From Hopelessness to Hope full

By wendy - December 01, 2011

Suzanne twenty four year old mom of two little boys Trevor aged five years and Linden aged two years has spend a

running with the cheetahs

full year at the Rlabs coming for computer lessons every Saturday morning. She is overwhelmed by the team and the way they have welcomed her into their space. Coming from a gang and drug related Township called Kalksteenfontein where children as young as eight years old are using drugs , she said her time spend at Rlabs are very precious and it had changed her life.

Prior to coming to Rlabs she spend her time just sitting at home and trying to find work. Suzanne said she never had any real friends , because where she come from people isn’t very friendly. In her neighborhood all she is expose to is drugs and violence. Here at Rlabs she has learned to communicate with people and became empowered in a great way.

In the area where Suzanne lives children as young as ten years old have to go out on a daily basis to beg for money so they can have a plate of food on the table in the evening. She says she’s forever thankful to the Rlabs for enriching her life.