SKY

What a great way to start of my three month journey in South Africa. I have just finished a week in Soweto working with SKY (Soweto Kliptown Youth) becoming familiar with the area and learning about the needs of the community, focusing primarily on the needs of the young people. Throughout the week, my small group learned about the impact that the performing arts can have in the lives of kids and how SKY uses the performing arts to meet some of the needs they see in the lives of the kids they work with. This included things like singing, acting, gumboot dancing, and djembe drumming.

One experience that sticks out in my mind is when Sean and I had the opportunity to visit the Paul-Mosaka Primary School for the afternoon. We joined the 600 students for an assembly that we ended up having to speak at and it was an incredible feeling to see their faces light up just because we came there and interacted with them.

In conclusion, this week has been a life-changing experience in and of it’s self and I cannot wait to see what the rest of my time here in South Africa will hold.

Written by: Jacob Droogh