tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34123336954724677672024-03-21T15:42:32.346-07:00Truman in Cape Town 2013Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-54387356892895406102013-06-19T08:49:00.003-07:002013-06-20T16:21:15.399-07:00Tuesday was the last day at the internships, and at Tuesday night's Farewell Banquet we celebrated and expressed our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who contributed to making our Cape Town experience so special!<br />
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Making thank-you posters for the internship supervisors.<br />
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Joe Schaeffers' jazz band, the Men in Black. <br />
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Enjoying good food and conversation.<br />
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Everyone had a great time, but it was hard to say good-bye!<br />
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<br />Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-11629566914534395772013-06-19T08:44:00.001-07:002013-06-19T08:44:19.268-07:00Rae presenting the work she did at Africa Unite.<br />
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<br />Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-42567112399118601352013-06-17T22:58:00.001-07:002013-06-17T23:17:18.723-07:00Monday was a holiday - it was Youth Day in South Africa - a day to
commemorate the Soweto Uprising in 1976 and the young people of South
Africa who demanded an end to Bantu education. Equal Education, an NGO
working to improve the public education system in South Africa (where
one of our students, Maddie, has been interning) organized a protest
outside of Parliament, and many of our students participated. <span class="userContent">
They demanded that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga immediately
publish quality Minimum Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure.
Minister Motshekga has delayed publishing the regulations since she
became minister in 2009. </span>Here is a link to the memorandum which Maddie drafted as part of her work for Equal Education: http://www.equaleducation.org.za/article/2013-06-13-memorandum-for-marches-on-17-june-2013-minimum-norms-and-standards .<br />
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Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-9716598828774109702013-06-17T22:57:00.001-07:002013-06-17T22:57:22.881-07:00Early Monday morning, a large group of students made the strenuous trek up Lion's Head - one of the mountains in the Table Mountain chain of peaks - it was a clear, warm day and the view from the top was beautiful.<br />
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<br />Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-47074775370895731782013-06-17T22:42:00.001-07:002013-06-17T22:42:55.072-07:00A few brave students went shark-diving on Sunday (not to worry - they were in a shark cage). It was quite an adrenalin rush - especially for Lauren, who went down twice - once with and once without a wet suit! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-28211175415497306202013-06-17T12:46:00.001-07:002013-06-17T12:46:01.707-07:00Student Reflection: Minibus taxis - Megan Distler<br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->Minibus Taxis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A common,
inexpensive form of transportation for the residents of Cape Town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For 6 of us, these taxis became our main form
of transportation to and from work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
seemed practical and safe enough that first day, but little did we know the
adventures that were to be had riding these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After riding them, I firmly believe that you can’t truly know a city
until you use its public transportation.
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The first two days riding the taxis went well for almost all
of us, but we quickly realized the next week just how unreliable they can be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all start at Parade, and leave when they
have their seats full.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simple,
right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Except filling the bus can take
so long, I don’t know how people ever make it to work on time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, they will do anything to get as many
people in the mini bus at one time (I think their unofficial motto is “There’s
always room for one more!”); stuff it way past capacity, stop for half an hour
in the street trying to get more people, anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lauren and I take four different mini bus
taxis to get to and from work every day, and every ride is definitely a new
experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, we can’t find a
taxi near our house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, the mini
bus taxi will take forever at the ranks, waiting for the bus to fill to
leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, you think you’re
making great time because you found a taxi near your house, and the taxi at the
rank was almost full when you got there, but then the caller person (this guy
sticks his head out the side window, and yells where the taxi is headed to see
if anyone needs a ride) will leave the mini bus for like half an hour trying to
find more riders, while we sit on the mini bus just waiting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And waiting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And waiting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have always made
it to work by 8:15, so I guess we don’t have a lot to complain about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rebecca and Matt regularly wait at least 30
minutes just for their taxi to leave the ranks, to head toward Bridgetown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You just never know what is going to happen
on each ride.</div>
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After all of these experiences, Lauren and I realized that
we could have ridden the bus this whole time to our internship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not the minibus taxis, but the bus that
Dennis drives, that takes some of the other students in our group out to their internships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could have left a half hour later every
morning and still been there on time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
wouldn’t have had to sit cramped on a bus for almost an hour every morning, or
walk at least a mile total every morning and afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wouldn’t have had hearing damage from the
bass which mini bus taxis almost always have turned all the way up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wouldn’t have feared for our lives when
the mini bus gets gas without turning off the engine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wouldn’t have almost been pickpocketed or
mugged a couple times by Parade.</div>
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But, we also wouldn’t have all these stories about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wouldn’t have gotten to the point where we
could only laugh if something new and bizarre happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wouldn’t have gotten to walk with Lara and
Sharon from our internship everyday so we could all get a taxi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wouldn’t have ever seen Groote Schurr (the
hospital where the world’s first heart transplant took place) or gotten over
the uncomfortableness I felt whenever someone I didn’t know was that close to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As much as I wish we had realized we
could have taken the bus earlier, I’m glad we got these great stories!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, next time, I’ll make sure there isn’t
another way of getting there before taking a minibus taxi :)</div>
Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-86897321408406720702013-06-17T08:41:00.002-07:002013-06-17T08:41:41.212-07:00Student Reflection: The Hiker - Matthew Oelkers<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">It was
a rather nice day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A pleasant surprise,
as these had become rather rare of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The days were typically too cold for comfort,
or rainy and wet and altogether disagreeable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were the sort of days that made you want to curl up with half a dozen
blankets and an entire thermos of hot chocolate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was not one of those days, though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warm, sunny rays rested gently on our faces
as the four of us sat peacefully on a park bench across from Parliament.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The building is large, white, and more or
less clean, surrounded by flora and quiet walkers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were waiting to meet three others, to get
lunch after church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing was against
us that day.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">"Excuse me, do you
speak English?"</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">This was an odd
question, frankly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my experience, it
was difficult to find a person in downtown <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cape Town who didn't speak English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question intrigued some of the group, and
they nodded.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">"Well, I'm
visiting from Pretoria with a group of backpackers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I woke up this morning, my <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>wallet was gone and all I have left is
this."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man flashed a 20 rand
bill at us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"We need about a
hundred rand to get home, so we would appreciate any help you could give us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One rand, two rand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five rand.</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything would be great."</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">He seemed like a well
to do fellow, about our age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
wool cap, cargo pants, and boots, he<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>certainly looked the part of the
hiker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a sad story, and one that
we could relate to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In our first week<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>here
in Cape Town, several of the members of our group had things stolen in a break-in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story was</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> plausible,
heartfelt, and well told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Unfortunately for this
guy, he doesn't have a very sharp memory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was the third time he had</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> asked
me if I spoke English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few weeks ago,
on my way home from work with Rebecca, he approached us and
asked if we spoke English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as the
group of had been intrigued by this question, so were Becca</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> and
I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were tired, though, and brushed
past without addressing him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He made it
sound like he had been slighted as we walked away, and we felt bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if this guy genuinely needed a hand with
something.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">This thought was
crushed when he approached Becca and me again, roughly a week later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By this</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> time,
we knew it wasn't a heartfelt request for assistance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least we felt that it wasn't.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The third visit sealed
our perception of this fellow, and we finally sat and listened to the story he
had ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all sat</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> quietly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be honest, I was trying not to laugh.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">"So, does your
wallet get stolen every night?" I asked him, waiting for a moment after he
had</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> finished
his story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked stunned, and very
confused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not the typical 'no,
sorry' that he was likely expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
mouth hung open slightly, not sure of what to say.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">"I was just
wondering," I continued (a little smuggly, I'm ashamed to admit),
"because this is the</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> third
time you have come up to me and asked whether I speak English or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sorry friend."</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">"No you're
not," he said bitterly, as he turned to walk away, flustered at having
been caught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There</span></span><span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is nothing wrong with asking a person for help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some lives are harder than others, and
nowhere has that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>been made more
obvious to me than here in Cape Town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every day I am left thankful for the life that has<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>been given to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where I draw the line, though, is when people
lie to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It blurs a person's vision, making
it harder to tell who actually needs aid and who's just out trying to pocket
some spare change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="CharAttribute0"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> Whether
this man was truly in need of help for something, I can't say that I am
entirely sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I can say is that he
was going about procuring that help in the most absolutely disagreeable manner
I can imagine.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%;"></span></div>
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<![endif]--><br />Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-66675475073029504062013-06-17T00:13:00.000-07:002013-06-17T00:43:57.485-07:00Khayelitsha, Guguletu, and the TAC: Finding beauty in the townships - Ashley Repka<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
The 2 hour trip to work each morning provides ample time for thinking,<br />
sleeping, and/or consuming as much caffeine as possible. Driving from<br />
stop to stop dropping each person off results in a nice daily tour of<br />
the Cape Flats, and our route just so happens to include about 20-30<br />
minutes of ocean-side road. The timing is perfect; the sun has usually<br />
just risen, and the view of the water, the mountains behind, and the<br />
mist that hasn’t risen yet leaves little to be desired. But, all good<br />
things must come to an end, and before long we’re taking the left to<br />
turn towards Mitchell’s Plain and Khayelitsha.<br />
The scenery changes quickly to one of informal housing, littered<br />
roadsides, tuck shops, and graffiti-marked walls. Many days we pass<br />
long lines of people waiting for water with jugs in hand. Each day<br />
when we drop Priya off at Tafelsig we see lines of people waiting for<br />
medical care. After the rain last Friday we saw countless flooded<br />
roads, which undoubtedly meant flooded houses.<br />
It’s very easy to feel discouraged on these drives each morning. It<br />
is easy to feel insignificant in light of the sheer magnitude of<br />
poverty and inhumane conditions that are only illustrated further by<br />
the personal narratives heard at TAC, EE, Tafelsig, etc. For me, it<br />
has been a challenge to reconcile the two views from the bus – the<br />
hard, messy reality of everyday life that I have seen every day in<br />
Khayelitsha, and the serene, beach-front view of our weekend<br />
excursions to the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. I have found<br />
myself wondering whether many of the people I see daily at TAC have<br />
ever seen the view from the top of Table Mountain, or gone on a<br />
safari, or seen the wine country. It seems odd that I should so easily<br />
be able to see and enjoy these places that belong to South Africa,<br />
while the view of many South Africans is so limited.<br />
Enter Mzoli’s. We visited Gugulethu today to try out what had been<br />
described to us as the ‘Cape Town Experience’, and my only regret is<br />
that this didn’t happen sooner. Today is Youth Day, the anniversary of<br />
the Soweto uprising, so we were lucky enough to see the place at its<br />
prime. We waited an hour and a half just to get in the door, and at<br />
least two more to have the meat cooked. There was hardly standing room<br />
in the place, and back by the fire the trays of meat were stacked 3-4<br />
tall. Out in the streets, music blared from the tent, and people sat<br />
and stood up and down the street, singing, dancing, and drinking. Many<br />
older kids, and even some adults, showed up in school uniforms in<br />
honor of the day. Mini buses and other cars drove slowly through the<br />
street, honking at dogs and stopping to wave a person dancing off to<br />
the side of the road. I found myself feeling a little bit foolish for<br />
thinking that these people had to go to Table Mountain, or the Cape of<br />
Good Hope to see something beautiful. Gugulethu on Youth Day was one<br />
of the most ‘beautiful’ places I’ve ever been, albeit maybe in a<br />
different way.<br />
When Vernon asked us what word we would use to describe this trip,<br />
the word that came to my mind was ‘perspective’. While it’s not an<br />
adjective, and it’s pretty cliché, I truly have learned more about<br />
perspective than anything else on this trip. Perspective in the<br />
expected way of course – I have learned more about peoples’ lives in<br />
South Africa, about their daily perspective and about the issues they<br />
face. But more so than that, I have learned the importance of actively<br />
working to change your own perspective. I have learned that my<br />
definitions of knowledge and of beauty should be expanded. Because in<br />
the articles I’ve read and edited in broken English and the meetings<br />
in which I’ve seen people struggle to articulate their view with<br />
correct grammar, I’ve learned incredibly knowledgeable things. Among<br />
people who have much less education or training than I do, I’ve heard<br />
incredible insights and seen an enviable ability to connect with and<br />
understand their fellow human beings. And in an area that is often<br />
seen as hopeless, or ugly, I had one of the most ‘alive’ and beautiful<br />
experiences of my life.<br />
Lwazi, from TAC, explained to Andie and I one day that he loved the<br />
community in Khayelitsha, something that wasn’t found in the<br />
middle/upper class. He asked us how well we knew our neighbors – I<br />
wave at mine sometimes.. He explained that he knew that if he ever<br />
needed anything, he could go to a neighbor and they would reach in<br />
their pocket and give him what they could. I suppose this is the<br />
‘Ubuntu’ we’ve heard so much about, and it is an idea that will stick<br />
with me long after the trip. I have learned that each of us has<br />
beautiful things to share from our own life-many times right in our<br />
back yard - and that each of us has knowledge that can benefit<br />
others-whether it is from a book or from an experience; The important<br />
part seems to be that we share them.</span>Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-87897786822336331972013-06-16T06:15:00.000-07:002013-06-16T08:07:11.645-07:00On Saturday, we finally were able to take our game drive at Buffelsfontein. The weather was perfect, and we enjoyed seeing giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, springbok, eland, kudu, oryx, lions, a cheetah, and caracal.<br />
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Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-79005631649008930732013-06-16T05:34:00.000-07:002013-06-16T05:34:09.595-07:00Here is one of the pictures Andi shared of the preparation of the smileys in Khayelitsha.<br />
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When I first set
foot in Eros, a school for children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities,
I had some concerns about the facilities and the technology. The building and
the limited resources of the school do not appear to meet the standards of what
would be expected in the United States. It unfortunately took me a couple days
to see beyond the façade and discover the love and community that make this
school great. It is wonderful that these children, who often have many past and
current troubles, are provided with a community that they can come to every day
to both learn and receive the care that they need. The faculty and staff work
with what resources they do have in order to offer them the care and attention
that they need and probably would not receive at a mainstream school.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My
time at Eros has taught me many things. I have learned more about disabilities,
occupational therapy in South Africa, the Muslim subculture of Cape Town, and
many of the issues that South Africa faces today. The most important issue that
I have learned about and seen in action, however, is acceptance of others. The
school preaches not to treat people differently and make fun of them for their
disabilities. I have seen firsthand how amazing these kids are and how much
they can accomplish in spite of their disabilities and often not so perfect
home lives. Not only do I accept these children, but I care for them and admire
them as well. I have also learned the importance of accepting others from the
faculty and staff. They come from different religious and cultural backgrounds,
which can be tricky at times. I have seen the benefit of understanding and
accepting the religious beliefs and practices of others, which can help to
strengthen relationships and improve the overall atmosphere of the school.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Half
of my time at Eros was spent in occupational therapy, and the other half was
spent in the kindergarten classroom. Though the OT department applied more
directly to my future career as an occupational therapist and taught me a lot
about the field here in South Africa, I enjoyed helping in the classroom
because it allowed me the opportunity to get to know some of the kids better
and to interact with them directly. As it nears time to leave and head back to
the United States, I am realizing how difficult it will be for me to say
goodbye to all of the children. I have learned from their situations, and they
have truly made an impression on me.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Though
I have many favorites from the class, one of them is a boy named Tinashe from
Zimbabwe. He has cerebral palsy in a more severe form than some of the other
kids and cannot walk at all on his own. He also has trouble speaking sometimes
and with his fine motor skills. <br />
Tinashe’s mother cam e to South Africa with him in order to get better care for
him. He lives in the hostel that is connected to the school, as his mother
cannot take care of him during the week or on most weekends. Though Tinashe’s
life has not been easy or stable, his smile can light up a room, and I cannot
help but smile myself when I see him. One day the kindergarten class was
cutting out pictures of food from magazines and pasting them on a page. I was
helping some of the kids who struggle with cutting because they were having
trouble and were getting frustrated. Tinashe, on the other hand, wanted to do
it all by himself and worked hard for the entire time to get two pictures cut
out perfectly. This was not an easy task for him, but he persisted and refused
to give up. Tinashe could be the poster boy for determination. He does all he
can not to let his disability get in the way, which is a moving thing to see.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
have been helping Tinashe a lot on the playground because he wants to get out
and play like his classmates do. I help him climb up the play set, but then I
encourage him to get across it on his own as much as possible. I help him along
the way when he gets stuck, and I help him down the fireman’s pole at the end
as well. I feel that he is getting more and more independent as the days pass,
and I hope that someday he will be able to play on the playground all by
himself. I have also been encouraging Tinashe to walk by letting him hold onto
my hands while he walks to the play set. He usually uses a wheelchair or crawls
on the ground, but I turned around the other day and saw him heading towards
the play set by using a walker instead. One of the other children exclaimed,
“Tinashe is walking!” and Tinashe’s face lit up with pride. Of course I cannot
take the credit for his progress because the therapists at the school are the
ones who have been working with him directly and regularly to improve his
skills. Nonetheless, it is exciting to witness his progress and see his
excitement. </div>
Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-508310235560668432013-06-14T09:20:00.002-07:002013-06-14T09:20:40.791-07:00Several of the students had a unique adventure today in Khayelitsha. After work, they stopped with Parks and Dennis to try a "smiley." This is a sheep's head that has been cleaned, boiled, and roasted over a fire. It is cut in half, and then all the parts are eaten with spices. Most of them tried at least a few bites - others were more adventurous! Then they brought one home for their friends to try!<br />
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<br />Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-51831849071343285792013-06-14T07:04:00.002-07:002013-06-14T07:04:59.269-07:00Student Intership Reflection: Drinking Tea at Economic Justice Network - Rikki Watts<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been interning at Economic Justice Network (EJN), an
NGO devoted to working for justice on issues of tax equality, food security,
climate change, and trade fairness. Through reading the Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and talking to some of the people in
the office, I’ve learned about some different policies options regarding food
security. I’ve also been working with Simon on a workshop with the goal of opening
discussion on inequalities in the emerging economies that make up BRICS(AM).
I’ve even leaned some about the issues surrounds mining and extractives from
Rumbi and Mandla has told me some about the different projects EJN is working
on and NGOs get moving. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But, Rumbi taught me the most important thing I’ve learned
here—where to get tea. Equally important, I leaned that <span lang="EN">when you go for tea in Phindi’s office, you don’t
just ‘make a cup and then run off, you stay and talk with Phindi’. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Going for a tea break to Phindi’s office is probably the
best thing I’ve done here, and not just because rooibos has high levels of antioxidants,
phenolic compounds, and flavonoids. I love chatting with Phindi and hearing
what is going on in her life. Like last week, she was so nervous. So nervous that
she couldn’t sit or think or anything. I asked her why and she told me about
her favourite tennis player, her ‘son’, was competing in the finals and she was
worried that he wouldn’t make it on. I told her about how in 2011, when the
Cardinals were playing in the World Series, they kept letting it get down to
their last strike, but were able to come back and win. Her ‘son’ didn’t end up
making it, but she says, ‘you just need to regroup and come back stronger’. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phindi also tells me how important it is to have good
friends and people close to your heart. On her birthday she told me how happy
she is to have friends calling and wishing her well. ‘I’d rather have a few friends
close to my heart than a bunch of people who don’t really care.’</span></span></span>Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-30184474204266385342013-06-14T07:03:00.003-07:002013-06-14T07:03:23.399-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Erin McCann with her internship supervisor, Pastor Jonathan Clayton, at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town.<br /><br />Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-83855639276818308032013-06-13T21:40:00.001-07:002013-06-13T21:58:18.201-07:00Student Internship Reflection: Finding Ubuntu at Thandokulu High School - Connor Maguire<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A
question that I have been asked frequently during my time here has been “So
what do you think of South Africa?” My first reaction is always to say how much
I have enjoyed my time here, but that is never what they are asking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question that they are asking is, “what do
I think of South Africa and the current political/socio-economic situation we
are in as a country?” and I can only ever reply, “South Africa seems to be full
of some of the most horrible problems, and the most wonderful people.” In talking
with the learners and marking the many of their papers, I have been able to
hear and read their stories and get to know where they come from. Just earlier
this week I was reading a learner’s paper, and this is what she had to say
about her life in Khayelitshia: “As I said living in Khayelitshia is not
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life is not perfect everything
that is bad is there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every human
trafficking is there, every drugs is there, every abusing people are there,
criminals are there, gang groups are there. I find that life is too hard for me
there…The life we live there is bad in such a way that the teenagers are become
the destroyers of their freedom and future.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is one excerpt from one paper, and sadly these kinds of stories are
the norm, not the exception.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Almost
all of the teachers at Thandokhulu are also Amaxhosa and live in the
townships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As they have told me “Yes it
is sad, but these are simply the lives we live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everyone has nothing. We can only do what little we can to help those
around us who have even less.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
teacher’s salary in South Africa is fairly small.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, one of the teachers, Cana, was
telling me about how, when she was teaching in a primary school, the teachers
and administrators would identify learners that were in the most need of assistance,
and the teachers would essentially adopt them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They would pay for their school fees, transportation to and from school,
and help provide lunch and books. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teachers
would even collect used clothes from their family and bring them in for the learners.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would pour their own small amount
of resources back into their learners, because they knew that the learners
needed it more than they did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another
story Cana was telling me was of a brother and sister. The boy was grade five
and the girl grade four, and she learned that their father, the only person
that they had living with them, had passed away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every day the brother and sister went home to
a two room corrugated iron shack in the townships with no one there to look after
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would sit there, decide to go
to sleep, and then wake up and walk to school the next morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was all they had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Cana learned of this she told the
administration and the social workers on staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, because the school year was coming to a close, the
administration felt it wouldn’t have enough time to adequately address the
situation, so the social workers asked Cana to take the two learners in for the
summer break until they could find other family members or figure out what to
do for the next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she did so,
unhesitantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“All
of us have nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t change the
facts of our existence; it is too large, but we do what little we can.” South
Africa is full of some of the most horrible problems. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has extreme, concentrated poverty that
feeds into problems of drug addiction, violence, sexual exploitation, and
gangsterism, all on a scale that we could not possibly imagine in the United
States, but it is also full of the most amazing people, people who are always
willing to give all they have and more to help someone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not charity; it’s a part of the
culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s Ubuntu, and it’s alive and
well in South Africa.</span></div>
Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-2837230386543360002013-06-13T11:54:00.002-07:002013-06-13T11:54:39.483-07:00Student Internship Reflection: Africa Unite - Rae Doyle<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Globalization,
despite being a process that began long, long ago, is now a phenomenon with
which we seem to be infatuated. Fascinated by the melding and exchange of
cultures, and by the figurative “shrinking” of our enormous planet, we are
always talking of the global flow of goods and ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether we regard it as the golden ticket
that enabled our economies, and therefore our lives, to thrive, or as the root
of evil that has perpetuated the exploitation of one part of the world by
another, we seem to be constantly applying our concept of globalization to our
understanding of the future of our world. The implications of an increasingly
connected world give rise to a greater need for international cooperation and
agencies to resolve issues that involve our entire global community. However,
my experience in Cape Town has caused me to realize that one issue most in need
of international address is one we often disassociate from the consequences of
globalization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that is it the
global movement of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">people </i>about which
we should be most concerned and that in the coming decades immigration issues
will take center stage in the international discourse on globalization. <br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m a bit embarrassed to admit
that it took interning on the other side of the planet for me to really get
interested in an topic that is debated in my own country everyday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Africa Unite, the human rights organization I
am working with, finds itself dealing with immigration almost by default.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The eclectic, community-based non-profit is
almost entirely staffed by foreign nationals, with a director from the
Democratic Republic of Congo, project coordinators and peer educators from all
over the continent, and a constant inflow of international interns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That our office finds itself dwelling on
issues of human migration and borderless human rights only makes sense.
Ourselves foreigners in this country, we are in love with this cosmopolitan
city, and in love with the overwhelming cocktail of cultures that fills our
small workspace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve learned so much
about the diversity of life on this continent just from the small talk of my
coworkers. Everyday office conversation is the proud or mournful announcements
of the newspaper headlines of our respective countries and by midafternoon
everything is layered with a half a dozen different languages. Without the
processes that allowed the foreign members of Africa Unite’s team to reside in the
country, our office would be barren and our organization would lose some of its
greatest resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though this reality is
little acknowledged out loud, I think that is on all of our minds when we do
any sort of advocacy or awareness work regarding migrant and refugee rights. It
is hard to swallow when we talk to individuals suffering in South Africa for
the simple, unalterable fact they were born on foreign soil. <br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The work I have been doing
with Africa Unite has been highly varied, but most projects have involved some
aspect of migrant and refugee issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some of these issues are person-to-person conflicts resulting from the
sudden mixing of cultures, while others are focused on national policies and
the suppression of rights by the state. Last week I helped organize a community
dialogue regarding the realities and consequences of xenophobia in Cape Town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We organized a group of both native South
Africans and foreign nationals living in the township, Nyanga, to discuss the
causes of and possible solutions for unreasonable discrimination based on
ethnic and cultural differences. It is well known that the country experienced
intense outbreaks of xenophobic violence in 2008, and some of the stories told
gave testament to this reality. One woman explained that during the 2008
attacks she and her children were forced to run away from the city and camp out
on an isolated beach for days before feeling safe enough to return to any
populated area. However, other stories served as proof that xenophobic violence
is an ongoing problem that urgently needs to be addressed in many South African
communities.<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The project I am currently
working on involves creating a report to document the vast number of
difficulties facing refugees and asylum seekers as a result of unreasonably short
permit extensions and the inability to meet with Home Affairs. There has been a
recent<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>trend in granting these migrants
temporary permits only valid for one month, a time frame so short it prevents
them from exercising the rights the permit provides in the first place. These
permits are often issued to allow those with pending refugee status to study
and seek employment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, no company
will hire an individual with paperwork that says he or she must leave the
country in 30 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Similarly, students
are unable to complete exams if their permits expire, but standing in line at
Home Affairs to obtain an extension takes days and frequently forces them to
miss their tests anyway. The number of people waiting outside the refugee
affairs office building is unfathomable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The office can only serve a very small portion of the crowd each day,
thus many permit holders cannot renew on time and are forced to pay high, often
unaffordable late fees. Failure to do so means one must leave the country
immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve been outside of Home
Affairs this week with the refugees and migrants waiting in line listening to
their stories and collecting information to include in my report. I can see
above all else that this process is dysfunctional and in desperate need of
reform. Beyond that, I have a hard time deciding where I stand in the
issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously, I want to support
these individuals and advocate for their rights, but the complexity of the
situation leaves me hesitant. I am torn because I can understand the issue from
a human rights perspective, while also recognizing how difficult it is for a
government like South Africa’s to face this huge influx of new immigrants while
already struggling to provide security and economic stability for a large
portion of its natural born citizens. <br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I am struggling to reconcile
my conflicting perspectives and to answer a thousand different questions. I
look at this situation and wonder how anyone can have the power to decide who
lives where.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see the earth and its
resources as belonging to all—but then, how does this translate into services
provided by the state?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I talk to people
who tell me they just want look for a job, but knowing that South Africa’s
unemployment rate is near 28%, I can almost understand the pressure to limit working
permits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Above all, I am wondering how
much any economy can really withstand with a population that is rapidly growing
because of immigration. <br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I made a promise to not get
rant-y, and for fear that I am dangerously close to breaking that promise I
will conclude with this: We truly need a better understanding of the global
immigration. The constant movement of people shouldn’t be a problem, but there
needs to be some resolution to cope with the disproportionate inflow of immigrants
into countries like South Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reality is that this country cannot support the whole continent, despite its
relative economic advantage. Thus, as with most of our toughest challenges, the
long term solution is global poverty alleviation and economic empowerment of neighboring
nations. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, non-profits like
Africa Unite will continue to fight for the rights of individuals to seek
security and opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And lastly, I love Cape Town.</div>
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Maddie Ebert at Equal Education in Khayelitsha.<br />
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On their free day on Sunday, the students organized a trip to Arniston, a seaside town on the Indian Ocean, with a vast cave that can only be visited at low tide. They did a lot of rock climbing, and when the tide began to come in, they were happy to discover that the Indian Ocean is warmer than the Atlantic! They also stopped at Cape Agulhas, which is the true southernmost point in Africa. The final stop was Hermanus for whale-watching (where they saw a seal and lots of friendly rock dassies). <br />
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Christina Bode with her social work supervisor, Karien, at Beautiful Gate, a transitional home for children with HIV/AIDS - the goal is to strengthen and reunite the families.<br /><br />Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-50848461815298908412013-06-10T11:00:00.000-07:002013-06-10T11:00:05.843-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Matt Oelkers at City Mission Educational Services in Bridgetown. He also helps at their Khayelitsha center.<br />
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Priya Maillacheruvu with her internship supervisor, Sister Castles, at Tafelsig Clinic in Mitchell's Plain.<br /><br />Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-59136141833424132422013-06-10T10:52:00.002-07:002013-06-10T12:15:45.234-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Rebecca Gingrich with the Grade Rs (kindergarten) at Eros School for children with cerebral palsy and learning difficulties. She also works with the Occupational Therapists at Eros.Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-39221468587616733402013-06-10T08:22:00.003-07:002013-06-10T08:22:53.459-07:00Student Internship Reflection: Restorative Justice Testimony and Confession - Erin McCann<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In
Pollsmoor prison, Pastor Jonathan Clayton has started a Christian based
Restorative Justice program. It consists of a 36 hour intense program spanned
over 6 days, followed by a once a week follow up for 8 weeks. The goal at the
end of the 36 hour portion is a dialogue between the offender and his family. The
goal of the entire program is a victim/offender dialogue. Inmates in the
program this week have been convicted for many different crimes and a range of
sentences; armed robbery, petty theft, possession of a firearm, rape, and
murder.
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prison is notorious for their prison gangs, specifically “the number” gangs.
The number gangs consist of three separate gangs, the 26’s, 27’s, and 28’s. Many
of the participants in this specific Restorative Justice program are members of
“the number.” It has been awe inspiring to see the changes in the inmates
throughout the week, and the changes are particularly visible in the gang
members. There have been three men who have publicly denounced the gang and
their authority in the gang because they want to live a crime free life from
now on. The inmates have learned how to solve problems without violence, how to
take responsibility for their actions, how to positively respond to guilt, and
most importantly that being involved in crime and gangs is not the only way
they can choose to live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I have
learned a lot of lessons through my experiences at Pollsmoor. I have learned
how South African prisons work and how they differ from the United States’
facilities. I have learned that prison food is not good and there is never any
toilet paper. But most importantly, I have seen the good in the inmates and
their potential. One inmate, Nathan, has shocked me by his compassion and
determination. Pollsmoor has a program called “the Bird Project”, which has
been led for many years by Nathan. This project entails an inmate receiving a
new born baby bird. The inmate then must keep the baby alive or he will have to
pay the program back how much the bird costs. This teaches offenders the
importance of responsibility. One hall in Medium B prison is dedicated to the
bird project. The inmates have painted beautiful landscapes with all different
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end with one final story about Nathan. At the beginning of our trip, my
roommates and my room was broken into. The pastor had told this to the group
during a talk as an example of South African crime. At the end of the talk,
Nathan came up to me, grabbed my hand in both of his hands and personally
apologized on behalf of the burglar and his country. I was in shock. It was
beautiful.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> While the place I thought I would intern didn't work out, </span>luckily I was presented another opportunity to intern with social
workers at a small place in the Upper Crossroads Township called Beautiful
Gate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I showed up for my first day
with no idea what to expect and no idea about the place, but excited to find out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Upon my arrival, I learned all that I needed to know about the
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beautiful Gate is a
Christian run organization and houses children that are all HIV positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now there are sixteen children from
ages one to thirteen that are housed here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of the kids arrive at Beautiful Gate after extended hospital stays
due to their HIV status and their contraction of TB, which is a common illness
here in South Africa, unlike the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beautiful Gate’s main goal is to try and reunify the children with their
families through a gradual process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, most of the children at Beautiful Gate have lost their
mothers and other close family members from the same illnesses that landed them
at Beautiful Gate, so the next goal of the staff is to try and place the
children in foster homes or with some other close family member if there are
any willing to take the child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Technically Beautiful Gate is meant for children ten and younger, and
they try to keep children no longer than six months to a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the sad reality is that most of the kids
that are currently at Beautiful Gate have been here for years and are
technically too old to be living here but have nowhere else to go until the
program can find them alternative housing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a sad reality in South Africa and Beautiful Gate is only one of
many programs that are trying to help children out in South Africa but have
nowhere stable to place them.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I am
working in the social work cottage at the facility and it is my job to run a
group in the afternoons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I work with
three older girls that are ages eleven to thirteen and there is a thirteen year
old boy that occasionally joins our group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>None of these children have mothers or any close family that is willing
to take care of them or even visit them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is my job to hold group sessions to counsel the children on their
loss through subtle activities geared to help with emotion management, positive
self-image, and life skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
these children have been rejected by those closest to them their entire lives,
and it is hard to get past all the anger and the walls that they have built up
over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I have
a little over one week left here at Beautiful Gate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This entire experience has cemented my
decision for my future career choice and I could not have asked for a better
internship experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone at this
facility has been generous to me in terms of sharing their career experience,
helping me to understand the children that I am working with, and feeding me
home cooked meals occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it
comes time to leave Beautiful Gate, it will be like leaving a family; a family
that has brought me many laughs, unconditional and blind love, and life skills
that will forever stay with me.</div>
Elaine and Steve McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405299327064832615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412333695472467767.post-63204344899671806722013-06-10T08:14:00.003-07:002013-06-10T08:14:54.048-07:00Student Internship Reflection: Equal Education - Maddie Ebert<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">We
have officially been in Cape Town for about a month now. Time really does fly!
We are now a few weeks into our internships which can be both exciting and
exhausting. In working with Equal Education (an advocacy group using community
mobilization and policy forums to push for reform of South Africa’s public
education system) I have learned more in a few weeks in action than I would
have in a year just reading about the issues at home. My first major task has
been to write a memorandum to be presented to the Minister of Education during
marches this June. A formal memorandum outlining the history, objectives and
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">In
doing my research I have been astonished to learn the current state of South
African education. There are thousands of schools here without electricity,
safe drinking water and toilet facilities. Only about 10% have any computers
and even fewer have libraries or science labs. Hundreds of schools are still
known as “mud schools” aka they are made of mud or sheets of metal. Classrooms
often have 60 or more students and lack textbooks, blackboards or desks. Doing
this research and talking with the people here has shown me just how desperate
the situation is. Yet nobody gives up. Equal Education has been on the same
campaign to set basic standards for public schools (aka they should have
bathrooms and water and not put 60 kids in a room made for 20) for over four
years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">As
someone interested in advocacy work, interacting with people this dedicated to
even basic reform has been inspiring. I came in expecting a bustling office
making radical change every day, but the process is slow. I know I have
something to learn from the patience of the Equal Education staff. Governmental
reform takes time and is usually a fight even when it is something so seemingly
simple and intuitive. This experience has also made me feel lucky to live in a
country that despite some problems provides us all with an education
significantly better than what the majority of students receive here. Every
country has a unique political and historical background that determines the
struggles it faces today. My days of working with Equal Education have shown me
how much smaller many of the American political struggles we face today (that
often seem insurmountable) seem by comparison. </span></div>
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