Today we got an amazing opportunity to learn more about The Aparthied by visiting the museum in Johannesburg. Knowing the commuinities that we were going to be visiting, we thought it was important to understand more about their history before meeting them.
The museum was fascinating, there was so much information to take in, we definitely needed some time to let it all sink in. The things that stood out for us were:
- How much involvement the British had from the very beginning
- The brutality of the police that were enforcing the laws
- The sheer impact that Mandela had amongst the people, this was shown by just how many people turned out for his 90th birthday sporting tshirts with his prisoner number 46664
- Reading all the pesonal stories about what was happening at the time and their own involvement in it.
- That the non-violent protests included people of all races and how together they had come up with a song called toyi-toyi that was meant to encourage them and give them energy to keep going.
After an infomration packed 3 hours it was time for a rest at SunRock GuestHouse. We were treated to a delicious dinner and a very (Yasmine) good nights sleep ready for our long day of travelling tonmorrow.Sunday - 18th August 2019
We arrived at the Hands hub after a long day of travelling to a very warm welcome from some of the Hands family, Hannah, Brie, Jill and a few others. After unloading our luggage into our rooms we met our host Hannah for a brief introduction to the Hub and our programme for the week. This was swifly followed by an orientation given by Jill around the village and Kitchen.It was great to get to know how the hands community live together and what our part in sharing community responsibilities will look like. A delicious dinner of pizza and veg and a good nights sleep was the plan for the rest of the evening.
