Good Morning Angels: Star-student, Samantha Nkosi has a guardian angel looking out for her
Samantha was a star student. She stayed behind in G. Samantha was in matric when her dad died - and still she achieved seven distinctions! Jack has been her guardian angel and has helped her where her parents were not able to. Samantha is a second year Teaching student at the TUKS Groenkloof Campus - with a full scholarship. But, she has no income, no pocket-money from home and that’s why Jack contacted Good Morning Angels.
GOOD MORNING ANGELS 15 FEBRUARY 2017 (SAMANTHA/EILAND)
Star-student, Samantha Nkosi has a guardian angel who looks out for her.
REQUEST FROM: Jack Bothma
REQUEST FOR: Samantha Nkosi
ANGEL: Bennie Steenkamp, Resort Manager of ATKV Eiland Spa
SPONSORING: ATKV Die Eiland, will donate R10 000,00 to help Samantha with some pocket money and other essentials not covered by her bursary.
BACKGROUND: In this week of love, a love-story of a very different kind. Jack Bothma is a 75-year old pensioner. He has two sons and four grand children and works where he can find it.
His main reason for taking on jobs, is not for himself or his family - its to help another young woman who came into his life more than a decade ago. Samantha Nkosi was just 8-years old when she and Jack met. Her mom worked for Jack, until she lost her husband, became ill and moved to Richardsbay to live with family. Samantha was a star student. She stayed behind in G. Samantha was in matric when her dad died - and still she achieved seven distinctions!
Jack has been her guardian angel and has helped her where her parents were not able to. Samantha is a second year Teaching student at the TUKS Groenkloof Campus - with a full scholarship. But, she has no income, no pocket-money from home and that’s why Jack contacted Good Morning Angels.
ORIGINAL REQUEST:
Liewe Good Morning Angels
Ek besef daar is duisende ander wat in groter nood is, maar ek gaan probeer om hierdie geval te beskryf. Dit is 'n dametjie, Samantha Nkosi, wat haar tweede jaar in 2017, as leerling-onderwyser moet aandurf. Weens haar akademiese prestasie is sy verseker van 'n studiebeurs, soos 2016. Sy kan egter nie vir 2017 registreer nie omdat sy tenspyte van 'n beurs, UP te Groenkloof, R2900 skuld wat sy nie het nie.
Haar vader is in haar Graad 12 jaar, waartydens sy 7 onderskeidings behaal het, oorlede. Haar moeder, sieklike pensionnaris, bly by haar familie in Ritchardsbaai. Sy het, soos baie ander, in moeilike omstandighede groot geword en in 'n een sinkkamer in 'n informele nedersetting gebly.
Ek kon, terwyl ek nog gewerk het, haar finansieel help om studie-materiaal te koop. Ek kry nou Staatspension en kan haar nie meer finansieel bystaan soos ek wil nie.
Haar droom is, om 'n onderwyser te word en as u na haar eerste jaar se resultate kyk, sal u besef sy is ernstig daaroor - dit is 'n passie vir haar. Sy gee tans onder toesig van gekwalifiseerde onderwysers in Evander, onderrig vir Graad 1 kinders, as haar eerste opdrag vir 2017.
Ek is 75 jaar oud en is voortdurend opsoek na werk sodat ek haar kan help en as sy met die bedrag gehelp kan word, sal ek, indien ek werk kry die bedrag terug betaal. Ek glo in haar en haar toekomsdrome en dat sy 'n sukses daarvan sal maak.
Dankie byvoorbaat,
Jack Bothma