Divano en Diego Blankenberg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n“Om groot te word in ‘n gebied wat erg deur bendes en misdaad geraak word, het ho\u00ebr onderwys dikwels buite bereik gevoel. Ten spyte van die uitdagings het ons egter gefokus gebly op ons droom om aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch te studeer,” het Diego ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Blankenberg-broers, gebore en geto\u00eb in Dura Flats, Atlantis, het se reis met die Universiteit Stellenbosch op ho\u00ebrskool begin. Van graad sewe tot tien het hulle deelgeneem aan die universiteit se Sentrum vir Pedagogie (SUNCEP) program, en gedurende hul laaste twee jaar van ho\u00ebrskool het hulle by die universiteit se Talentontwikkelingsprogram aangesluit. Albei het onderskeidings in hul finale matriekeksamens behaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die tweeling was slegs ses jaar oud toe hul pa aan lewerversaking oorlede is. Meer onlangs, gedurende hul derde jaar op universiteit, is hul ma met kanker gediagnoseer. “Dit het ons diep geraak as studente en as haar kinders. Deur God se genade het sy dit oorkom, wat ons gradeplegtigheid nog meer betekenisvol gemaak het,” het Divano ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hul ma bly hul grootste inspirasie. “Haar opofferings, krag en geloof in die Here het ons gelei. Sy het ons deursettingsvermo\u00eb, harde werk en veerkragtigheid geleer \u2013 waardes wat ons deur ons studies gedra het,” het Divano verduidelik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Om “baie geheg aan mekaar” te wees as identiese tweelinge was instrumenteel in die navigasie van die universiteitslewe, het die broers ges\u00ea. “Vir die eerste 15 jaar van ons lewens was ons ons ma se enigste kinders, wat ons band versterk het,” het Divano gedeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diego het bygevoeg: “Gedurende ons grootwordjare het ons alles gedeel, soms selfs ‘n enkele bederfie. Ons ma het ons altyd geleer om na mekaar om te sien, en daardie ingesteldheid het altyd by ons gebly. Ek het dinge nooit as ‘myne’ beskou nie; dit was altyd ‘ons s’n’.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die ervaring om saam universiteit toe te gaan, het deurslaggewende ondersteuning gebied tydens moeilike tye. “Om altyd iemand te h\u00ea om op te steun, was ‘n groot voordeel. Die oorgang na universiteit is moeilik, maar om my broer daar te h\u00ea, het dit makliker gemaak. Ons het mekaar deur moeilike tye ondersteun en die goeie oomblikke saam gevier,” het Divano ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hul paaie vind<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albei broers het hul studierigting verander gedurende hul universiteitsjare. Divano het aanvanklik elektriese ingenieurswese gestudeer voordat hy in sy tweede jaar na meganiese ingenieurswese oorgeskakel het. “Ek het besef hoeveel ek die praktiese aspekte, probleemoplossing en ontwerp geniet het. Ek het geen spyt nie \u2013 dit was die regte besluit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diego het van chemiese ingenieurswese na megatroniese ingenieurswese oorgeskakel. “Soos ek meer oor die verskillende ingenieursdissiplines geleer het, het ek gefassineer geraak deur megatronika, veral gebiede wat hommeltuie en ge\u00efntegreerde stelsels behels.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boodskap van hoop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nVir aspirantstudente uit soortgelyke omstandighede bied Divano hierdie raad: “Moet nooit ophou droom nie. Selfs al lyk jou doelwitte buite bereik, moenie moed opgee nie. Glo in jouself, vertrou op die Here en werk voortdurend hard. Jou agtergrond bepaal nie jou toekoms nie. Hou aan vorentoe druk \u2013 dinge sal in plek val.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Om die eerste in hul familie te wees wat aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch studeer het, het sy eie sin van verantwoordelikheid en uitdagings meegebring, maar dit het hulle gemotiveer om na sukses te streef, het Diego afgesluit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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