I am so pleased to hear that the Southwest Gauteng
College and their students have continued to work in the community centre for homeless young men in
Johannesburg.
I was so impressed with their work during the ‘Ethical Leadership’ workshop that they facilitated a drama workshop with me later in the week in Maboneng.
It is so important that this sort of work becomes
sustainable and with the energy of these young students and the support of
their college, it is my hope that these workshops can continue.
Below is a recent email from one of the SWGC
students and below that from the gentleman who runs the homeless shelter:
Dear Matthew
Trust all is good that side and hope you are missing us this side.
We had gone to see the boys on Friday the 12th. We spent half the day
with them and it was fun. The most fun part as we went with the group
that was in workshop(hope you still remember them all) we were about 9
in number and....as if that isn't good enough..the College borrowed us
their mini bus to use..(That was great!!!!)
Trust all is good that side and hope you are missing us this side.
We had gone to see the boys on Friday the 12th. We spent half the day
with them and it was fun. The most fun part as we went with the group
that was in workshop(hope you still remember them all) we were about 9
in number and....as if that isn't good enough..the College borrowed us
their mini bus to use..(That was great!!!!)
Most of those faces we met with you have left. So Friday we
saw new faces and they had as much fun as we had with them. We had
activities lined up and played games and they were delighted.
Seems like the College is going to help out in this in terms of
assisting the boys in shaping their future. Mr Mojela is also
instrumental in guiding us as to how to get the school on board. This
seems like a wonderful journey that you have started for us.. We thank
u again and hope you will visit again soon.
Be well Matthew,we miss you and thank you for everything.
Kind,Warm Regards,
Xanadu
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Mr Mojela,
We were greatly privileged by your visit to the centre.
Your programme is valuable to our vision to give children a future. As I
told you, we might not always have children who qualify, but we will
always in touch for the few that we come across. It is unfortunate that I
didn't manage to sit throughout your presentation on Friday. Please be
encouraged to come back as soon as you students have something they can
share with our boys.
Kind regards
Todd
