My roommates, Sarah and Brit, are both teachers at Herbert Hurd Primary School. Sarah and Brit are on holiday as well and we all discussed possible plans to make up our free time. The ladies and I decided to volunteer with a non-profit organization here in Port Elizabeth called Freewalker. Each day we would meet the organization leaders, Jordie and Murray, at their house in Newington and drive to the township located in New Brighton. Kwa-Ford Primary School has been in the careful hands of Jordie and Murray ever since they decided to help refurbish the classrooms and rejuvenate the school garden. The ladies and I helped paint two classrooms and build new hang racks for the students. One of the teachers was so delighted to see the improvements we were making in and around the school.
I was happy to see we were making a small difference:
I was just happy in general quite frankly...
On the last day, we played soccer with some of the boys from the township and Kwa-Ford Primary students. Fun was an understatement. The match was not Freewalker volunteers against Kwa-Ford boys: it was us playing with them and we all enjoyed the game.
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| Photos provided by Freewalker. |
Hopefully, we will be working with Freewalker again in the near future...
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