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Volunteer
SATURDAY ACADEMY SIGN UP
Dear Partners,
Thank you for coming out to our planning meeting and orientation for new volunteers yesterday. We all are very excited and are confident that 2010 will see tremendous growth in our children / teens as well as our community and organisation. With you help, we'll be able to reach more children in need of our collective efforts.
Please also share this information with others that missed our orientation meeting and are interested in joining us this year. Please also encourage others to visit our website: www.tebohotrust.org.za for more information. Encourage them to visit our page on news and events to see reports on our past programmes and activities with lots of photographs.
Please submit your information per the attachments asap. In order to be prepared for opening day - 6 February, we'll need the information no later than 31 January 2010.
Again, thank you all for your continued support.
VOLUNTEERS ARE MAKING THE DIFFERENCE AT TEBOHO TRUST
It has become my great pleasure recently to become involved with the wonderful family of the Teboho Trust. It has been a privilege to work with such fine people who are so driven to improve their situation and to take responsibility for that what needs to be done.
These young people, with the guidance of Jose Bright, are driven with a passion for success in school and to build their community. I became aware of what it took to become part of this very driven bunch of youngsters. I had 3 children to stay the night at my home and teach them various hobbies of mine they could use for their business. I had an introduction on how to work really hard and to pay attention to every detail until the task was completely finished. I was exhausted and these three young ladies just shone. They could not get enough information and they constantly wanted to keep trying something new until no stone was left unturned.
Over 150 children attend the Saturday Academy where they improve their academic knowledge in the hope that they will be able to further their education after school. Thabiso Maesela runs the school. He is adored by the children who range from preschool age to matric. It is always amazing to see the older members who are now at university keep coming on Saturday to help out and see how their family is doing.
David Rantho and Thabiso Maesela run the office. It is a wonderful place of safety. The older children look out for the younger ones and if they find anyone in distress in the community, they introduce them to the family. The way they are welcomed into this family is amazing to see. No words can explain the way these young people accept each other and silently reach out to each other. I witnessed one of the older young men bring in a young child who was obviously in distress. He was immediate accepted and incorporated into the tasks being done. The child relaxed and fitted in straight away.
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