Holy Family College Grade 9 learner, Khensani Mkhonto, is the Berea Mail SPAR Star of the Month. Vote for Khensani at https://bereamail.co.za/spar-superstars-berea-mail-2023. Voting for the first quarterly winners closes on 11th of May 2023. One Junior/ Senior Primary winner and one High School winner will be chosen based on the number of votes. Maximum 1 vote per person. Look out for the SPAR Superstar winners in the Berea Mail 26th of May edition.
Extract from the Berea Mail: “Khensani is involved in the Alternative to Violence Project (AVP), an international organization with branches across the world, including Africa, UK, US, and Australia.
“They are even working with some people in the United Nations. It’s more or less a project to help people learn how to be less violent. It started in prisons, to help prisoners who wanted to go out and live a better life – because, if you want to go back into society, you need to be peaceful,” explained Khensani.
The Alternative to Violence Project hosts workshops to facilitate non-violent responses to everyday life. “In the workshops, it’s not just talking; they do lots of fun activities that help you remember the fundamentals of non-violence. Not everything is going to end peacefully, and the Alternative to Violence Project has highlighted that, but they want to make it so you can always be your best self and go further in life, whether through avoiding physical violence or just general arguments,” said Khensani. She has one more course to complete before she can become an AVP facilitator – a goal she hopes to achieve by the end of the year. “Currently I am still a student, but I want to become a facilitator because there is no age restriction for that,” said Khensani. When she is not working toward her AVP goal, Khensani thrives in the classroom – last year, she won a bronze medal at her school’s science expo.” Reporter, Danica Hansen
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