I don’t think I have ever explained what Sinethemba means (Sinethemba is the organization I work with in Khayelitsha). It is Xhosa and in English means “We have hope”. Ukuthemba is hope in Xhosa. To conjugate a Xhosa word you attach either NDI(I), U(you, he, she), SI(we), NI(you all), or BA(they) to the front of [...]
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16 May 2008
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13 May 2008
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I have been walking on clouds. While this usually refers to the dreamy universe that young lovers live in I am speaking literally today. I stepped out of the Jammie this morning and onto a cloud. As I walked among the white cotton searching for my classmates, I looked down what is the main walk [...]
11 May 2008
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I was welcomed into the home of a lifetime Khayelitsha resident. It was here that I was to stay for my “home stay weekend”. Our program directors have told us from the beginning that this weekend would be an challenging, our favorite part of the program, a once in a lifetime experience to see how [...]
7 May 2008
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A prayer for the Ephesians:
“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts thorough [...]
3 May 2008
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This weekend I left the familiarity of my home drove to Namibia. It was a last minute decision but because of Workers’ day, I had both Thurs and Friday off school (so I wasn’t bunking mom and dad). I jumped into one of the last spots available in our two cars and threw warm clothes [...]
29 April 2008
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Here is a taste of the women I work with and some of the problems the encounter as unemployed females in Khayelitsha.
HIV/AIDS and illness:
“I couldn’t market myself out but there where a lot of problems with the family. I had to move down to the E. Cape and Cape Town I think 3 times already [...]
19 April, 2008
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I’m just remembering home. Listening to Mae’s the Everglow; all I can think about is sitting on a beach in California with Dustin or in the Marquee with Carly, Katie, and Eric. There have been times when people start remembering I’m gone and leaving me messages on my Facebook wall or sending me emails. When [...]
11 April, 2008
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I am blown away by the hospitality and the grace with which the Ndalasi family host people. Twice now guests have come over the visit Nolitha while I have been cooking. The first time I was called into the living room and one woman introduced herself. She went on to tell me about challenges she [...]
4 April 2008
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After four days of volunteering I was hoping I would have a handle on how things would work. But as I stepped into the bus leaving Sinethemba I still didn’t feel any more comfortable than I had my first time in Khayelitsha. Today was an adventure, somewhat like usual. Nolitha had asked me to pick [...]
31 March 2008
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I have seen a new side of Cape Town. My knowledge of the area is limited to the main street of Rondebosch, city center, Observatory, Liesbeck, Claremont, Clifton, and Camps Bay (might need to look up on a map these areas but note that most are just small neighborhoods/suburbs of Cape Towns). That is [...]
