By now many of you know that as a result of beginning the Hope for Limpopo journey, Jo Ann and I were invited to be ‘Audience Guests’ on Oprah’s “Inspirational Heroes” show which we taped on Nov 16th and which aired on Nov 22nd. If the subject of this audience group held true, then we would have expected to see every one of HFL’s supporters sitting right next to us in that audience. It is because of each and every one of YOU who have stood beside us with words of encouragement and acts of selflessness that we (ALL) have been able to leave our heart prints on those women and children in the Limpopo Province who are so much less fortunate than ourselves.
We are pleased to say that we stood toe to toe with Oprah and that she is as kind, genuine, and compassionate as she appears to be on television. Her entire staff stands as testament to her generosity and kindness for every one of them was also pleasant and considerate signifying their own contentment with their jobs.
We are pleased to say that this ‘Oprah exposure’, while not exactly the national exposure we had hoped to get for HFL, did indeed open other doors for us. The local television, newspapers and social networking groups have supported us and allowed us to spread word of HFL’s mission.
And so we move on in the hopes of embracing more friends who believe that we can generate an attitude of zero tolerance towards all forms of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, HIV and AIDS stigmatization in the Limpopo Province of South Africa through education of the children and planned program implementation for all victims.
