27-07-2025
Bushbuckridge youngster wants to make an impact through her foundation
Bushbuckridge youngster wants to make an impact through her foundation
In a heart-warming tale of kindness and compassion a young woman started a charity initiative in her community.
Thobeka Ndhlovu (23) from Mountain View, the founder of the Thobeka Charity Foundation, has been helping those in need since 2020 when she was still in high school.
Ndlovu said that because of her own experience, she knows how it feels to lack basic essentials.
'I wanted to lead by example in my community by showing them that charity begins at home,' Ndlovu said.
She makes sandwiches and gives them to people living on the streets and the boys who push the shopping trollies at the Bushbuckridge Complex.
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Ndhlovu said she wants to make a difference her community, just as others did in her life. When she was in high school, she used to buy bread for those on the streets.
Although she could see that it was not enough, she wanted to try to help. She said that she has a dream of building a home of safety.
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'I want to be part of the group of people that make a difference in the lives of others and support them, especially in academics. I want to create job opportunities in my safe house and help locals to earn money to avoid the increase of crime in my community,' Ndhlovu said.
She said she wants to be the change her community needs. 'People of my age who come from struggling families share a pain that lives in your memory for life, but it is up to you whether you change it for the better or continue to be desperate.'
