Three groups of high schoolers are on global partnership trips to South Africa, China and the Dominican Republic. Brian ’15 writes from Cape Town:
Hello from sunny South Africa!
Today as always was fantastic.
In the morning we attended a sitting of the Cape Town City Council, where we were introduced and officially welcomed by the Speaker of the House. Afterwards, we were invited to the Madam Mayor’s personal chamber and they graciously provided us with some lovely gifts.
Afterwards, we made our way to the Desmond Tutu Foundation. We spent about three hours with the kids where we were split into three groups and participated in different exercises. The aim of these activities were to enhance our trusting abilities as well as building bridges between the two communities and to realize although we have grown up worlds apart, we share a common humanity. We all love, fear, hope and dream. We all experience challenges, disappointments and inspirations.
To complete our day we had dinner at the Bo Kaap Kombuis hosted by Yusef and his lovely family. He provided us a background of the Bo Kaap region as well as District 6 territory both during the Apartheid era as well as post-Apartheid era. We had a lovely meal with Table Mountain as the background.
We have attached a picture of our visit to the City Council meeting.
For now, Hamba Kakuhle Sala Kakuhle!