Nozizwe Elizabeth Sampu

Category
Civil Society

Age
25

Organisation / Company
Reach Out N
Website

Profile

Nozizwe Elizabeth Sampu, 25, is the founder of Reach Out N, a nongovernmental organisation that assists the needy with clothes, food parcels, school uniforms, blankets and toiletries. The aim is to reduce poverty and make sure children in our communities and surroundings are well taken care of. Nozizwe hosts events and works tirelessly with home visits (door to door) and by responding to the cry of the needy and assisting without hesitation. She remembers her mother, and role model, fondly. “I loved how my mom took care of others in our church and community. My mom wouldn’t mind waking up early in the morning and preparing big pots with lots of food to serve the needy. Even at Sunday school, she would buy us all gifts and make us feel special. Some of my friends would be motivated to come to church,” she says. Through the work Nozizwe does, needy families are able to go to bed with something to eat and also have clothes to wear. South Africa really needs more young people like her. Nozizwe is passionate about making sure street children attend school and are given free training. “We also need health clinics in all communities so that people can get medication,” she says.

List your educational background - qualifications and institutions?

• Diploma in HR, Damelin Vaal campus
• Generic Management, Learnex Centurion campus

Any awards or achievements in your field?

Best young role model @ Eatonside community hall

One childhood memory that has spurred you to such levels of achievement?

I loved how my mom took care of others in our community even at church. My mom wouldn’t mind waking up early in the morning and preparing big pots with lots of food to serve the needy. Even at church in Sunday school will buy as all gifts. And some of my churchmates would be motivated to come to church.

Advice to your younger self?

Continue to do what is righteous. God sees your heart. And blessed be the hand that gives more than the one receives.

What would you like South Africa to look like in five years?

Solved poverty. To be in a better place where the majority of less fortunate people are assisted with centres or homes where they can stay and get fed healthily, sleeping in warm beds with clean clothes, especially the homeless people. Took all the street kids back to school and were given the opportunity to education. Free training for them. Health clinics are also in our community so that people can get meditation.