Imbumba Foundation changes communities one programme at a time
Vision 202/20 beneficiary aims to be a geologist.
Parktown resident Khanyi Ndobe remains grateful to Sandton-based NPO Imbumba Foundation’s Vision 20/20 programme for setting her up for success.
Ndobe said her first interaction with the NPO was when she was in Grade 12 at a school in Pretoria, “The foundation spoke to Grade 12 learners specifically to help us with the university application process and guided us on which courses we were interested in.”
Vision 20/20 aims to develop confident, responsible, and engaged youth leaders and global citizens in communities.
Aim of the programme:
- The programme offers Grade 12 learners career guidance counselling and NSFAS registration and tertiary institution application.
- Offers a leadership workshop for Grade 10 to 12 learners. The theme of the workshops is to identify and discuss challenges faced by learners in their everyday school environment and to come up with solutions to address these challenges.
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Ndobe is currently at the University of Witwatersrand on a bursary and is in her second year studying geological sciences.
“Vision 20/20 is consistently present during my varsity life especially if I require anything. University is different from high school because you are on your own and learn how to manage your time.”
She added that she was constantly motivated by the ‘Wits Edge’ that must be conquered, and if students were not serious about their studies, they would not conquer it.
The Vision 20/20 alumna noted that she was learning to balance her academics with her social life. “As a person in leadership positions, it sometimes gets difficult to balance everything but through time management and planning, I manage my life as a varsity student.”
Her leadership roles include being vice-chairperson of the Ruth Hall residence for girls and secretary of the all-res council where all the residences are managed.
“I also do external work such as being the executive director of an NPO, called Teens With Vision and we help communities donating pads and doing food drives.”
Ndobe is thankful to the Imbumba Foundation for helping her get as far as she has in her studying career. “Transitioning from high school to university is daunting but they have made the process seamless. Thanks to them, I am on the right career path, at first I was sure I wanted to be a doctor but with their help, I saw that I was meant to be a geologist.”
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