There is an amazing guy named Fikeveni who I met many years
ago when I was living here in Swaziland.
He has the most innovative ideas and a passionate heart for the children
of his country. He’s now living in
Indiana and we are lucky enough to have him on our Give Hope, Fight Poverty
board of directors. When we were out and
about the other evening I ran into someone who looked JUST like him! Before I got too excited I asked the young
man what his surname was…Dlamini! But there are thousands of Dlaminis so I
still couldn’t get too excited but then he laughed and that was DEFINITELY a
Fiks smile. It turns out that they are
brothers. His name is Bobo and he runs a
Swazi radio show. He invited us to be
his guests of honor this morning for a short interview. At first I was against it. I like to work behind the scenes. The people who should be getting the press
are all of our Gogo’s who are working tirelessly and without pay to build our
Malindza school for their orphaned grandchildren…or our children who are
inspiring, loving, and hopeful despite growing up alone in child-headed homes…or
our community partners Bheki, Maseko, Nelly, and Nomfundo who volunteer to
coordinate all of our eLangeni and Malindza programs. Recognizing Katy, Kait, Mary and I on a radio
show seems similar to congratulating the stage crew of a broadway play and
neglecting the stars. But Bobo
insisted. I was so nervous that I woke
up early to shower. He interviewed us
about our programs and our organization.
I made every effort to turn all of the accolades back to our local
partners and to turn the topics to our amazing children. As we were walking home from the radio
station I received SMS messages from our local friends saying that they heard
us on the radio – embarrassing. I
decided if there is ever a next time, I am going to have our kiddos talk
instead. But now Kait feels like she’s
famous as she just did a TV interview about Art With a Heart back in the states
and now a radio show here in Swaziland. She
will be returning to the States July 9th at which time she is happy
to sign autographs at the O’Hare airport…
Radio host Bobo
GHFP at the Swazi recording studio
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