‘Help me fix my face’

William Mavhava (28) has been approaching businesses in Parkmore to help him pay for the operation. He sustained burns to his face and chest from boiling water.

“My mother said when I was four years old she was giving me a bath and I started playing with a pot of boiling water that was next to me, then the water fell on top of me,” explained Mavhava.

He said growing up was difficult as he was constantly ridiculed and never accepted by his community.

He added that throughout his life he had been faced with challenges.

“When people see me in the streets they run away,” said Mavhava.

“When I go to shopping centres in search of funds, the security guards chase me away and tell me I do not belong here.”

Mavhava currently stays in a little room in Tembisa and has been searching for a job in Pretoria and Johannesburg.

“No one wants to hire me with this face,” he added.

“This is why I want help to fix my face so that I can find a job.”

Watch this video of William Mavhava, a 28-year-old man who is raising funds to be to afford plastic surgery on his disfigured face. He is speaking in isiZulu and requesting help.

He travels with a sworn affidavit detailing how much money he has raised so far and how much more he still needs. He needs a total of R26 500 for the plastic surgery – he has already paid R700 and has raised R6 000 but he still needs R20 000.

“Thank you to everyone who has helped me so far,” said Mavhava.

“It is very difficult for me at the moment because I sometimes have to get into my savings to pay for transport money when I go out looking for funds and a job. I need to pay rent for where I stay and I need to buy groceries.”

He said any job will do.

“My face might be damaged, but my hands work perfectly.”

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