A construction mogul in Limpopo has opened his heart and his wallet to help youth from poor families to further their studies and pursue other interests. Ronny Shishongwe of Phiring Village in Sekhukhune launched the Shishongwe Foundation at the weekend, where those in need will get financial help. The foundation has already assisted a number of youth with study fees and also those struggling to make it in showbiz.
Foundation assisting youth from poor families One of them is Mini Miss Planet Ndaloenhle Sibanyoni, 10, who has been to East Africa in Uganda, Europe in Bulgaria and Florida in the United States, where she won prestigious titles in modelling and fashion parades. Ndaloenhle made it to the competitions through the financial assistance from the foundation. Ndaloenhle said she was pleased to be associated with the foundation.
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I did not know how to pay him back. “But when I brought the Mini Miss Planet back home, he was so happy that he even said the crown was my payback,” she said. Mini Miss Planet helped by Shishongwe Her mother Poppy said: “I never thought we still have people with good hearts in our communities.
I am so grateful to Shishongwe and his family for helping my child. “I am call.