Nane

Nane was probably the most enthusiastic of all the kids to start playing baseball. Before getting the gear he would ask me on a daily basis when we would be playing baseball. Once we got the equipment, he would ask me on a daily basis if he could borrow some equipment so that he could practice on his own. Nane previously lived at a Children's Home run by Indians; his english was the strongest of all of the kids. He played second base for us. :)

Baseball at Thanda

October 1st 2008
The final week before the beginning of the school holiday at Thanda, the last of the long-awaited baseball gear arrived. Up until this point, the extent of the baseball program at Thanda involved me making several baseballs a day out of plastic bread bags, and cleaning out several 5-gallon peanut butter buckets to use as ball buckets. So the day the equipment arrived was a BIG DAY for Thanda bas ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more

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