“Hunger of choice is a painful luxury; hunger of necessity is terrifying torture.”
― Mike Mullin, Ashfall
On World Hunger Day My Superhero Catherine Constantinides and her team fed approximately a total of 1050 people in Johannesburg. Thank you to all the donors and volunteers involved in these feedings and thank you to Azraa & Sameerah Satar (@thesatarsisters on Instagram) for capturing the photos you see in this post.
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
On February 8th 2022 I again started actively fundraising again for Breath of Life – a place of safety here in East London, South Africa, that homes abandoned and vulnerable babies – but this time I’m aiming to raise R31 000 in honour of my upcoming 31st birthday (happening on March 25th) and 31st year of life. If you wish to donate you can do so at www.backabuddy.co.za/nisha-31
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” – Dr. Seuss
With the Christmas season of 2021 less than two months away, I want to make this Christmas last forever by asking 46 people to make a reoccurring monthly donation of R1000 (USD67) or by asking 92 people to make a reoccurring monthly donation of R500 (USD33) to Breath of Life. This will ensure that we have enough funding to cover the basic expenses incurred by Breath of Life in their activities caring for these precious babies. You can help make it Christmas every month by making sure Breath of Life has a dependable funding source to continue the vital work they do. R1000 (USD67 ) per month or R500 (USD33) per month – whichever option you choose, we ask that you give with love in your heart. For more information or to start making a monthly donation please visit https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/forever-christmas . Note: When you donate the first time, you will be asked, “Will this be a recurring payment?” Select the option “ongoing” (in order for it to be a monthly contribution).
The only thing that’s constant is change – that’s what I keep realizing
Last night President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that with effect from 23: 59 on Thursday, March 26th South Africa would placed on a 21-day lockdown to stop the spread of the Corona Virus which means only essential services personnel can work, only essential business will remain open and that during the 21-day lockdown the general public can only go out to seek healthcare, buy groceries, perform banking activities or collect social grants. The next few weeks will be hard for everyone in this country and the world but I plan to live kindly, lovingly and generously as I always strive to do.
Thank you to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the government of the Republic of South Africa for the bold and decisive leadership exhibited this was a painful but necessary step in the fight against the Corona Virus.
You realize that there’s something to be said to limiting oneself, not just geographically, but also emotionally. That there’s a certain depth of experience and meaning that can only be achieved when one picks a single piece of creation and says, “This is it. This is where I belong.” – Mark Manson
Years ago I thought living fully meant travelling the world, making new friends and tasting new foods but yesterday as I sat chatting and giggling with babies at Breath of Life I had a feeling there, with them, I was living fully (if I get to travel and do other stuff that would be awesome but I won’t do it in search of the fullness of life because every time I’m with the babies and wonderful people at Breath of Life I’m reminded that I’m already living fully). Thank you to Michelle, Andrew and the Breath of Life team for all you do and for a 2019 full of beautiful moments I look forward to making more beautiful memories with all of you next year.
We all have the power to make the best of a bad situation – that’s what I’ve realized
It’s 11: 23 AM on day 3072 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse and do some work
Yesterday I found out that Loadshedding is to begin again – South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, will switch off electricity in different parts of the country at different times of the day to cope with electricity demand – needless to say the nation is not happy and neither am I but I’m going to make the best of a bad situation I’m going to catch up on my reading – my goal in 2019 is to read 12 books and I have yet to finish one so I think Loadshedding might be a blessing in disguise for me
Sometimes the greatest acts of kindness are the smallest – that’s my message to the world
Spent the day with family
Today we were at the mall and this very kind man let us go ahead of him in line for the lift – he literally pushed his trolley out of the way and told us to go through – it was the smallest of acts but it meant the world to me because in that moment though he didn’t know me he put me ahead of him (literally).
Only in darkness do we appreciate light – that’s what I’ve realized
It’s 9: 27 AM on day 3005 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, send time outside, read a Bible verse and do some work
Yesterday as I sat in the dark experiencing loadsheding – the South African power grid is overwhelmed so for two hours daily every suburb, at different times, doesn’t have electricity – I thought about the millions of South Africans who don’t have electricity AT ALL. Thank you sincerely Eskom for reminding me for a few hours daily how millions of South Africans live every hour. WE MUST WORK TO CREATE A MORE EQUAL SA 4 ALL #MyFight
“South Africa’s sanitation problem is not a government problem or a DomestosSA problem, it is an everyone problem.” – Anele Mdoda
It’s 12: 08 PM on day 2990 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, spend time outside – it’s such a beautiful morning so grateful to be alive to see it – read a Bible verse and do some work
Yesterday was World Toilet Day and in effort to eliminate pit toilets in schools South African Media Mogul Anele Mdoda launched a crowdfunding campaign to build safe toilets in schools I don’t usually actively support crowdfunding campaigns that aren’t mine but a part of me died when I heard that school kids in my beloved South Africa die falling into pit toilets – that is SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE no child should die from going to the bathroom. IT IS AN INSULT TO OUR COUNTRY and our national dignity. Please support Anele’s crowdfunding campaign if you can (I did – in honour of my Superheroes Catherine and Ella Constantinides who teach me every day the true power of being kinder than required) https://www.thundafund.com/project/anelemdodawtd18/
“Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason.” -Charles Dickens
It’s 11: 25 AM on day 2974 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray read a Bible verse and do some work
Yesterday marked the start of National Disability Rights Awareness Month here in South Africa I truly am grateful for the fact that I live in a country that strives to include differently-abled people in every aspect of life. Thank you to the Government of South Africa for caring about differently-abled people I know in many other countries sadly differently-abled people are not valued as much.