{"id":4071,"date":"2025-01-07T19:41:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoursilencewillnotsaveyou.com\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T04:04:55","slug":"bana-ba-tsebo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoursilencewillnotsaveyou.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/bana-ba-tsebo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bana ba tsebo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4071\" class=\"elementor elementor-4071\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3233ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a3233ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e471546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"e471546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4071-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/yoursilencewillnotsaveyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/audio-8.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/yoursilencewillnotsaveyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/audio-8.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/yoursilencewillnotsaveyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/audio-8.mp3\">https:\/\/yoursilencewillnotsaveyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/audio-8.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d38294 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d38294\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3470ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3470ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(The children of knowledge)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9288a04 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9288a04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eccdbcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eccdbcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To close off 2024, I recruited a crew of my cousins, nieces, nephews and their future uncle, Mo, to help me with an important project. Othandweni Family Care Centre is a children\u2019s home in Mofolo South, Soweto. The facility takes care of about 90 kids who are orphaned or undergoing legal issues. I have previously done work with the facility in 2021, collecting money from friends to buy Christmas lunch and party pack supplies and getting my family to chip in with other goodies too and also recruiting Mo and the little helpers to do some work as well. It was a rather small project, but it left a great impact for a day that is generally filled a lot of joy for so many of us. Christmas, for me, has consistently been a joyous day filled with the laughter of my many\u00a0 nieces and nephews, the cheers of my cousins and siblings and the prayers of my mom, aunts and uncles\u2026very high on joy!<\/p><p>Last year, in October, I started dreaming up ideas on how to end the year off on a high note and concluded on running a book collection drive across my social and professional networks. The first targeted donors were Mo and our friends, who we celebrated our engagement with in early November, the braai invite requested a new or used book as \u201cdamage\u201d. Up next, I put a box out at the office asking my colleagues to drop off new and\/ or used books. In addition, I asked for cash donations as an alternative to books so that my team and I could buy party packs supplies and underwear (an often-neglected donation item). A special shout-out to Mo\u2019s yogi, Brigitta, who also stumbled upon the book drive items in our apartment and volunteered book donations unsolicited!! All in all, we collected <b>80+ books<\/b> and <b>R4,425 cash<\/b> &#8211; WHAT A FEAT!!!<\/p><p>On December 28<sup>th<\/sup>, our <b>Dream Team of 12<\/b> met at Othandweni around 11:30 am and together with a handful of the Centre\u2019s preteens cleaned, dusted, coordinated their library. This was honestly a much larger task than I had initially anticipated, hence the need for extra hands. I was enthused at first, motivating the troops by pointing out all the good we&#8217;ll be doing and how impactful this could be for the Centre\u2019s children who live in such vulnerable circumstances&#8230;making them understand just how privileged we are to be able to choose to do that for people in need. However, after a few shelves left my cleaning cloths blackened from dust, I felt overwhelmed. I remember turning to my cousins, eyes widened and saying \u201cthis is a lot\u201d.<\/p><p>Othandweni itself has an impressive library; as we removed stacks and stacks of books to dust and clean the shelves we came across great stories and novels we ourselves have read from the Chronicles of Narnia, to the Disney classics (The Lion King, Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid etc), to a few of Shakespeares\u2019 classic plays\u2026all the while discussing which ones were our favourites, which ones we would recommend or completely miss. My personal favourite moment there was the consensus in the room that Romeo and Juliet was just really a terrible story (I remember reading that play in high school and being so disillusioned, thinking, \u201cwhat was all the hype about??\u201d). Given that the Center is quite endowed in the literary department, we decided that the donated books will be handed over to their sister organisation, Masibambisane Centre, in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg to help them build a collection of their own and spread the joy and impact of reading to more children in need.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39eb598 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"39eb598\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fc4c0 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"23fc4c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>OVERALL, A JOB WELL DONE! ****round of applause!!**<\/p><p>We were all sweating from a different type of long day\u2019s work but I was brimming with pride over the execution of the day\u2019s tasks. Yes, I cried.\u00a0<\/p><p>We left Othandweni at 3:30 pm to pat ourselves on the backs for the good effort and grace (and ideas of doing more of this type of social outreach work in future) and fill our stomach\u2019s with some pizzas and drinks at Maponya Mall.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd3693 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cd3693\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0088e elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"ec0088e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;underline_zigzag&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;Much appreciated!&quot;,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:3000,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">A BIG thank you to The Dream Team, our friends and my colleagues for all their contributions and kind-hearted spirit! <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">Much appreciated!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b0dc36 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b0dc36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c87f1c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c87f1c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>_ _<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Thank you for taking the time to read\/ listen to this blog<\/i>. &nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(The children of knowledge) To close off 2024, I recruited a crew of my cousins, nieces, nephews and their future uncle, Mo, to help me with an important project. 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