Orphan goes from rags to riches
Without them, I don't know how we would have survived.
Carryou Ministry has yet another success story as one of their beneficiaries completed his degree and is in a full-time teaching position at Randfontein High School (RHS).
Tsepo Damoense, 24, grew up in Winterton in the Northern Cape but moved to his aunt’s home in Toekomsrus when his mother tragically passed away.
“Two years later, while I was in Grade 9 she, too, passed away and I was raised by an older cousin,” He said.
Tsepo then heard about Carryou Ministry and began going to the Drop In Centre.
“They took me under their wing and helped with a cash grant used to pay school fees and other essentials and supplied monthly food parcels. Without them, I don’t know how we would have survived.”
Tsepo will formally be graduating at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in May this year.
“I think I was called to teaching. I absolutely love every moment of it,” he said.
When he was in grade 10, he helped out at Carryou and Tsepo said it is there that he developed full understanding of where he saw himself in future.
“I worked with children with similar backgrounds to my own and wanted to make a difference,” he said.
Tsepo’s journey regarding education has not been an easy one as he was turned down at Wits due to being a few points short on his APS score. He then worked at Carryou as part of the Extended Public Works Programme. A year later he applied to UJ and was accepted.
After sustaining a blow of that nature he then began running out of funding and had to put his studies on hold.
“I continued to work at Carryou and they helped me me financially and emotionally, along with family and friends who supported me, and I was able to go back to university and complete my degree.”
Tsepo is grateful for all the support given by Carryou and plans to help them out during his off time in the school holidays.
It seems one degree is not enough for Tsepo as he plans on furthering his studies more than he already has, “I will always be involved in teaching but I am curious about new things and am considering doing a diploma in Event Management in the future.”
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