Cassper Nyovest Donates R150k Towards Life-Saving Surgery for a Fan With Failing Lungs, Inspires Others

Cassper Nyovest Donates R150k Towards Life-Saving Surgery for a Fan With Failing Lungs, Inspires Others

  • Cassper Nyovest is an inspiration to many after he donated over R100 000 to a super fan in need of a lung transplant
  • He is helping a young lady by the name of Nompilo Dlamini who is suffering from cystic fibrosis
  • Cassper has also started the #SaveNompilo campaign to encourage others to donate any amount, big or small

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South African music icon, Cassper Nyovest has come to the rescue of a young lady and die-hard fan, Nompilo Dlamini. Nompilo is undergoing life-saving surgery due to her failing lungs as a result of cystic fibrosis.

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Rapper, Cassper Nyovest is putting his success to good use by helping a young lady with funding for critical surgery. Image: UGC
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Cassper donated R150 000 towards her lung transplant surgery in India and started the #SaveNompilo campaign, which has played a big role raising funds to make the international trip possible.

The charitable rapper posted proof of his substantial donation along with Nompilo's bank details. He captioned it:

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"Just Donated R150 000 to #SaveNompilo. Please donate what you can to help. Nothing is too little. Even R10 will help. It's a Swazi acc so you have to go through global payments if you're in SA. The goal is 2 million rand."

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Take a look at the post:

He encourages more people to donate through a GoFundMe page dedicated to Nompilo.

In an article published by TimesLive, Nompilo had the following to say:

“I haven't met him [Cassper] yet but we constantly talk on Twitter in the DMs. He checks on me every now and then and I update him on the progress of almost everything, because he's still doing the fundraising campaign for me. I've been an obsessed fan of his, the love is pure.”

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Lady thanks Cassper Nyovest for helping her get a lung transplant, SA celebrates

In another story, Briefly News reported on Nompilo Dlamini's reaction when she first found out about Cassper's kind donation. Her message on social media had hearts melting all across the nation after she shared the exciting news of her scheduled lung transplant.

The young lady lives with cystic fibrosis and had been suffering for a long time until Cassper generously agreed to help out.

That's right - the rapper turned philanthropist is being hailed a hero after using his social media influence to help the fighter raise funds for her new lungs. The brave young woman is already in India for the special operation.

She thanked Cassper and all the generous people of Mzansi in a short and sweet social media post.

Source: Briefly News

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