{"id":2136,"date":"2010-07-18T23:54:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T21:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents-blog\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:29:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:29:22","slug":"mandela-day-in-orange-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/lifestyle\/poverty\/mandela-day-in-orange-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandela Day in Orange Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

My families response to Mandela’s call to spend 67 minutes helping others on his birthday was to join a friend who invited us to go with them to Quakazani Primary School in Orange Farm. We went laden with children’s books\u00a0 for the library,\u00a0 games,\u00a0 hot chocolate and sandwiches.<\/p>\n

We were shocked to find a library containing mainly tattered old text books and empty shelves. Our books barely filled one of\u00a0 the\u00a0 shelves.<\/p>\n

Then we unpacked a collection of very simple fun games which we spent the morning playing.<\/p>\n

.Our\u00a0 kids taught other children how to play\u00a0 UNO, the card game we had brought.<\/p>\n

We played\u00a0 snakes & ladders,\u00a0 building towers with cards, 4 in a row. There was storytelling,\u00a0 colouring in, some netball and soccer while some of the adults started helping to document the books we had brought for the library.<\/p>\n

It was a wonderful way of bringing these children from such different worlds together to share and play. Thank you Madiba and happy birthday.<\/p>\n

What did you do with your children on Mandela day? We would love to hear your stories.<\/p>\n

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