Tuesday, July 10, 2007

READ THIS POST FROM BOTTOM TO TOP!
(It will make more sense chronologically)


And here we are, the happy travelers, we truly coulnd't be more grateful.
Yeah, we drove on that road....

Here are the lovely ladies we met at Chapman's Peak. Amilia (Right) and Seingwaeng (Left). Check out the sunset!


Don't worry, we are doing some sight seeing as well! This is the very penguin that bit me just second before he did! Apparently, this penguin had seen the old "feed it a stick" trick...



Hey! Camp Woodstock frisbees!!! This was at Samora, notice the difference between facilities here and at Heinz Park. Believe it or not, this is in a squater camp which is a less economically advantaged area than Heinz Park.




These are boys at Hienz Park, you can see things got a bit crazy once I took out my camera. The green stickers are used to decifer who will get food at lunch time. This was a truelyheartbreaking task as I was told to only give stickers to those children who had been there since 10:00, however it was now lunch time and word had gotten out that food was being given out. Many children in Hienz Park are fending for themselves as their parents are drunk or high so you can imagine how hard it was to tell these children who had just come that they could not have a sticker.


This is my favorite picture, it doesn't get any more adorable than this. This is at Heinz Park but earlier in this week during the Holiday Programme for 6-13 years old (which was actually 3-15 year olds!) These two girls loved to sing and dance, even when no one was watching.





This is at the teen programme. Some of you may recognize this team building activity as the "Human Knot." After getting completely tangled up, the team must untangle themself without letting go of eachother's hands. This night was so successful, we are hoping to make it a weekly club.











These next three shots are some of the pictures I took.





This was the best marketing I have ever done, we all drove around Heinz Park, hanging out of the kombie (Van) , blasting hip hop, and yelling out to the teens in the township. We were telling htem to come to the first ever teen programme that we are attempting to run this week. I held off on yelling and instead tooks lots of pictures. Driving through this township, really seeing it, was the best expirience I have had thus far.




This is our trusty leader, Sonia (Left) who oversees all of the Holiday Programme sites. In the middle is Ayanda who runs the site at Samora and of course, me dancin' self.



This is the play area in the back of the YMCA. It is a big sand pit which we thought was very clever! You can run without shoes and still be safe!

Here is the whole crew at the Cape Flats YMCA site. Actually this is only half the crew as alot of the children are Muslim and Friday was a holiday for them.

1 comment:

Dad&Dubs said...

Love the pics!!
We "rode" to Lancaster in 100 degree temps to find AC, food, drink, family, fun, etc. btw, I spoke with Steve Heiny who has a brand new 4-day old son!!! We'll visit them, as we make our way Westward, Wed evening or Thur morning. All is well here. love, Dad