{"id":6329,"date":"2019-06-27T09:27:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T09:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloemgirlsrock.org\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2019-06-27T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T09:27:23","slug":"kelebogile-rose-mathabela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/?p=6329","title":{"rendered":"Kelebogile Rose Mathabela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelebogile Rose Mathabela was born in Bloemfontein and resides in Bochabela.She was raised by her grandparents together with her aunts she later moved to Potchefstroom Klipdrift Military Base to live with her parents and siblings she came back to Bloemfontein a few years later and she’s been in Bloemfontein ever since.<\/p>\n

Kele regards being raised by her grandparents as the best thing that has ever happened to her because of the woman she’s grown up to be. Growing up, having to move from one city to another was a challenge she faced, she has always been pressured to be a good example as she is the first born and\u00a0 the first grandchild, \u201cthat alone taught me to work hard and that the rewards can come in any way when one works with patience and determination\u201d she added<\/p>\n

Kele is part of the Psychology Student Association (PSA), a student association for psychology students at the University of the Free State which engages in community outreach projects in the Bloemfontein area. The PSA currently runs with seven various community partners, these partners include schools for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, physical disabilities and behavioural problems, old age homes and orphanages and so forth.The association consists of an executive committee (including project leaders) and its members, \u201cthe association has made an impact on many individuals and continues to increase the prospect of making a better community for everyone in the Bloemfontein region\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Kele draws her inspiration from three important women in her life which are her mother, aunt and grandmother as well as her grandfather who played a big role as a father figure in her life. “They support her in everything she does, they believe in her and her capabilities and they motivate her to reach her full potential all the time.”<\/p>\n

Asked what inspired her to join the organisation, she said that she has always been interested in various extracurricular activities on campus and in her previous residence she had volunteered in a \u201cMentor Me\u201d programme \u00a0under the Psychology department to mentor a first-year psychology student, she also joined the PSA. She describes joining the organization as an \u201camazing and eye-opening experience\u201d which inspired her to continue making a difference in the lives of many individuals in various communities. \u201cI have been dedicated to this organisation for three years now and also volunteering in several community service projects such as Literacy and Youth Violation Programmes<\/em>, the boys at risk in schools<\/em> and the boys behind bars<\/em> programmes<\/em> launching in June under \u201cThe Prophetezz Foundation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Asked if there any challenges she has faced throughout her journey as a PSA member she answered, \u201cthere are many challenges in any organisation, I would say conflict is the main challenge I face in our organisation\u201d. She explained that conflict is everywhere especially in a workplace or an organisation. It is a situation where disagreements and opposition occurs due to a number of reasons such as values, attitudes and so forth but in her case it \u00a0is due to personality clashes and differences in leadership styles \u201chowever we managed to overcome the challenge because conflict can have \u00a0disastrous consequences if not resolved or dealt with accordingly\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Kele has always loved working with kids \u201cI’ve always loved kids but not as much as I do now\u201d she said, before being \u00a0appointed as the vice chairperson of the association she was a project leader for one of their community outreach programmes and engaged with children from the ages of 0 to 12 years who were victims of abuse and were neglected \u201cthis humbled me so much to a point where I felt that having both parents and even a single parent is an actual privileged because some of these kids literally have no one\u201d.<\/p>\n

When asked about her aspirations she explained that her aspirations change a lot due to the expansion of her interests, she however has two life time goals one which she explains as her \u201clife goal\u201d\u00a0 is to own a practice as a professional neuropsychologist ,specializing in neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood such as Autism spectrum disorder , ADHD, specific learning disorders etc. Her long-term goal would be to \u201cserve humanity\u201d\u2019 starting a venture in helping learners in less-privileged schools in terms of education, social and personal aspects which is why she and her partner are currently working on an NPO to achieve this goal.<\/p>\n

What makes Kele a girl that rocks is her love for helping others, her humility and selflessness and just trying to make the world a better place for the less privileged.<\/p>\n

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Kelebogile Rose Mathabela was born in Bloemfontein and resides in Bochabela.She was raised by her grandparents together with her aunts she later moved to Potchefstroom Klipdrift Military Base to live with her parents and siblings she came back to Bloemfontein a few years later and she’s been in Bloemfontein ever since. Kele regards being raised […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgr.digitalshero.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}