Your support offered shelter in a storm to a young girl terrified by her sudden blindness

When Grade 11 student, Sannah Sithole, lost her sight quite unexpectedly during class in 2002, it nearly destroyed her. The young woman from Mamelodi, Pretoria, became disoriented, unpredictable and violent – and that's how she spent the next two years.

But when she was 19, her mother enrolled her at Optima College for independence training and braille training. Now, Sannah has transformed into a soft-spoken woman who knows what she wants from life.

If you'll click here now and make a donation, we can provide more Optima students with the support and training they need to get through incredibly difficult times like these.

Sannah has completed Computer Literacy and Call Centre training and is now studying a six-month braille training course, which she'll use to pass matric and further her studies as a braille instructor.

You can see what a positive impact Optima has had on Sannah – and if you'll click here now to make a contribution, you can help other Optima students too.

“Optima helped me accept the way I am,” Sannah says. “The courses gave me the knowledge and confidence to know that I can finish my schooling. They helped me to know that I can go on.”

Doctors say the cause of Sannah’s blindness was an optic nerve disorder. She’s regained a little of her sight and is now partially sighted. We're very proud of how far she has come – and much of that is thanks to Optima. So please click here now and help more Optima students blossom!