Marumofase
High School Limpopo Reflection 3 – 28 – 15
The season is coming to an end of
the Marumofase High School Limpopo Service. I am very proud to have served with
a great team of people to collaborate with the Limpopo students on creating
their amazing stories of the ‘Born-Free’. The final copies are still in the
making to be printed in the upcoming week. I will be very proud to own a piece
of history that I had a part in editing, proofreading, and serving as
communications officer. Our final gathering with the Limpopo students is
scheduled for early April. This is where the AISJ team will distribute the
printed book and Raquel Wilson and I will give the school supplies we collected
in the donation drive to the Limpopo students and staff. We hope the school
supplies will enhance their education, and that our support has left a positive
impact on them. Working with the Limpopo students has opened my world up to a
culturally diverse community, where struggles and happiness coincide. This
service allowed me to grow and enhance my writing skills by teaching and
helping others. My organization skills of planning events and journalism
articles have developed throughout the course of this project.
By working with these Limpopo
students, it opened my eyes to the inequalities and injustices that still exist
in South Africa and that they still face every day due to poverty and
disparities. Therefore, a skill I had to learn was to be sensitive to their
stories and their voice. So that the edits in the short stories allowed their
expression to be understood and not distorted. Sensitivity is a valuable skill
in everyday life when you deal with people and I will be able to apply this in
my daily life.
We are hoping this project will be
sustainable with the upcoming lowerclassmen of AISJ, as this service has great
values. We would hope that we could make continuous volumes of the voice that
need to be heard to create awareness.
Our farewell visit with the Limpopo
students in early April, we will be celebrating our great accomplishment – our book.
We will be able to sign the books, get to share our stories, share some
laughter, refreshments, and memories.
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