Would you assist me in my CSI initiative?
I lead a very privileged life and my favourite giving-back project is "Vegetize Kliptown Soweto". I am working with two past offenders who registered an NGO to assist the youth in Soweto. While working with Khulisa Social Solutions and the NYDA in Kliptown and Orlando, I got angry when I saw a guy watering is lawn. It just struck me as one of the most stupid things to do. "Martin", I enquired, "Can you eat grass?" From that day on we have a VERY cool motto. SOWETO NEEDS CARROTS NOT GRASS! And a million permutations like, "SOWETO NEEDS VEGGIES NOT ROSES". We have worked so hard to change the poverty paradigms. The knee-jerk reaction to simply give as charity. How often have you heard the famous words, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, but teach him how to fish and he will eat forever?" Well when do we start TEACHING? Vegetize Kliptown Soweto is teaching them to grow their own veggies and also to sell them in order to buy more seeds.
If you have enjoyed this book and would love to thank me, you can do so by buying some seeds for my friends in Soweto. A packet of seeds only costs R20. Then 'like' the page on facebook https://www.facebook.com/vegetizekliptown?ref=hl . You can use "seeds" as a reference and please pop me an email with your details. I would love to honour you on the page too. (Feel free to set up a monthly payment if you feel moved to!)
My banking details are:
Mr. ST van Basten
Standard Bank (Private Banking)
Account Number: 071001778
Branch: Sandton, Branch Code: 019205
I have always maintained that education is key to the future of South Africa. I love learning and make a great living out of sharing my insights with others. I believe that sharing my knowledge and empowering people to become who they really are, is the greatest gift I can give them and South Africa. I have thus partnered with Khulisa Social Solutions to touch the lives of those I would not normally reach.
Stephen van Basten
Khulisa Social Solutions has forged an alliance with Stephen van Basten through the provision of his services, including Master of Ceremonies, key note speaking and training and coaching. Stephen's involvement with Khulisa has also been extended to provide critical support services to unemployed youth, volunteers and fledgling NGOs, in order to train and mentor over 60 young people in complying with the stringent terms and conditions, as imposed by the NYDA, who are providing stipends to these youth via Khulisa through their YouthBuild Programme.
Stephen has aligned his Corporate Responsibility Programme with Khulisa and will specifically be focusing on Early Childhood Development with Lapeng Nursery School in Joubert Park, having already benefited from motivational upliftment through a Christmas celebration, which was hosted by Stephen.
Regards
Lesley Ann van Selm
Managing Director
TO MR STEPHEN VAN BASTEN
THIS SERVES TO THANK MR STEPHEN VAN BASTEN FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT HE HAS DONE IN HELPING TAURSRAC FOUNDATION AND MOTIVATING US TO BE THE BEST THAT WE CAN BE.WE LEARNED A LOT FROM MR STEPHEN IN TERMS OF CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND THINKING OUT OF THE BOX.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT U TAUGHT US AS TAURSRAC FOUNDATION, YOUR PRESENCE HAS CAUSED A GREAT IMPACT IN CHANGING THE MIND SET OF THE VOLUNTEERS.AND TAURSRAC AS A WHOLE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO U KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. IF OUR COUNTRY CAN HAVE MORE GREAT LEADERS LIKE U IT
CAN BE A BETTER COUNTRY
YOURS SINCERELY
THULANI DLAMINI CHAIRPERSON
0829481103 thulanid777@gmail.com
Dear MR stephen van basten
On behalf of the teams in Kliptown and orlando,we would like to thank you,for the way you mentor and motivate us,when we lost our way,you helped us find the way.
Stevovo as most of our team calls you,by your method of telling it like it is ,could be politics- religious matters- economical matters,we have learned to face the mountains courageously.
We hope that you can,carry on with your motivations to the masses Who are hopeless.
From TAURSRAC
Kliptown.
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