on structure.”
“We don’t disappear after the donation.”