Good Morning Angels New Year's Edition: Funding for blind second year LLB student

BACKGROUND: Aviwe Mado is no stranger to Good Morning Angels. In November last year, we teamed up with our friends at AutoX, owners of Sabat Batteries, to sort out Aviwe’s first year LLB tuition and res fees. This is his second degree and therefore Aviwe does not qualify for a state bursary - but law has always been his passion and he’s on a mission.

Aviwe Mado was born in the deep rural Eastern Cape. His mom died when he was a young boy. At the time Aviwe developed an eye condition, that left him blind. He and his brother never knew their father and he was placed in a disability welfare home. Aviwe always wanted to study law, but missed applications after school. His social worker helped him to get into a degree programme at the University of Pretoria. He finished his BSoc Social Sciences degree in the minimum period of three years - but he was not done. With some assistance, he finally enrolled for LLB Law and passed his first year in 2021.  

The house heads at TuksVillage, Robyn and Steven Ball, contacted Good Morning Angels, for assistance on Aviwe’s behalf in 2021. 

"He is independent, compassionate, he never asks, and never wants to be a burden. But, this world is better off for having him”.  

Now, he needs to find funds for his second year.

REQUEST FOR: Aviwe Mado

REQUEST FROM: Robyn Ball

ANGEL 1: Dave Arnold representing Sabat Batteries. 

SPONSORING: Sabat Batteries will assist Aviwe Mado with his second year LLB Law tuition fees to the value of R55,000.

ANGEL 2: The Good Morning Angels Fund NPC

SPONSORING: The GMA Fund will assist Aviwe Mado with another R20,000 towards his accommodation fees. 

ORIGINAL REQUEST: 

Good morning, Angels

I realise it's late in the year to try my luck. But on the other end of the request is a blind student who never asks for help, so I will ask for him. The reason I will do whatever I can to help him is that he is one of those genuinely awesome people, who have all the potential to make a real impact in this world but doesn't have the resources to finish his degree, which is not only the platform for him to have hope for a future but also to really make a difference.

Aviwe Mado lost his eyesight completely after his mother died as a teenager (suspected poisoning). He never had a father and only has a brother who he sadly supports from his small disability grant. He is from deep rural EC. When all the students return home for recess, Christmas, etc. he pays his way at a welfare disability home in the Eastern Cape. 

Aviwe Mado always wanted to study law, but missed applications after school. His social worker helped him to get into a degree programme at the University of Pretoria. He finished his BSoc Social Sciences degree in the minimum period of 3 years, which is amazing as some sighted students can't do that. But his heart was set on law. Thanks to key people along the way, he got accepted into the LLB Law programme and is doing well to complete his 1st year. 

Sadly, government fundings as well as all bursaries, don't fund a second degree which makes total sense. We've tried all avenues. Not only is law his dream, but it's also a platform for him to make an impact in this world and make a future for himself. He wants to do more than push papers in this world. He wants to make a difference.

He is the first person to wish us as house parents a happy mother's or father's day, before our own children. He is the first person at the door with a gift to wish our two girls a happy birthday. He is independent, compassionate, he never asks, and never wants to be a burden. But this world is better off for having him. And he is the first person who will 'Pay it back' one day. Watch this space! :-)

I desperately hope he will be considered.

Kind regards,  

Steven & Robyn Ball

TuksVillage, Heads of Residence

Good Morning Angels New Year's Edition in partnership with #SabatBatteries.