24/11/2025
The Journey Behind BYL Solutions
My name is Lusanda Ceshemba Qunta. A wife, mother of three girls, qualified Social Worker, founder of BYL Solutions, and a Master’s candidate at Nelson Mandela University.
My story begins in Zwide Township in Gqeberha, where I was raised in a home led by resilient women, my mother and grandmother. Growing up in an environment affected by violence, substance abuse, school dropout, and poverty shaped my understanding of the world long before I had language for it. In my community, trauma was not an exception—it was a norm.
Like many young people living in townships, I struggled with identity, belonging, and emotional regulation. I battled peer pressure, substance use, academic challenges, and eventually depression. But through the guidance, discipline, and unwavering commitment of the women who raised me and through opportunities that took me beyond my circumstances, I began to rebuild my life.
I later pursued studies in Professional Cookery and Hospitality, where wilderness training helped me develop resilience, teamwork, and self-reflection. After years of working and growing, I finally followed the calling that never left me: the desire to help others heal. I applied to university, was accepted, and graduated as a Social Worker.
Through my personal journey and professional experience, one truth became undeniable:
Children are shaped long before they understand trauma — and many inherit emotional wounds they never chose.
That realization led to the birth of BYL Solutions.
BYL exists to support Grade 7 and 8 learners—especially those facing behavioural challenges, learning barriers, or emotional distress. Our approach is grounded in intergenerational trauma theory, early identity development, and psycho-social well-being.
Our mission is clear:
To build children by healing children, empowering them to grow with identity, purpose, self-awareness, and resilience and to support the educators and parents who walk beside them.
BYL Solutions is not just a programme.
It is a healing space.
A bridge between lived experience and possibility.
A movement to rewrite the narrative for the next generation.
