Xolani Hadebe (above) really, really wanted to go the 9th International Youth Leadership Conference held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in July this year. "I just thought that it would develop me so much as a person and a student," says Hadebe (22) now in the final year of his BSc audiology studies. So in late 2004 he applied for a spot at the conference, and, boasting all the right credentials - at UCT he served on the Woolsack residence house committee, has been involved with the ANC Youth League and Impilo, a grouping of medical students from disadvantaged backgrounds - and with the support of Martha Geiger, a lecturer in the Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders, he was accepted. There was only one hiccup - he did not have the financial means to get there. Even with a 50% discount, that still left him short some €375 (around
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