{"id":9977,"date":"2026-07-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/?p=9977"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:31:20","slug":"a-big-day-for-benjamin-this-success-is-down-to-you-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/a-big-day-for-benjamin-this-success-is-down-to-you-too\/","title":{"rendered":"A big day for Benjamin. This success is down to you too."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dear Friends<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I\u2019d like to share a few snaps from the university graduation of our exceptionally talented Benjamin Kizito. Take a look for yourselves.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>After all, without friends like you, these successes would not have been possible. But they are a perfect illustration of the saying: \u2018Whoever saves a child saves the whole world.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benjamin has completed his degree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benjamin is one of our first-generation talents. We recognised his special talent as early as primary school, for example in an essay competition. I could write a eulogy about him here \u2013 about his empathy, his sense of solidarity, or his great commitment to making the world a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/benjamin-01-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/benjamin-01-2.png 549w, https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/benjamin-01-2-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he\u2019s still so young and has his whole life ahead of him. So I\u2019ll just leave it at that \u2013 congratulations. Congratulations on the hope that he and his equally wonderful siblings and fellow students may succeed in making their world and our world a better place. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. That\u2019s why Benjamin is such a fervent admirer of Nelson Mandela, the great South African who made his country and the world a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/benjamin-and-friends-02-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/benjamin-and-friends-02-2.png 549w, https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/benjamin-and-friends-02-2-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And: even if not everyone changes their country, we can at least change a few lives. Isn\u2019t that a good start?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With warm regards and heartfelt thanks from Benjamin to you, and from me on behalf of our charges!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yours, Burkhard Varnholt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button custom-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/donate.raisenow.io\/shdhd?lng=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jetzt Kids of Africa unterst\u00fctzen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Kizito has successfully completed his university studies \u2013 a moving milestone for him, his family and everyone who has supported him. His story shows what is possible when talent, commitment and reliable support come together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9980,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9977\/revisions\/9980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}