Ockert Potgieter (Ukrainian: Окерт Потгітер; 11 December 1965 – 11 October 2021) was a South African missionary in Ukraine and a film director.
[5] He finished a diploma in Social Law at “Rijkuniversisteit” Ghent, Belgium in conjunction with Stellenbosch University.
It is a project that maintains and repairs infrastructure, cleans the city, provided water, upgrades roads and does paint work.
For these projects he partnered up with Jubilee Church Maidstone, UK and the Mayor of Reni, Igor Plegov.
A kindergarten school was established as well as a programme to enrich children's lives by exposing them to different countries and culture.
The Potgieters have been attacked in the past by armed men but survived it and continued to do missionary work there.