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My Hero
I choose to shadow a person whom I think is a local hero because she lives in my own town. Cynthia Belwana runs a soup kitchen which operates from the Xolani township here in Grahamstown. The Masincedane Soup Kitchen feeds over 100 people a day, making it one of Grahamstown’s most successful food programmes. With the aid and support of the Rhodes University’s Masincedane society and other various donors around Grahamstown, Cynthia Belwana has been able to run the soup kitchen from her own home.
Cynthia Belwana as an unemployed mother with very little income has dedicated her time and her home to help those in need. For me this goes to prove that anyone whose is willing to make a difference no matter how small it is; can actually make it by helping their very own neighbors. I believe that to be a successful social innovator starts from your own home and your own community.
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Comment by Jerry Rae Leyland on March 9, 2010 at 10:31am
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YES!! Power to Grahamstown and especially Masincedane Soup kitchen..
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Comment by Khayalethu Kuphu on March 9, 2010 at 11:38am
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yes!!! the work might seem simple and ordinary but the difference she makes on the people she feeds is big . . . well that what i think
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Comment by Starling on April 2, 2010 at 9:43pm
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That is great! You could put a link to this post on your other one where you say you are going to donate to a food kitchen - I'm guessing it was this one you had in mind? It would be great to know mroe about this hero - maybe you could do an interview with her and write it up here? I imagine she probably has something to say to folks just starting out in making a difference in the world.
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Comment by Mita Williams on April 5, 2010 at 4:58pm
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Thank you for sharing Cynthia Belwana and her work with the network. Very inspiring!
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