sydafrikaprojektet

They started with one, but now we are many
They came to encourage, all for one and one for all

But mostly for me
They have planted a seed that will grow as old as an oak tree
They have touched my blood, reminding me it doesn´t matter what colour you are
If you have a dream, work hard to achieve it
Even the sky is not the limit

The Swedes came to my village Mbekweni, and I am eternally grateful.

/ By Namhla Kalipa

My name is Portia Zantsi, I arrived in Sweden on the 15May 2010. And it’s my first time here. And I must say I am enjoying this beautiful country and I am learning so much every day is so different and educational did I mention special…I have never been outside South Africa before and I never thought such existed in the world. I am inspired by everything here in Sweden. The way people live here this strange or should I say new or different in a good way. I have leant on the first week here more about the Swedish history and the way most things are done here. I then leant about dental care and how different that is as compared to where I came from, and made me think of changing my own habits when it comes to taking good care of my teeth and eating health. In South Africa we like eating a lot of Sugar and sweet things that are not so good with teeth and health in general.

We also visited a art exhibition by our good Swedish friend Bonnie,who showed us what she had done with some of the poetry that her mother took to some of the poets in our group she had combined them with art scratches  and we were so touched by her creativity and and I saw that nothing is impossible if we can manager to come together and creat such greatness million miles apart…its just  amazing this study visit is so usefull and it will help us back at home because we will take what we leant here back with us in South Africa.


Portia Zantsi, 26 years, Mbekweni


                              
Gruppen besöker 035-huset i Halmstad.                       
Ett ungdomens hus för unga mellan 15-25 år.
Besöket gör ett starkt intryck!
Tänk om bara en bråkdel av allt detta som erbjuds 
ungdomar i Sverige fanns i Mbekweni.
Det skulle göra stor skillnad!

My name is Namhla Kalipa from Mbekweni Cape Town in South Africa. I’m part of Mbekweni Youth Service Program (MYSP). Back at home I’m in a poetry group called the Enchanted Souls where we hold poetry sessions every second week on Thursdays. We hold these poetry sessions so that we can bring more youth into the development of Mbekweni and away from crime. There are other events that we try to organize to keep the youth interested in taking part in. We came to Sweden for a study visit to learn skills of how to interest the youth in taking part in the activities we arrange. Our trip has been filled with so much knowledge and wisdom and ideas to take back home. We will be happy to report on the progress we will make after learning a lot of things……………….

25 May, 2010


Namhla Kalipa, 23 years, Mbekweni

                    
Namhla läser en av sina
dikter för elever och                           
lärare på Getingeskolan, Halmstad

Andra gången gillt! Våra vänner från kåkstaden Mbekweni skulle kommit i april, men blev då hindrade på grund av vulkanaskan och fick återvända hem. Men nu är de här för två veckor med ett fullspäckat program. De anlände igår (lördag, 15/5). De är åtta personer och vår koordinator John Veitch. Idag har vi mjukstartat med att gå igenom projektets bakgrund, syfte och framtid och programmet för de kommande två veckorna. De fick också ta del av Sveriges historia då vi besökte Varberg museum och fästning.

De som är här representerar olika organisationer i Mbekweni. De kommande två veckorna är fyllda av studiebesök och praktik i skolor, förskolor, olika organisationer, hälso- och sjukvård, tandvård, socialt arbete, räddningstjänst och entreprenörskap. De kommer också att medverka i en gudstjänst i Andersbergskyrkan i Halmstad den 23 maj, kl 11.00  samt en kväll med föreläsning och dialog kring temat "SYDAFRIKA  -  efter aparteid och inför fotbolls-VM". Tid:  den 24 maj, kl 19.00. Plats: IOGT-lokalen, Torggatan 5, Falkenberg.  Alla är varmt välkomna till dessa event.

Besök från Mbekweni maj, 2010. Här besöker vi Varbergs fästning