Meet our Community Builder for the month of September 2023, Miss Lydia Nemafhohoni (47) from Ha Rambuda Dzimauli Traditional Authority, Pile Village, Vhembe District, Thulamela Municipality, Limpopo Province in South Africa. She went to Pile Primary school, Tshilidzini Special school then Vandani State School and Todani Secondary School.
“Thanks a lot, I am so excited to be selected as a “Community Builder”, it came as a shock indeed. My main purpose is to show the community that living with disability does not mean you have to depend on someone, you can stand on your own and be a boss. I am doing lots of projects and facing challenges, for example, I do not have a transport to deliver chickens to my customers and money to buy feedbags for broilers chickens and high mortality. I also need a generator to use during loadshedding. I do programmes to develop youth all over Vhembe district and this needs a car to promote this Narysec programme (a programme to train youth in the military) to go from one village to the other”, she said smiling.
We had a luck to view some of her pictures at the farm, she is really doing it all, from selling chickens, sugar beans and asked her how she manages all the work.
“I manage my time very well and make sure that my kids never complain about missing me at home. Education is the golden key of success. I have a certificate in Management , Financial Management and Marketing Management, mother of 3 kids, Deputy Chair of Pdard in Limpopo, Chairperson of Pdard in Vhembe district, Marketing Manager of Fleamarket of Tshishivhe Tshixwadza Mutale and Chairman of the team called Managa Rising Star academy”, she added.
Her message to youth out there is, “never let anything stands against your future”, “Learn to stand on your feet”, and her motto is against all odds “nne ndi wa u bvelela”.
Rise Africans Newspaper enjoyed chatting to Miss Lydia Nemafhohoni and wish her all the best. She can be contacted via email: makhulu49@gmail.com | contact no: 0768070141
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