<p><strong>The woman</strong><br />When Susan gave up her job to start a rehabilitation centre for orphaned and vulnerable children, she put everything she had into it, including her own pension money. Susan thinks that we shouldn't wait until we retire to do what we have a passion for. She feels like her career has just started, that all her work and experience until now has been preparation for this.</p><p><strong>Her fight: « Tsephang Project for Orphans »</strong><br />Susan found 50 children who were living with relatives or running their own households because one or both parents had died. So she used her last salary cheque to buy a gas stove, pots and other equipment. The following month she started using her pension payout for food. Susan had to look for larger premises for the growing number of children.</p><p><strong>What about now?</strong><br />Tshepang means « to have hope ». Susan believes it's essential to foster hope and optimism in children who have lost their parents and their sense of stability or belonging. Volunteers and supporters are amazed by the programme's positive results. The emotional insecurity and enormous sadness that was so apparent has given way to playfulness and purpose, and a real sense of hope.</p>
