Big Favour: Civil engineering student receives helping hand from KZN businesses
Global company in KZN offers assistance to aspiring Civil Engineering student.
Welcome to another edition of The Big Favour with Darren, Keri, and Sky.
The recent #KZNFloods once again showed us the spirit of Ubuntu in KZN. Communities came together and continue to do so to help those in need.
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In today's Big Favour, we meet Zandisiwe Mtanyana; a 21-year-old student who is the daughter of a single mom.
Zandisiwe's mom is unemployed and is battling to make ends meet.
Take a listen to Zandisiwe talk to Darren about the difficulty she has had to endure:
In 2015, Zandisiwe's mother had bought a room on Palmeit Road in Clare Estate, Durban, which is an informal settlement.
They as a family have been living there since.
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In 2017, Zandisiwe passed grade 12 with a Bachelors pass and obtained a distinction.
Back in 2019, she applied to a tertiary college and got accepted, to which the tuition fees were paid by NSFAS.
This year, unfortunately, the bursary stopped paying the fees, claiming that her mother's income exceeds what NSFAS had stipulated from the start.
After hearing this extraordinary story, many people were moved and wanted to help out Zandisiwe. In came Karen Denny, who is the Divisional Executive: Digital Marketing at Liberty Group.
Karen and the Liberty Group team reached out and heard the plea from Keith, to which they wanted to help in a big way.
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So Liberty Group would love to donate R5,593 in cash to Zandisiwe, which will assist with paying off all outstanding tuition fees.
Here's the moment that brought such wonderful excitement to Zandisiwe, all thanks to Liberty Group:
If you would like to nominate someone who needs assistance from the Big Favour, you can nominate them here.
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Catch the Big Favour every Wednesday at 07:10 with Darren, Keri, and Sky.
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