Thursday 27 April 2017

Empowering the less privileged

Ms Makgarebe Boipelo Nthoiwa donating sanitary towels

Ms Makgarebe Boipelo Nthoiwa describes herself as a purpose driven woman, a humanitarian at heart, a catalyst for development and a change agent. This is proved to be true, not only because of her words but her humanitarian deeds that she has portrayed by helping orphans and vulnerable children through projects such as Miss Bright Future beauty pageant, Thusa ngwana wa mosetsana and metako. Metako project is an early childhood program which targets kids aged two and half to five years. It basically targets those kids who come from disadvantaged backgrounds as their parents cannot manage to enrol them for day care centres due to financial challenges. Operation Thusa Ngwana wa Mosetsana is a sanitary towel campaign for a girl child. This was started to uplift and empower young women and offer a dignified solution to managing their menstrual cycle followed by provision of sanitary towels.
Ms Makgarebe Nthoiwa is a young woman who has dedicated her life to helping those less fortunate and says the Miss Bright Future pageant, targets orphans and vulnerable children.“I am passionate about social development issues affecting youth, especially the girl child, which I strongly believe form a critical role of my calling assignments. I help these young girls to fulfil their hidden talents and dreams through organising camps, motivational events and offer career guidance for them.” she enthusiastically translates.
Miss Bright Future 2017 finalists

Ms Nthoiwa utters that after realising that orphans and vulnerable children always lack self-confidence due to the challenges they face on their daily lives, she established Miss Bright Future pageant in order to help them boost their confidence.She further states that “The theme for this year’s pageant is YES I CAN, meaning that despite challenges they face,the  sky is the limit, and that Yes their Future is Bright as long as they work hard to achieve their dreams and not let their challenges dim their dreams.”

She is not prone to challenges as she outlines that not having enough resources is the biggest challenge she faces. She further explains that sometimes she gets invitations from different schools, more especially concerning Operation thusa ngwana wa mosetsana.“It hurts to turn these invitations down due to financial constraints. One of the challenges is lacking enough sanitary towels donations to give out to the girls. I rely most on donations to assist our girls.” she adds.
Operation ngwana wa mosetsana donations

She says that as much as they are challenges, what inspires her to go on is the fact that every day she does something that puts a smile on someone’s life and changes children’s lives.“One of my defining moment was a time when our Queen from Miss Bright Future 2016 said YES to her future by being the best overall student in her school, and one student from Metako project became the best student in grade one. I am talking about a child who has never enrolled for preschool but just a simple ordinary Metako project”, she vividly states.
This young lady is of the belief that more needs to be done in raising awareness on issues of sexual abuse, and they should be formation of circle support groups. She further underlines that there should also be provision of free sanitary towels in schools for every girl child so that girls do not miss school because of lack of sanitary pads.
 
Ms Nthoiwa advices thus to her fellow youth “No candle loses its light while lighting another candle. So never stop sharing and helping others because it makes your life more meaningful. You will always face challenges on your road. When you get criticized, do not get upset. Always remember that no stones are thrown on a fruitless tree. It certainly is that you have fruits that attract attention.”

Facts about Boipelo (What she says)
Name three things that people do not know about Boipelo...
*Afraid of Heights
*Cry easily
*I love dancing, bring any type of dance I will show you better

Boipelo’s bucket list
*Own a Foundation that basically addresses issues faced by orphans and vulnerable children
*Open an academy which is specifically aimed at unleashing talents of youth ( performing arts school)
*Continue bringing light to other people 

Three people who inspire Boipelo
*My mother
*Professor Sheila Tlou
*All people who never stop making a difference towards those who cannot do anything forthem in return.

Boipelo’s best childhood memory?
Being given award for the best athlete in 100m










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