With less than one month to go in Cape Town I am starting to realize how much I will miss waking up to this sight every morning! The past month has been busy to say the least, but classes are now over and next week is my last at Ilitha Labantu. I will keep this post as short and sweet as I can- I just wanted to post some photos and reassure my family I’m alive and well! Perhaps the most exciting news is that the director of Ilitha Labantu approved my proposal to start a support group in Gugulethu for pregnant teenage girls. We named the project Masomelele which is Xhosa for ‘let’s be strong’ and have spent the last month discussing the best ways of fundraising as well as promotion and implementation. Unfortunately the group will not start meeting until after I am back in the states, but I am really excited to have a say in the planning stages! In the meantime I am still visiting local primary schools and continue to learn an incredible amount both from the kids and my coworkers. I recently read this quote by Shane Claiborne and think it speaks volumes: ‘I truly believe that when the poor meet the rich, riches will have no meaning. And when the rich meet the poor, we will see poverty come to an end.’ I promise to write a lengthier, more in-depth blog before I come home but in the meantime here are some photos from the past month and Matt’s visit!
- matt making some kids in nyanga veryyy happy with jolly ranchers
- beautiful false bay coast on the way to cape point
- the most south-western point on the african continent!
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- clifton beach
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- definitely two of the best weeks ive had here, im a lucky girl
- from the top of lion’s head, my favorite place in cape town
yeeeebo!
- butterfly drinking wine in stellenbosch
- halloween in south africa! purple skittle and pirate
the wailers in cape town!
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