“As we let our own light shine,we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same” Nelson Mandela This year was full of surprises, it was different, unexpected, unique and challenging. Under the cloud of the COVID-19 Pandemic, our Village went through some challenges, but many positives in the past few months too and friendships
In November we had a big blessing for our Masakhane afterschool groups. After many weeks of lockdown we had the opportunity to do a movement session with Sanja Lutzeyer at the GOOD HOPE CENTER in Masakhane. It was a fun session filled with Song, Movement and Storytelling. The children loved it and our facilitators enjoyed
Our afterschool work shops are open and with the help of our friends from the grootbos foundation we are keeping it safe. Thank you for the DONATION of 4 thermometers to each of our facilitators in Gansbaai and Stanford. These thermometers will help us to monitor the children who participate in ththe groups and keep
Thank you to our friends from the Butterfly Art Project in Cape Town for donating 100 ‘Florence and Watson’ activity treasure booklets to the children in Stanford and Masakhane. The booklets are for kids from grades 1 to 5 and offer a beautiful game , many challenges, tips and inspiration to the children. Themes are
” Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear , an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscaglia Our creative, community based workshops are open again. Thank you to our facilitation team for
“All the flowers of the tomorrows are in the seeds of today” Indian proverb Over the past few months we have learned a lot!! We have seen that relationships matter, that children possess an intrinsic inner drive to learn and grow even in the most difficult of circumstances, and… that when we support each other through challenging
In the framework of our activity pack initiative we have been running a lock down art competition over the past few weeks. Children are encouraged to draw pictures from their lives and send them to us. The aim is not to find the best picture. It is to create a platform for telling stories through
The Creative Works team has been putting together activity packs for Stanford and Masakhane since the start of the lock down in March. The aim for the packs is to keep children in under resourced communities safely engaged with stimulating activities at home. Over the past few months, we have packed and delivered more than
We started the year with getting to know the grade R learners that are referred by their teachers into our program. We have been screening the children and through this process identifying each child’s needs, strengths and motivation. We are then formalising small groups suitable to the children’s personality and developmental stage. In the groups
We participated in the Western Cape education department child and family health awareness day at Gansbaai Primary in Blompark on Saturday 18th of January. Thank you to Valenzia Mackenzie for inviting us to this great initiative. Everyone came together to offer activities, services and information to the community. Teachers, parents, educators, clinic sisters, education department
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