Okay so we never quite got the jumping thing right but we tried!
Today was our last day in the community and although it was sad to say goodbye I left with a sense of fulfillment. I believe we have made our little mark on this community and we have learnt a
lot about ourselves and each other!
I entered as one person and I am leaving as another- I am happy and grateful for what you have taught me Mariannridge and I will carry these lessons with me into the future...
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We did an interview with the UKZN journalist with regards to our Entrepreneurship project in the Mariannridge community! I am so happy and proud and cannot wait for everyone to hear about what we have been doing! Click the link above and check it out :)
Today we had a goodbye party with our entrepreneurship group- as we sat there I reflected on how far this group has come. 6 weeks ago not one of them was motivated or truly committed to the project. They were negative and it was really difficult for us. Now they have taken complete ownership of their business and its proving to be truly successful! I was so happy and fulfilled by this moment realising how we have pushed through the bad time and now I truly believe we have changed these people's lives. This is OT and this is why I am inlove with it!
A little tea and rusk break with my two other group members today! It has been such an amazing experience working with them and looking back today we have had some good laughs and fun times amongst all the hard work!
Making things for our clinic staff development programme today!
I found a little piece of home at the creche we work at today! This little puppy was too adorable and made me think of my puppies back home :)
Bumped into some of the old ladies that are in the Wellness group we run on Mondays! They we're so happy to see us and greeted us with huge smiles and hugs! They told us about how much they had missed us this Monday (we had presentations at varsity so were not in the community on Monday) and could not wait to dance again!
Wow I am going to miss these ladies- working with them has probably been one of my favourite parts of community !
