Thu 13 Dec 2007 A Dream realised

Dear blog readers and shavathon supporters: Here is feedback on where our monies have been spent.

Hi Alida,
Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you sooner, but I was waiting for a very special dream to come in!
I’m please to tell you that we are fulfilling a very special dream today for Thembi – Thembi is a 13 year old, who is suffering from Muscular Dystrophy, and who lives in East London. When we do our assessments to find out what the child’s dream is, we try and find out as much as possible about each child – their likes, their dislikes, and of course, what their dreams are. We also ask each child for 3 dreams, in case we can’t fulfill the first one for whatever reason.. Thembi’s first dream was for a bursary, as she wants to become an author one day, and thought a bursary would help her on this journey. Her second dream was for a trip anywhere, as she wanted to see what was outside of East London. Her third dream was for books, as her biggest hobby is reading.

Reach For A Dream is unfortunately not able to award bursaries and so we had to go back to the drawing board and see what her second dream was. This dream child obviously touched the hearts of all involved in East London and they went all out to make this as special and memorable for her as possible. It was decided that they would do her second dream for a trip anywhere, but to embellish it and focus on her love for being an author and reading. The result is that our darling Thembi is doing a whirlwind tour of the country, visiting authors from around South Africa – thus getting to see different places and meet these people that will have a huge impact on her life and dreams. I believe that her first meet and greet is with the Author of Spud – John van der Ruit, in Natal…

I’ve attached a photo of Thembi and the volunteer (Margi) who is assisting Thembi on this journey of a lifetime and promise to send you a full feedback on Thursday once they have returned from this epic journey… I just thought you would like to know that right at the moment, a dreamer is having the time of her life, thanks to yourself and your generous friends. (There is also a local sponsor that is involved, but really, it couldn’t have been done without your contribution as well!)

All the best
Judith