Blogs from Strand, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

*My apologies on the delayed final South Africa post! Coming back to the USA, sorting through jetlag, and celebrating my birthday took all my time and energy!* So, in our final week in Cape Town, we were partnered up with our Edunova counterparts and each partnership was assigned one of the workshop schools. We then spent a few hours per day in that school, following up with the teachers that attended our workshop, meeting with the administration, and helping to get the ball rolling on the IT goals for that school. Every school was very different. Some looked similar in construction to the school we'd held the workshops at, but had newer computer labs and systems, others were in far worse shape and in very dangerous areas. The school that I was assigned to- Bongolethu Primary ... read more

I finally got my computer back and am going to try to update my blog to share information about my stay and volunteer work in South Africa. I’ll start with some observations: • Supermarkets have a good selection of products, but not a lot of hard candy, especially sugar free. • At Pick n Pay (supermarket we use) cashiers sit down, but the baggers stand. • You have to buy bags at many stores if you don’t bring your own. At the supermarket they cost 36 cents, which converts roughly to the same 5 cents that I get back if I bring my own bag to the supermarket in New Jersey. • Coca Cola signs are everywhere. The company provides them if you want to sell their products. A tour guide wanted to make sure we ... read more