“There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man, and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.” (Alan Paton)
Today Amy and Tiffany continued to work with Cromwell on English and correcting students work. Jason was rounding up globes, maps, etc., anything he could get his hands on to corral the little ones – teaching them geography. Our life skills class went okay – we were hoping to get a bit more out of the students to create an ‘open discussion’ but cultural norms got in the way. If nothing else we opened the door for them to ask us any questions for the last few days we are here. We then left for Mthatha where we had a field trip to the Nelson Mandela Hospital. It was a great experience - it was a very large facility – we stopped by the women’s mental health wards were we greeted by smiling faces – then onto HIV/AIDS clinic. They are in the process of building a larger facility but for now they are in the “trailers”. We spoke with the doctor in charge of the clinic and he was very insightful about HIV/AIDS in South Africa – the meds work – we saw the t-cell numbers. They struggle with disclosure, transportation, side effects and finances. The doctor that took us around was very nice – Dr. Madikizela – who is from Malungeni originally. Tiffany asked if he would be willing to come back to Malungeni with the July team and speak to the students about HIV/AIDS and his success. A good last full day and we look forward to the celebrations tomorrow.
- Amy Keegan
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