Raymond Mashanya's Blog (75)

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After going all over the place doing unity in diversity training , i really learned a lot from the groups that I was facilitating and created new friends that I was thinking I will ever have a friend from that place other than the people I knew them long.

it was an experience I will never forget and what I like about this exercise is that most the leaders I was…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on March 8, 2016 at 4:54pm — 1 Comment

Unity in diversity

Did the workshop met the wonderful people that I learn a lot from them, as I type this blog I am on my way to somerset east to do the workshop with the people I don't know.. which is something I love to do to meet people that I don't know that we end up being friends.

hosted my first workshop with the leaders from jozi, it was super good to share ideas with them that ended up me going with Joe to diepslot just to see the place and spend time with the guys... that's where I see that…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on February 23, 2016 at 5:51pm — 1 Comment

Be brave and courageous

we might be coming from different communities where different things are happening that affect the future of our leaders which is the kids we encounter and play with in day to day. with all that is happening there is something that God put in each of you to be the change agents in all our respective communities in what we are doing is not all about our will we are propelled by the power from above to bring change and hope to those kids we are leading in our different zones.

it can all…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on January 28, 2016 at 7:55am — No Comments

Raymond Mashanya,Precious Mphogo and Cliff Radingoana started something in namibia

Our love for community development and a need to see kids having fun made us to connect the three of us and started going to the nearby location after work to look for a soccer field were young people play and luckily we found one and the kids were playing with a bad soccer ball and we decided the three of us to adopt the team we bought them soccer balls and became friends with them,we happy to start what we love doing,it will keep us busy and helping the kids to be… Continue

Added by Raymond Mashanya on August 16, 2015 at 12:05pm — 2 Comments

Once again Stoffel park was painted ORANGE

What a day it was to welcome our brother's to stoffel park,Netherlands national cricket team visited our site in Mamelodi to do cricket clinic with the youth of the community as always they came in numbers to learn few things from this champions and at the same time the cricket team learned a lot from our guys. The ambassador of netherlands was present she really enjoyed her time in the township and also the entire team that she came with did enjoy...



It was a wonderful day orange… Continue

Added by Raymond Mashanya on January 14, 2015 at 9:35pm — 1 Comment

New season greetings

Hello everyone just want to take this moment to say welcome to the new season, and wishing each and everyone a good 2015. let all the dreams and visions that you have become a reality in this year, lets continue being the change agents in our respective community.

in December I spend a lot of time with my mom, she opened an NGO called LEIHLO LA SETSHABA OLD AGE CENTRE…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on January 6, 2015 at 12:17am — No Comments

MY FIRST WEEK IN NAMIBIA

We arrived in namibia on monday and went straight to our hotel and main things was going in my mind about how is the country like and the people like..what i can say is namibia is like south africa the currency is the same and the shops are like what we have, we went to the fever tree offices where we started with our training getting to understand our workstream, what we will be doing at the border posts we are going to be doing front office rollout.

the front office rollout…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on November 20, 2014 at 6:31pm — No Comments

MY ADVENT TO NAMIBIA

I am writing this blog with mixed feelings,many things run in my mind about how life it is out there, is the people friendly and many things to tell you i am so happy to have been give this opportunity to go and learn nd make friends. when i told my mother about this opportunity she was so happy for me to have been given this opportunity to go and learn and meet people who will add value to my life this is what she said to me and she added by saying my son respect will take u far i am so proud… Continue

Added by Raymond Mashanya on November 12, 2014 at 1:48pm — No Comments

MY JOURNEY WITH YOUTHZONES/ KING PIE INITIATIVE

IT was a five months of learning and growing in my site this initiative really made me grow and i took this opportunity to grow other soccer players in organizing events and i saw them receiving the lessons well and the other events i was just giving them tasks to do and they will perfect them, this kind of initiative is one of its kind and it unite teams from the community…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on November 9, 2014 at 7:42am — No Comments

UNITING IN THE NAME OF SPORT

25 October 2014

what a day it was the teams came in numbers we aimed for four teams to come participate but we ended up having 7 teams all the team came and play among-st each other and they made friendship with players from different teams and it broad happiness in the young boys and the entire people from the community.

on that day it was my birthday i spent the whole day at the ground with the boys laughing together and learning from each other as most of the players really…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on October 27, 2014 at 1:58pm — No Comments

ARE YOU HAVING A PROBLEM WITH DEFEAT?

This is the question that the organiser of the primary school tournament asked one of the coach who started a fight with another coach and since i got the skill from the life skills manual that we are having i went on and intervene to bring peace and resolve the conflict in a peaceful way and what i realise is that, this coach dont accept defeat and he want to instill this to the champs and is going to kill this boys because it is through defeat that you become great rather than always win and… Continue

Added by Raymond Mashanya on October 9, 2014 at 5:53am — No Comments

IS IT CRAVING FOR NYAOPE OR JEALOUSY..UZOYI THOLA KANJANI UHLELI KHONENE

Everyday people wake up in the morning to work and earn something at the end,while so sit at the corner looking at this people going to make endz meet..i am saying this because yesterday later i got a call from moses matlala telling me that they broke into his place during the day and stole his clothes,shoes,money,laptop and also two pairs of soccer boots. i saw tears running on his face because of the pain that he is going through and also this affected his mother coz when i got to his place… Continue

Added by Raymond Mashanya on October 9, 2014 at 5:36am — No Comments

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT STARTED WELL

The school holiday tournament started well yesterday in uwane primary school in mamelodi, as we were part of the tournament in june we  and we  won we are now the defending champions. the boys really are hungry to reclaim the glory again we went with the girls this time to play soccer and yesterday it went so well and the boys and girls are united and supporting each other and treat each as family and i am loooking forward to a good week with them and learn from them and having fun as…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on October 7, 2014 at 7:13am — No Comments

MY SECOND KING PIE EVENT

The weather was good for the champions to enjoy the play, it was a netball top 4 tournament organised in mamelodi east extension 6. we invited teams around mamelodi to come and be part of this event as we were celebrating women's month using sport, it was well supported and thanks to Andria for being at home and enjoyed with us. this event touched most of the mother who were watching the game they cam to me and asked me to form a netball team for the mothers when i asked them why they told…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on August 17, 2014 at 8:02am — No Comments

ARETSEBANENG TOP 4 TOURNAMENT IN KAMEELDRIFT

On Saturday we went to play with our close friends kameeldrift champs, it was a daily filled with fun and interactions we played the second game of the tournament were we managed to win and went to the finals with sdala's champs the final was tough AND hungry lions managed to win,  and it was interesting to see the support and unity among the players that really stood out for me on that day and wish this kind of tournaments can be hosted so that we can learn from each other and grow.....BIG…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on August 11, 2014 at 9:01am — 2 Comments

YES I MADE IT YEEES.

Hello family i just want to tell you that i passed the three module that i registered with unisa in the first semester even thou i did not get any distinctions but i passed, i am so happy manene na manenekazi yooooh.

meanwhile as i told you that my boys went to the second round on the primary school tournament we made it to the finals i knocked out in the finals we walked away with a trophy plus medals as it was the first time in the coaching seat i can tell you i learned a lot from…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on July 12, 2014 at 8:46am — 2 Comments

SUCCESS IN SOCCER MANUAL

I have been reading this manual for so long since i got it from youthzones, since i did not play soccer when i grow up and i developed the love of soccer when i started to see how life skills can be a good tool if it can be applied in soccer i started to play soccer 2 years back using the tools that have been outlined in the manual to guide me i was laughed when they guys in the community see me playing with the under 11 but that did not make me stop because that i what i wanted to see my…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on July 8, 2014 at 8:40am — 1 Comment

TUKS SRC MEET STOFFEL PARK CHAMPS

Yesterday it was a super good we welcomed the SRC students from TUKS, they really had a wonderful experience in the place as some of the students did not want to leave because of the welcome they received from the champs of stofel park. when they arrived we had a moment were they meet with the soccer players there to learn from each other and build friendships of a life time.…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on June 26, 2014 at 2:06pm — 2 Comments

JUNE 16 TOP 8 TOURNAMENT

We celebrated june 16 in style this year where we used sport to bring young people from different corners of mamelodi together, we managed to get 8 teams to come and take part in the tournament with the aim of getting to know each other as youth of this community using sport as a form of entertaining our self.

the tournament was organised by the contractors who are building a new train station in mamelodi with the aim of bringing youth of the community together and opening the new…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on June 17, 2014 at 7:44pm — No Comments

The power of sport

Sport as a tool for social change has the power to unite and to transform the life of the players and also bring change in the community through hosting of event using sport as a tool to attract large number of people to come to the event since their love of the sport. Communities are faced by serious issues that are of concern to the community and the municipalities and…

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Added by Raymond Mashanya on June 6, 2014 at 8:31pm — No Comments

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