Stand UP South Africa Update #6 Dear Friends and Families, We have already arrived home by the time you read this, but we wanted to send one final update from South Africa! On Friday we set off on a boat to find some great white sharks. Even though we weren’t able to find any, we [...]
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Stand UP South Africa Update #5Dear Friends and Families, On Monday we had breakfast then we went to Boulder Beach where we saw penguins and baby penguins. After that we went to a mall which had a port, and we took a ferry to Robben Island. Robben Island is where we saw the jail that [...]
Stand UP South Africa Update #4 Dear Friends and Families, Friday morning we woke up bright and early to start our drive to Johannesburg. The long drive didn’t feel so long because we were with our friends and we took the time to catch up on sleep. As soon as we arrived in Johannesburg, we [...]
Stand UP South Africa Update #3 Dear Friends and Families, July 19 Today was Day 3 of community service. We started the day out by doing touch ups on the key hole gardens. We painted the bottoms of the bricks surrounding the plants and painted second coats on some of the lighter colors. It was [...]
Stand UP South Africa Update #2 Hello from South Africa!! These past two days have been all about helping a charity called Eco Children build an “eco village” at the local middle school. This village helps the students learn responsibility and ensures that the children have food security as most children do not know where [...]
Stand UP South Africa Update #1 Dear Friends and Families, Hello from South Africa!! After a 16 hour flight, we finally made it!! The flight was the ultimate ice breaker. We slept, watched movies, relaxed and bonded. The conversations and laughs we had made the long flight go by so quickly. After the flight we [...]
Shark cage diving was an awesome experience. Everyone enjoyed seeing the sharks up close, but almost everyone was a bit sea sick right afterwards. Luckily a hot lunch was provided for us once we reached shore, which most people were able to eat! After the dive we heard a lecture on shark conservation efforts, [...]
The last two mornings were again spent volunteering at the same primary school in Khayelitsha. After that we had lunch right on the waters of Kalk Bay at the Brass Bell, and headed straight to boulders beach where we had a great time with the Penguins! We then traveled to the Malay area of [...]
Volunteering in Khayelitsha for the past two days has been a great experience. Driving through the township, we saw hundreds of houses made of tin and cardboard mixed in among other government built houses. We arrived at the Ntwasahlobo school where we helped to carry out their gym assessments. We also got to teach them [...]
We spent the weekend at the Head South Lodge in sea point. Friday night included a special Kabbalat Shabbat service at the Marais road shul, where we heard the fantastic shul choir. We then had a traditional Shabbat meal with 3 Israeli boys and 1 Parisian boy who have come to Cape Town to study [...]