A brilliant young lady living in rural Mpumalanga refused to let her struggles deter her success so she taught herself and succeeded beyond her dreams.
Enky Mhlongo is from the Nkomazi region of the Mpumalanga Province. She has proved that no matter the struggle, hard work and dedication pay off!
Enky has witnessed first hand the shortfalls of education in rural area’s. There are 393,030 people living in the Nkomazi. 7% have reached higher education, 39% are affected by HIV/AIDS, 62% are living in poverty, and 43% of youth are unemployed.
These are very worrying statistics but Enky refused to become one of them. She has become a pillar of inspiration for her community!
“Getting a perfect score for all my subjects was never the plan. I just wanted to do my best in all of them and put as much effort as I could”
“I wanted to make the most of my final grade year and get exactly what I wanted if not even higher.”
Some of the schools based in rural area’s across South Africa suffer from lack of teachers. Enky didn’t let this impact her final year of schooling!
Enky is such a brilliant young lady! She plans to use her achievements to better the lives of those in her community!
“I want to use my achievements and successes to better my community, while also spreading the feeling of paying it forward to others.”
The future is bright thanks to young people like Enky!
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