{"id":14922,"date":"2019-04-03T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/?page_id=14922"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T09:44:53","slug":"testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1008836198\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1008836198 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h1 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Testimonials<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h1><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-324022022\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-728603514\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_813007414\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-doug.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-doug.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-doug-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-doug-500x335.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_813007414 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Doug Carmody, Gillingham 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a privilege to be in a position to give back, I choose to give back to Kearsney as I believe wholeheartedly in the Kearsney Process of developing boys into becoming well rounded honest men of values that will go out and make a positive difference in our country. Education is the greatest gift one can bestow on a kid, this gift is multiplied tenfold at our great school!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1497206968\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_463633726\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-john.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-john.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-john-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-john-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-john-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kc-f-testimonial-john-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_463633726 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><strong>John Bester, Pembroke 1963<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe current and future students need to be given the opportunity in the best available facilities to set the pace and enhance their careers. Carpe Diem!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-405877880\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_887645181\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111-195x200.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111-80x82.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111-97x100.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111-152x156.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/111-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_887645181 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><strong>Student Sponsorship Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWe are thrilled to be in partnership with Kearsney College. We are confident that the scholars we place at Kearsney College will have the opportunity to explore and develop their full potential.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i>They will be on a journey to discover not only themselves but all the possibilities out there. We know that they will be moulded and be allowed to flourish into the best they can be and therefore will become excellent future leaders\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1308185227\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1895493280\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/liyema-jacobs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/liyema-jacobs.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/liyema-jacobs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/liyema-jacobs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/liyema-jacobs-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/liyema-jacobs-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1895493280 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><strong>Liyema Jacobs (Pembroke 2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGoing to Kearsney has been one of the best things that ever happened to me. A school like Kearsney is something I would only see in movies like Spud and I could never imagine myself, a boy from a township, attending one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So, when the opportunity arose to attend Kearsney, I grabbed it by the horns (carpe diem). It was the toughest decision I\u2019ve ever taken as it meant dropping everything and starting afresh in a new foreign place, 1000 km away from home. However, looking back, it was probably the best decision I\u2019ve ever taken.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kearsney (amongst many other things) exposed me to the other side of the wealth spectrum. But besides the different socio-economic backgrounds, everyone united under that badge, teaching me a valuable life skill. The memories and bonds I\u2019ve created there I will forever cherish. The teachers also took on parental roles, going the extra mile for us, creating a home-like atmosphere on campus. The opportunities offered at Kearsney also allows one to find themselves. I found my love of music (through the choir) and trail running.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One of the thoughts that went through my mind as my eyes filled, in the final assembly, was that I wish I began my journey in Grade 8 as it felt incomplete. I guess Kearsney grew on me and it became my second home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m currently at Stellenbosch, doing medicine and I hope to specialise into a surgery field. I would also like to make it possible for boys in similar or worse socio-economic backgrounds than me to be able to attend Kearsney.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-898624421\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1044105659\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1111.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1111.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1111-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1111-195x200.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1111-80x82.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1111-97x100.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1111-152x156.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1111-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1044105659 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><strong>Michael Hall (Gillingham 1953)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cI give because I believe in the power of education. My brother David (Gillingham 1952) and I were only able to attend Kearsney because of the bursary support the school offered us. We both went on to successful careers in academia. Now it is my time to \u2018pay it forward\u2019 by giving young boys the opportunities and values that a Kearsney education provides<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2044729231\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1383315069\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/monde.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/monde.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/monde-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/monde-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/monde-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/monde-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/monde-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/monde-156x104.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1383315069 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><strong>Monde Nkosi (Pembroke 2007)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Monde Nkosi (Pembroke 2007) with mother Nomsa, wife Nyaki, daughter Nkanyezi and father Phillip<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Monde-Nkosi-article.pdf\">Monde Nkosi media article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KCOB Top MBA student at Stanford<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We were proud to learn of the fantastic achievements by Monde Nkosi, Kearsney\u2019s headboy of 2007. He graduated in June 2017 as one of the top students in his MBA Class at Stanford University in the USA. This meant he was designated an Arjay Miller Scholar, becoming one of the first black South Africans to achieve this prestigious award. Monde also completed his Masters in Education at Stanford during this time.<\/p>\n<p>Monde epitomised balance and all-round excellence at Kearsney. Monde came 9th in SA in the National English Olympiad in 2006. He earned Academic Honours Cum Laude in 2007 and matriculated with six distinctions.<\/p>\n<p>He credits some of his success to the assistance he had at Kearnsey through the Bursary Programme.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-946428610\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_605929357\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-1.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-1-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-1-195x200.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-1-80x82.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-1-97x100.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-1-152x156.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-1-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_605929357 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p><strong>Programme Ambassador<\/strong><br \/><strong>Eric Ngoie (2005 Headboy)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cI deeply appreciate the individual donors who paved the way to my future propelled by attending Kearsney. It is a privilege to be able to now start giving back and to support Kearsney\u2019s bursary programme financially and as a mentor.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14922","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14922"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17267,"href":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14922\/revisions\/17267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}