Dickinson to Durban » Entries tagged with "Makaphutu Children’s Village"
Human Compassion
By: Esther Babson Our last week was spent on the edge of the Valley of 1000 Hills at the Koinonia Retreat Center. We arrived at the center, after winding through the hills of Durban suburbs, in an eerie fog which seemed to consume everything. But after a foreboding arrival, the week turned into an incredible experience. Most of our time was spent working at the Makaphutu Children’s Village. As my fellow group members have mentioned, the Village … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change
The meaning of community.
By Emily Bowie ’14 “In developing countries, the norm is for about 2% of children to be classed as orphans, but in South Africa, that figure is more like 17%.” ( United Nations Children Fund) My American naivety once again became apparent to me during the third week of our trip in South Africa. We were told that we were visiting an orphanage and doing some volunteer work and other than that we had little idea of what … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mosaic Action
Reversing the Cycle of Poverty
By: Anna McGinn ‘14 While in the Valley of 1000 Hills, we witnessed the reality of poverty in rural South Africa. Children playing along the side of the highway, one room houses often with patched or collapsed roofs and crumbling clay walls, and outhouses next to most houses characterized the communities we travel through as we distributed food and clothes on behalf of the Makaphutu Children’s Village. The need is stark and the resources are scarce. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Environmental Justice, Mosaic Action
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