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Outtatown Site 3 South Africa- Second Semester Schedule

Jan. 4:  Left Canada, arriving in Johaannesburg, South Africa on Jan. 6 after a 13 hour layover in Frankfurt, Germany

Jan. 6-7:    Heronbridge College- time to rest and reconnect as a group

Jan. 8-14:  Service projects in Soweto

              

         

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    Sun.-  attended a local church in Soweto, then the church gave us a ‘braai’

                            (BBQ) for lunch

                  Mon- tour of Soweto…Freedom Charter monument, Hector Peiterson

                            Museum, Regina Mundi church

                  Tues- Tour of Kliptown… demonstration of gumboot dancing, drumming and

                             a presentation of a musical about Kliptown by local children.  Painted

                             at the church for the afternoon

                  Wed-  Work Day…gardening at an AIDs hospice, visiting AIDs patients and 

                             painting classrooms at a local school

                  Thurs-Lecture at the University of Pretoria on the Truth and Reconciliation

                             Commission

                   Fri.-   Work Day…visited two school assemblies, a crèche (day care), a home

                             for handicapped children, then finished painting at the church

                   Sat.-  Spent the day at Gold Reef City Amusement Park in Jo’burg,

                             People from the community centre where we were staying threw us a

                             ‘Jazz Braai’ for supper

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Jan. 15-22: Lectures at U of Pretoria/ Homestays with Afrikaaner families

                   Sun.-   church in Pretoria, free day with our host families

                   Mon.- lecture on early South African history, visited the Voortrekker

                              Monument           

                   Tues.- Lecture on the Apartheid era history of S. Africa, visited the

                              Apartheid Museum

                   Wed.-  Gospel Train- church service on the morning communter train,

                               Visited a crèche, women’s, girls and homeless ministries with Pretoria

                               Community Ministries

                  Thurs.- Day of Silence

                  Fri.-      Free morning, African drumming workshop

                  Sat.-      Visited Krugersdorp Game Reserve with some of the host families

                  Sun.-     Church in Pretoria, left for Cape Town

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Jan.23-Feb. 4:  Cape Town (Glen Cairn)

                 Mon.- free day after 20 hour drive

                 Tues-  free day

                 Wed.- speakers on Apartheid

                 Thurs.- Girl/Guy Day… guys climbed Table Mountain

                                                        Girls went to Cape Point and swam with penguins

                 Fri.- Shark Diving/Free Day

                 Sat.-Free Day

                 Sun.- church, then toured Robben Island

                Mon.- Visited the District Six Museum, and Manenburg Community

           Tues.-Fri: Conflict Resolution Classes

           Sat.- Hiked Table Mountain

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Feb. 5-12: Work Projects in Phillipi/ Host families in Strandfontein

           Sun.- church, then met our host families

           Mon + Tues.- Painting houses, putting up ceilings, installing windows and doors   

                     on new houses being built in the township of Phillipi

          Wed.-Fri.- Painting and digging trenches for house foundations

           Sat.- free day with host families

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Sun.- church in Strandfontein, drove to Stellenbosch

Feb.13-17: Work Projects in Stellenbosch

         Mon.- free day

         Tues.- Thurs.- painting a church/ painting a netball court and mural at a school

         Fri.- Wine Tour, drive to Bonnievale

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Feb. 18-20 Bonnievale Eco-Adventure Camp

                  Free weekend: high ropes, kayaking, swimming , paintball

Feb. 19- Bungy Jumping!!!!!

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Feb. 19-24: Jeffery’s Bay Adventure Week

                  Surfing, horseback riding, Lion Park, service opportunities

                  Fri- Adventure Camp- paintball, rock-climbing, swimming

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Feb. 25-Mar. 2- Mdumbi

                 Knowing Yourself week

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Mar. 3- White Water Rafting!!!

Mar. 4-12: Pietermaritzburg

                  Service Projects/ Mountain Hike

Mar. 13-21: Work Projects/ Host Families in Durban

Mar. 22-24: Kruger National Park

Mar. 25-April 3: Debrief in Mozambique

April 4- Leave South Africa L

April 5- Arrive back in Canada, home stays

April 8- Graduation

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