Personal History:
As you know my name is Blythe Stuart Linger I live in Cape
Town and I am 20 years of age. To give you a brief history of myself, I was
raised by my mom as both my dad and step dad passed away at an early age in my
life, this leaving my mom to finance all my education and living expenses. I
have worked from a young age for my own money to help ease the financial strain
on my mother. I am one of the first in my family to receive a matric (National
Senior Certificate) and I would like to be the first to put an end to this
atmosphere of struggle that seems to hang around us!
Reason for wanting to do piloting:
I have many things I enjoy doing in life: writing; theater;
music; Jazz but my underlining dream has always been Piloting! I started my
PPL(Private Pilot License) at age 14 where my mom thought she would be able to
pay for it par time, but I soon had to stop as it became increasingly
expensive. It killed me to have to give up on my dream. Then a few other
factors came in that added on as well. Then just the other day it popped into
my head again. My dream is to be a commercial pilot and once working I would
like to sponsor another person -that is in the same situation as I am at the
moment- to follow their dream. I believe that it is an incredibly important
ripple effect to cause, so that we will find ourselves empowering each other
from generation to generation! I also believe we will be most fruitful and successful
in our area of passions!
How I came up with the idea of raising money:
After going from bank to bank it became clear that I would
never be able to qualify for a loan of R500 000 let alone paying the interest
back per month. My mom also owns no property… This left me thinking, and after
doing some research on statistics in Cape Town alone, I came to realize that
there are over 3.4 mill people living in cape town and if I were to just
collect 1 Rand from 500 000 of those people I would be able to finance my
dream. A plastic bag at a super market cost almost 1 Rand now a days… and
people by bags without thinking, why can’t I take those 1 Rands and put them to
good use?… and use it to empower not only myself but my family and even make a
positive effect on my country! The idea seemed/ seems crazy but the more you think
about it the more possible it becomes.
Cutoff date of fund raising, and what if I don’t reach my
goal?
My cutoff date would be June 2013 as that’s when I would
need to start training. If I don’t reach my goal of either R100 000(PPL course)
or R500 00(PPL+COM course) I will give all proceeds to charity. I have decided
to do this as the money is not my own in the first place. I want it for one
thing and one thing only and that Is to pursue my dream… If I fail to do that I
believe it’s only right that the money goes to others who need it more and who
could possibly even go on to follow their dreams!
Course info:
The course is an intensive course done over 178+- days at 43
air school in Port Alfred South Africa and costs R500 000. There is also a
course for R100 000 for a PPL (Private Pilot License) done over 54days +-. 43
air schools is one of the best flight schools around feeding excellent quality
pilots into both local and international airlines.
Places one can donate/contribute:
·
Vetshop@centry and Absolute pets in Canal Walk
Cape Town.
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Edgemead Educare in Edgemead Cape Town
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Pay pal
