Ordinary people - extraordinary deeds
It’s all good this week as Terence Pillay meets another ordinary person doing extraordinary deeds and impacting the lives of children in KZN.
Earlier this year, I started a feature that highlights ordinary people doing extraordinary things. From housewives that started clean-up groups to clean our beaches to an unemployed father who started an outreach programme feeding the poor, these are people who want no recognition or reward for the good deeds – but certainly deserve them.
This week I chatted to an incredible maths teacher, Thami Mahlobo, who has been teaching the subject for 45 years. She’s always taught in impoverished areas with a mission to get children to rise above their circumstances and make something of their lives.
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Over the years, Thami has climbed the ranks in education and is now a mathematics education specialist who works for CASME, the Center for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education. She is responsible for the management of their primary programmes.
Thami holds a Master of Education degree from the University of Leeds in the UK and lectured at Rhodes before joining CASME. But her heart still lies with the upliftment of local children. In fact, she goes above and beyond her duty and even buys uniforms for those who can’t afford it, just so that their economic circumstances don’t distract them from reaching their full potential.
Do you know of an ordinary South African doing extraordinary things?
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