The paying it forward principle, also known as ‘repay-in-kind,’ is closely linked to the principle of gratitude. It refers to being kind to someone in response to the kindness shown to you by someone else. Instead of paying that person back directly, you pass kindness on to someone else and do not expect anything back in return.
The KwaSizabantu Mission reaches out to communities in countless ways through youth conferences, skills development, assistance through restoration programs, and help to those in need. Its CYPSA restoration program has helped over 20,000 people with all kinds of addictions and related ills, and they visit schools across the country and borders to create awareness. Many who have been helped choose to stay behind and help others by sharing their stories or paying it forward in other ways. Some have also become missionaries and dedicated their lives to helping others.
Some people helped through the CYPSA Restoration Program stayed behind and worked at KwaSizabantu, like Qiniso Khumalo. He now works at the Mission’s water bottling plant in Kranskop. Qiniso said, “I was born in Ntuzuma Township but grew up in KwaDukuza (Stanger), KwaZulu-Natal. In 2015, I arrived at CYPSA (KwaSizbantu’s restoration program) and enrolled in its restoration programme as a drug addict in desperate need of help.
“It was then that my friend told me about CYPSA, where I would be welcomed with open arms and be able to get help. God set me free from my drug addiction. I went back to my community and apologised to all the people I had wronged in the past. I was then allowed to work at the aQuellé water bottling factory. After having started as a packer packing loose packs onto pallets, I was appointed to become a machine operator. Now, I am working in the Technical Department as a technician and have received training on the maintenance and repairs of the manufacturing equipment used at the factory. God has truly changed my life.”
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