Posts by Lynnea
Day 5: June 4:
Child Welfare Phoenix | Marriannhill Monastery
Today we will make a visit to the Child Welfare Phoenix: Presentation Schedule, Snacks and Tea The Phoenix Child & Family Welfare Society, is committed to providing services and resources for the protection of children and preservation of families through developmental programs in the communities of Phoenix and Inanda. Phoenix Child Welfare is one of the tenth largest welfare organizations in the country. The society is affiliated to Child Welfare South Africa and is a member of Ubuntu Community Chest. We will visit the Mariannhill Monastery near Pinetown which was establish by Roman Catholic monks over 100 years ago, and is a local landmark with striking...
Read MoreDay 6: June 5: Valley of the Thousand Hills
The Valley Trust Organization The Valley Trust is a Center for Health Promotion founded in 1953 in the Valley of Thousand Hills in KwaZulu Natal, but now working throughout the province. Its vision is to build communities in which people take responsibility for improving their own health and quality of life within a democratic society. They do this by design and engagement in integrated processes with people, aimed at bringing about developmental changes at the individual, organizational, and whole systems levels. They believe All people have potential All people have choices All people have equal rights Good health and sustainable development require...
Read MoreDay 7: June 6: Travel to Pietermartizburg
Pietermartizburg Travel distance between Durban and Pietermartizburg – 41 miles | 67.58 km After breakfast, pack luggage, hotel check-out and load onto bus. We begin the morning with a visit to 1000 Hills Community Helpers founded by Dawn Leppan and Alan Paton, author of Cry, The Beloved Country. The organization was first established in 1989, originally as a program to feed those in poverty and suffering from the effects of HIV/AIDS. After seeing the overwhelming amount of people in need, it was concluded that something more would need to be done, thus founding 1000 Hills Community Helpers. After our visit with Dawn Leppan, we transfer by...
Read MoreDay 8: June 7 1893 Retracing Gandhi’s Footsteps
Coach transfer this morning to revisit the station in daylight. Walk through the station and visit the bronze statue honoring Gandhi on Church Street, in the city center. Prepare for the journey that follows Gandhi’s footsteps from Durban to Johannesburg, to the exit of the stop where he was tossed out of the train because of his color. An important moment in his history that changed the course of his life forever. A brief stop will allow you to get a feel for what Gandhi experienced when he was expelled from the train at this location when he questioned the segregation of non-whites and whites on the journey. Mahatma Gandhi (Bapu) first arrived in South Africa...
Read MoreDay 9: June 8: Retracing Apartheid History
Today we will visit the Apartheid Museum and Soweto to learn some more about South Africa’s struggle for freedom from racial injustice. The Apartheid Museum illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid. To understand what apartheid South Africa was like a visit to this museum is an important stop. The museum shows how South Africa came to terms with its oppressive past and works towards a future that all South Africans call their own. From there, we will visit the Hector Pieterson Museum, in Soweto, two blocks away from where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The museum is named in his honor. Our next stop is Soweto an urban area of the city Johannesburg. The...
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