Day 4
After a good nights sleep at Wits, we had a very nice breakfast provided by the team at Wits. After this there was a bit of a break and some of the team took this as a good opportunity to top up the tan. Around 11 o`clock the team got into the van and headed towards the community of Share for the second day.
When the team arrived at the community of Share, the team and the care workers both chipped into singing and dancing as a way to remember the names of each other and to worship. The team and the care workers both introduced a song from their country to rebuild the relationships created from the day before. The rest of the day was spent visiting peoples homes and playing with the children, for lunch we had chicken feet and pap, this was a new experience for most of the group and it had mixed reviews to say the least.
Today was the first day that the team did the holy home visit, I visited a man named Vusi* with Connor and Daytona, he was a very happy and cheerful man who was very happy to see us, however he is a very busy man as we sadly heard the news that the mans wife had passed away in 2017 and he was left with the job of caring for 3 of his youngest children and 1 of his eldest children`s child, he overall has 7 children but sadly 2 passed away. Vusi was very proud of his house but he was really struggling to keep on top of things so once we had met him we helped him clean up his property with the help of the care workers who accompanied us. Vusi spoke very good English which was very helpful as we could get a lot of information about him. It was a very successful visit and as a group we are excited to meet more people.(James)
I visited the house of Nomsa* with Kristi and Rosanne. We had to walk about a mile to her house which was located on the hill near the care point. With a slight bit of translation support from head care worker Promotion, we were told Nomsa’s story and how she had only recently moved to her new government provided home with her four sons. All her sons help out around the house but her eldest son who is 20 helps out mostly and supports his mother and his younger brothers. Before she moved to her new home, Nomsa lived without anything but her 4 sons, which we all could imagine to be so difficult and tiring. We were told that all her sons were falling behind in their education with her oldest son only being in grade 9 despite his age of 20. When he got his exam results last year he apparently was seen to be weeping at how he would still no longer progressing into the next year which was extremely tough for us to imagine. Nomsa was had quite a stern look on her face which many of us didn’t seem to understand but we knew that she has been through a lot which we respected completely however she would sometimes give the odd smile and laugh. (Adam)
*names have been changed
James and Adam
Here are some photos from our day in Share...
