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INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE (2013)
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TUTORING BOYS FROM THE SALVAKOP SHELTEREvery child needs to smile and dream despite their background. Dreaming infuses one with passion and drives them to live out their full purpose. Project JJ has been involved with tutoring the Crossroads boys for well over 6 years now and one thing that strikes one on first encounter about these boys is their enthusiasm, strong sense of brotherhood and love for life. The grim realities of their own family life, the challenges they’ve been through and lack of basic needs such as food and shelter is the reason why most ended up in the shelter. The tutoring is
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and I was particularly touched by this grade 6 kid’s vision board. These were some of his goals:
This got me thinking in retrospect about how I didn’t even remotely think like that at that age. His balanced and unselfish view of life brought tears to my eyes. I guess all I’m saying is: my life will never be the same again after the Salvakop tutorials and just reaching out to these boys. So I invite you to give it a try, you’ll fall in love with it sooo much that you’d want to be the next project coordinator. Its life changing! Tutorials are held in the HWS library seminar rooms on a Saturday at 0900hours and run fort weekly. Contact Person: Wame Keoreke ([email protected]) By Wame Keoreke |