On a quite afternoon, Robert Masitara leans back in his chair and smiles at a memory that still moves him. Years ago, he watched a mother clutching hospital paperwork dissolve into tears of relief, after learning her child’s operation would be funded. It is these moments, he says, that remind him why he began giving in the first place. “My greatest joy in life is to put a smile on someone’s face” he reflects, the words carrying both warmth and the weight of experience.
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