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Interactive Field Trips
Uthando South Africa is proud to offer scheduled Field Trips enabling benefactors and donors to visit the projects being funded. Visits take place on a non-commercialised, authentic and interactive basis with a view to a genuine and meaningful interaction. Projects are visited on a periodic basis and are at no time be turned into tourist attractions. A unique feature of these tours is that proceeds from the tours go back into the community via the projects being visited and financed.
| Title | Cape Town Field Trip (Monday) |
The Monday tour starts with smiles and sing-alongs at Khumbulani Day Care Centre, where the teachers and children will have you clapping along to the A-B-C’s. Moving on to the organic gardens at Abalimi Bezekhaya, where the rich soil is matched only by the even richer tales from the ladies. Staying outdoors at Manyanani Peace Park, were we see South Africa’s first informal settlement community park. Here, there is a chance to purchase some local hand-made crafts for your envious friends and family back home. And finally, an energetic performance from the members of Volcano Arts Project, a project that presents moving drama productions, aimed at creating social awareness around issues in the community.
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| Day | Monday | |
| Duration | 08:30 - 13:00 (approximately 4.5 hours) | |
| Cost | R 650.00 |
| Title | Cape Town Field Trip (Tuesday) |
The Tuesday tour begins after lunch, and starts with Beauty for Ashes, a female prisoner rehabilitation project, which shows how the past is put behind, and the future embraced. A short skip across the Mountain into Hout Bay and onto Mandela Park Mosaics, T-Bag Designs, and Iziko Lo Lwazi, community based initiatives, where beauty is created out of every day objects. A stop at James House, to share the miracle stories that have been created through dedicated work, commitment and love. A final stop takes in either the Hout Bay Music Project or Jikeleza Dance Project depending on the week. Both initiatives aim to develop self-confidence, life-skills and performance skills in the children within the projects.
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| Day | Tuesday | |
| Duration | 13:30 - 18:00 (approximately 4.5 hours) | |
| Cost | R 650.00 |
| Title | Cape Town Field Trip (Wednesday) |
Mdzananda Animal Clinic is the first stop on Wednesday’s tour, the only veterinary centre catering for the townships estimated 1.5 million animals. We then call in at Abalimi Bezekhaya to visit the organic produce growers, and for some tea, coffee, snacks and informative discussions. Neighbourhood Old Age Home is the next point enroute, and here we spend some time with a vibrant group of oldies during one of their social gatherings. We visit Manyanani Peace Park to be get some more fresh air, then move on to Ingqayi Educational Theatre Project, where you will be treated to performances based on community issues. The interactive session will have you up on your feet and bashing away on the drums and marimba’s.
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| Day | Wednesday | |
| Duration | 08:30 - 13:00 (approximately 4.5 hours) | |
| Cost | R 650.00 |
| Title | Cape Town Field Trip (Thursday) |
Another early starting tour on Thursday takes us to Nazareth House, a pioneer in providing shelter, care and love to underprivileged children, frail elderly people, and terminally ill patients. From here, we leave the hustle and bustle of the city to visit the bubbly ladies at Abalimi Bezekhaya, where we are treated to gardening tales and tasty treats. A short skip to Manyanani Peace Park, to explore more of the great outdoors and get a few trinkets and treasures. Our final stop takes us to Volcano Arts Project, for a socially derived artistic number.
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| Day | Thursday | |
| Duration | 08:30 - 13:00 (approximately 4.5 hours) | |
| Cost | R 650.00 |
| Title | Cape Town Field Trip (Friday) |
Our first point of call on Friday‘s tour will be the Agency for Refugee Education, Skills Training and Advocacy – a centre for the training and upliftment of refugees. Our next project, Home from Home, provides foster care for orphans, abandoned and vulnerable children. We move on to Abalimi Bezekhaya, where one can see Africa’s take on organic agriculture. After some tea, coffee and tasty morsels, it’s off to Khayelitsha Special Needs School¸ the only school designated for pupils with learning disabilities. Around the corner is the Manyanani Peace Park, a leading model in sustainable community based development in South Africa. And finally, a stop at Ingqayi Educational Theatre Project, where you should get ready to tickle the marimba and man-handle the drums, as the interactive session gets your musical juices flowing.
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| Day | Friday | |
| Duration | 08:30 - 13:00 (approximately 4.5 hours) | |
| Cost | R 650.00 |
| Title | Cape Town Field Trip (Saturday) |
Saturday‘s tour starts off with a visit to the gumboot stomping, sing-your-heart-out kids of Happy Feet. They give their all in the practice sessions we will watch, and it shows!!! A stop for tea, coffee and South African treats at Abalimi Bezekhaya, will showcase the value of agriculture in supplying the community with fresh produce. Manyanani Peace Park shines a spotlight on the value of open spaces and sustainability. A final stop at the Ingqayi Educational Theatre Project, where your musical talent, or non-talent as you will soon find out, will be put to the test following the practice performance put on by these dynamic dancers. The final port of call is Dance for All, a dance company teaching pupils classical ballet, African, and contemporary dance.
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| Day | Saturday | |
| Duration | 08:30 - 13:00 (approximately 4.5 hours) | |
| Cost | R 650.00 |
| Title | Cape Town Field Trip (Sunday) |
Sunday‘s tour starts off with a visit to the gumboot stomping, sing-your-heart-out kids of Happy Feet. They give their all in the practice sessions we will watch, and it shows!!! A stop for tea, coffee and South African treats at Abalimi Bezekhaya, will showcase the value of agriculture in supplying the community with fresh produce. Manyanani Peace Park shines a spotlight on the value of open spaces and sustainability. A final stop at the Ingqayi Educational Theatre Project, where your musical talent, or non-talent as you will soon find out, will be put to the test following the practice performance put on by these dynamic dancers. The final port of call is Dance for All, a dance company teaching pupils classical ballet, African, and contemporary dance.
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| Day | Sunday | |
| Duration | 08:30 - 13:00 (approximately 4.5 hours) | |
| Cost | R 650.00 |
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