DEF Scholar: Daniel Khumalo
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Home country: Johannesburg, South Africa
Activities: Ultimate frisbee, hiking club, astronomy, theatre
Daniel is passionate about the outdoors and dreams of becoming Africa’s leading astronomer.
Daniel’s Dream:
Few recognize time as the only constant, many recognize change as the only constant, whilst a minority realize that ‘life is what happens while you are busy making plans’ and the majority watch life pass by and ask what just happened. Well if you ask me under which category I fall, I’m simply me. I wish not to be hero nor villain, I wish not to change the world nor destroy it. I hope to live to see the shining eyes I’ve impacted, and they in turn the shining eyes they have impacted and so on…the chain will be long and continuous.
I want to lead my life so that I may develop and grow with the principles I pick along the journey. I’d love to leave a few lessons behind me; one being the greatest leader you can be is when you have been led and led yourself, as freedom is a state of mind not of being. For if humanity could realize their potential and pure liberty, a lot of issues we are plagued with in the socio-economic and corruption realm wouldn’t matter. However, we would achieve what we don’t know and we would understand the true meaning of the unknown and why we exist.
The dream may sound far-fetched, idealistic, unrealistic and finally a dream. But do not worry, it is possible.
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I’ve been in the beautiful city of Hong Kong for almost a week now. I am here to raise money for the Diamond Empowerment Fund (DEF), my non-profit organization which is dedicated to supporting the empowerment of African youth.
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