June BUZZ

June was a busy month at iKamva Labantu. Below, we've highlighted the main events for each of our programmes.

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The Ikamva Labantu team

Fresh pickings

This month we harvested veggies from our food gardens at Enkululekweni; Phaphamani and Masithandane, which allowed us to provide our families services sector with generous parcels made up of carrots, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, beans, turnips and lettuce.

Something fishy

On 17 June, the Joba foster family visited the Two Oceans Aquarium courtesy of Harley Davidson Cape Town. The children loved it and learnt a lot, and fun was had by all.

Golden oldies

It's a given in most religions and cultures that the elderly members of the community be treated with respect and dignity, and acknowledged for their wisdom, life experience and contributions to society. Sadly, that's not always the case. So, on 15 June, we recognised World Elder Abuse Day. To create further awareness, iKamva Labantu and others partnered with Social Development to celebrate the resilience of older persons in Caledon on 18 June.

Reaching out

Wilshire Boulevard Temple School in Los Angeles, America has taken Sivukile, a school in lower Crossroads, under its wing. IKamva Labantu recently delivered a batch of T-shirts, custom-made by the LA pupils, to the Sivukile children. Their response was overwhelming: they were so excited they burst into a song called "Look at me I'm a pretty flower glowing in the sun". Sivukile has photographs of their American counterparts on their classroom wall and the Wilshire Boulevard children have a poster made by the Sivukile children on their wall. The LA school is currently fundraising to fulfil the wishlist made by the Sivukile staff on behalf of the children.

Let the games begin

On 13 June, 300 children registered for a Truworths-sponsored Chess 4 Hope tournament that was held at the Guguletu Luyolo Hall. Each child received a T-shirt, a delicious meal and participated in chess games.