Summer Adventure

Trip: South Africa

There are [8] stories from my trip: South Africa

September 13

SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 19 Sep 2013 | Views [660]

My last week was so perfect. I left with no regrets. The assistant teacher took me on a walk through the township. We left school and went to hang clothes on the line at one of the other teacher's house and then we walked to a McDonald's that's right ... Read more >

Tags: cape town, capricorn, childcare, dreams to reality, dtr, muizenberg, south africa, surf, teach, volunteer

September 4

SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 5 Sep 2013 | Views [535] | Comments [1]

We weren't able to take the kids to the aquarium so I'm going to pay Lorenzo's school fees for one year. I was told it's R280 a month which is $28 which comes out to $555 for the entire year. I have a great relationship with the teachers in my room ... Read more >

Tags: cape town, capricorn, muizenberg, south africa, sunrise

August 30

SOUTH AFRICA | Friday, 30 Aug 2013 | Views [569] | Comments [2]

Today was Kristen's (the volunteer I work with) last day. Just watching her hugging everyone one last time and crying made me realize this trip has had a major effect on me and it's going to be so hard to leave. I've fallen in love with my kids and ... Read more >

August 22

SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 22 Aug 2013 | Views [445] | Comments [3]

I wasn't able to get to a place with wifi yesterday so these will be posts from Wednesday and today, Thursday. Yesterday: So today I helped with the "soup kitchen" we do here every Wednesday to feed the people ... Read more >

August 15

SOUTH AFRICA | Friday, 16 Aug 2013 | Views [495] | Comments [2]

Today was the best day I've had in the classroom! The teachers were extra giddy and loved the kids so much! It may have been because we only had half of the class too. It's been raining the entire week but this morning was really bad so a lot of the ... Read more >

Tags: capetown, safari, south africa

August 12

SOUTH AFRICA | Monday, 12 Aug 2013 | Views [660] | Comments [1]

I'm experiencing so much that journaling once a week isn't possible, so I'll be posting 3 times a week. This past weekend was great. Here they celebrate Women's Day (which I love) so all of the schools were closed on Friday.... Read more >

Tags: africa, children, mandela, robben island, school, south africa, sunrise, tour

Week One

SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 8 Aug 2013 | Views [720] | Comments [2]

This trip has been amazing so far. I'm volunteering with an organization called Dreams to Reality. The organization benefits children and families who live in the local townships. The township is a very poor area that consists of shanties. Shanties ... Read more >

Tags: africa, capetown, cold, muizenberg, rain, south africa, teach, volunteer, wet, winter