By Kate Robey | Charitable Trust Operations Manager
Dear Supporters,
This month Cape Town welcomed students and teachers from Maple Grove Senior High from the US. They came out for a week to work at Ikhayalethemba Sanctuary and the local primary school, ACJ. What they managed to contribute and achieve in a week was incredible and has made a huge difference to the children!
At ACJ, we ran a Holiday Arts Camp for Grade 6 and 7 students from the school. Arts and Culture education is part of the Western Cape curriculum. The area of arts is lacking in some schools in South Africa, mainly because teachers do not have the training, tools, time and resources are limited. So it is wonderful when we are able to run extra workshops like this! The workshops that we hosted included visual arts, drama, music and dance. Many children already have a natural ability in this area and this was a great opportunity for them to showcase their talents. It was wondeful to see the students really get involved and give it their all, which highlights to us again how important and valuable it is to be able to offer opportunities such as this.
At Ikhayalethemba Sanctuary, we focused on gardening and farming! The group worked to make improvements to the current vegetable garden and chicken coop area, where they got stuck in cultivating the garden. The vegetables will supply the children who live at the sanctuary, but also be sold to the community as an income generating project for our partners at Ikhayalethemba. The children were excited to watch the garden take shape and we will continue lessons as part of our childcare program about how things grow and how to look after their garden. A local gardener and night security have been employed as part of this project.
We are also thrilled to announce that the group, as well as contributing their time, also made a generous donation! This money will be used for art supplies at ACJ and for a rainwater tank, trees and general garden maintenance at Ikhayalethemba.
Thank you!
With Gratitude,
GVI Cape Town
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