MS CHARMAINE MAPHUTHA Educator & Philaphropist at Bopedi Hope Foundation
Maphutha believes that everyone deserves to live with dignity, irrespective of their financial circumstance. “We need effective rural development. I would like to see the children I work with emerge from their circumstances even though it seems difficult,” she says. The realisation that she has the ability to be inspirational came as a surprise to her: “I always thought that my life and career were two separate spaces. But I was wrong. Learners take who you are in society to heart as well. They are as motivated by my professional side as they are by behaviour, how I choose to take up space in society.” Bachelor of Education, 2018 University), a postgrad certificate in education (Rhodes University), and an advanced diploma in remedial education (University of Johannesburg). Botsime says one of his proudest moments was becoming the first South African to receive the Global Teachers Award in India in 2018. Winning the award was a good moment for someone who sometimes doubted his abilities. “Self-doubt is our greatest foe,” he says to those on a similar learning curve. “Never underestimate yourself because you are more than capable and our limits lie in our cognition.” Advanced Diploma in Remedial Education, 2015
provide school shoes, clothing, toiletries, sanitary towels, and other necessities to girls in need. Their goals include providing free sanitary towels in all public spaces. Maphutha did a Bachelor of Education at the University of Johannesburg and she says that helps her reach the school children she works with from a place of understanding. Her work at the Bopedi Hope Foundation has taught her to interact with people on a different level. “I also learnt that poverty can be a state of mind; the children that we interact with are full of life and have dreams, despite their socioeconomic status.” That, in turn, inspires her to be the best that she can be. look, embrace, and unite in their diversity … that each person will be getting an opportunity without any bias.” It is in his work that he strives to achieve this dream. He is the founder of the Sizi Botsime Foundation, an education initiative that focuses on empowering children living with disabilities and their parents, while at the same time bridging the gap between abled and differently abled people
Charmaine Maphutha established Bopedi Hope Foundation with two other women and together they
MR SIZI MATTHEWS BOSTIME Education Activist
and promoting inclusion for differently abled children.
Botsime was a part of the Activate Change Drivers programme and acquired the skills to empower and transform the lives of the people in where he lives. He also has a BA in psychology (Nelson Mandela
Education activist Sizi Matthews Botsime says that he wants to see a South Africa that’s diverse in every sphere: “A society in which people
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