Johannesburg- Social Media influencer Lonalinamandla Bawuti, has used her social media presence to change a young boy’s life from the Eastern Cape.
Bawuti asked her Facebook friends and followers to raise money to help a boy from a disadvantaged background to go to initiation school this coming December.
According to reports, a direct message that was meant for someone else on Facebook ended up going to Bawuti’s inbox and she took it upon herself to make it a point that the boy’s wish becomes a reality.
In the direct message, a cousin of the boy asked for assistance as the boy had started to lock himself up because his peers knew they were going and he was not.
They feared that he might commit suicide.
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For the boy, going to the mountain (Xhosa circumcision) was far-fetched because he lives with his grandmother and they all depended on her grant to survive and she would not afford all the expenses of the process.
Lonalinamandla Bawuti who hails from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape said she has received donations in a form of money, clothes, food, getaway trips, drinks and tents from people across the Eastern Cape and the country at large.
A DM that was meant for someone else bumped to @Lona047 😭😭 and She’s doing the Lords work!! She has raised more than 20k to help the Boy… Akukho mntana ungazubanaMgidi sikhona.. #donationszikaboy pic.twitter.com/om98OEuDQB
— GirlThatLifts/TheRunner (@FitMasi) October 21, 2021
Isizalisekiso sezwi Isaiah 60:22 When the time is right, I The Lord will make it happen. 😭😭😭😭😭😭@Lona047 inoba awusazazi noba uzithini. 😭❤️#donationszikaboy#LonalinamandlaBawuti https://t.co/krUdI3xzcU pic.twitter.com/MBZy6SLjjT
— RE_Sips (@Siphesi64484342) October 22, 2021
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Thank you Exact for your support. #LonalinamandlaBawuti pic.twitter.com/5qWZbiLL6I
— Me 🤗 (@m_lumko) October 22, 2021
The Department of Human Settlement in the province of the Eastern Cape has come forward, offering decent housing for the boy’s family.
You have moved mountains for u boy. So proud of you!❤️ #LonalinamandlaBawuti pic.twitter.com/wefMIFDzPO
— Bhelekazi 👑 (@mtimkulu_lulu) October 22, 2021
Update: #LonalinamandlaBawuti #donationszikaboy pic.twitter.com/mE5YPTH2wL
— Ryan Mpendu (@RYAN_007) October 23, 2021
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