Sentence 1: Amore Bekker received great acclaim in the Afrikaans community thanks to the efforts of Pienaar and RSG with this program .
Sentence 2: Thanks to the efforts of Pienaar and RSG with this program , Amore Bekker received great support in the Afrikaans community .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?