Global Buddies 2008 in Photos

The Global Buddies Program is filled with new friendships, meaningful activities and beautiful sights. Families engage in a way that’s fun, educational, character-building, and impactful on communities.

Below, the 2008 Global Buddies itinerary is laid out, and there is a selection of images from the time the Global Buddies spent together this year in Cape Town. These images are a snap-shot of the various activities and the interactions that happen during the Global Buddies exchange. Press who want to use these images to accompany stories on Global Buddies should email globalbuddies@yenza.org to request stand-alone high res images with captions.

This is what you’re looking at:

*Photos of the group meeting for the first time (or in the case of those who met last year, the reunion) in Kirstenbosch Gardens for a picnic and fun outdoors activites.
*Community parade in Mfuleni when the US Global Buddies first arrive at Women For Peace/Nobuntu Center in Mfuleni on Tuesday
*Some of the ways the group share song and dance as part of their cultural exchange
*Global Buddies youth practicing the national anthem
*Global Buddies working with Yenza on interviewing each other and presenting their interviews of each other to the group
*Global Buddies working with Yenza on radio interviewing
*The parents and adults preparing the playground area
*Visiting S.A. Global Buddies homes
*Sakaumzi showing his Global Buddies his ballroom dancing trophies
*Learning about World Geography in a fun way by playing Geography Jingo
*Learning about the environment and how to protect it at Footprints Environmental Center
*Fun Swimming at Boulder’s Beach, followed by dinner at Seaforth Restaurant on the Beach
*Sight-seeing in Cape Town: The Company Gardens, District Six Museum, Signal Hill Picnic, Robben Island
*Looking at a “dom-pass” (”dumb pass” – the pass Black South Africans were forced to carry during Apartheid)
*Parents bringing toys to orphanage and visiting SA Global Buddy Abigail’s home
*Kicking for Peace (soccer tournament – alumni global buddies vs new global buddies)
*Global Buddies writing workshop With Yenza (reflecting on the week)
*Global Buddies Youth Service Project – helping Seniors in Mfuleni clean their homes and plant a vegetable garden
*Fun dinner with music and traditional face-painting at Moyo Restaurant in Spier
*Margaret Gwegwe who runs the Nobuntu Center/Women For Peace
*Global Buddies Youth Cultural Presentation
*Presentation of School Uniforms by American families to Mfuleni families (bought with funds US alumni global buddies raised in LA)
*SA Global Buddies Ballroom Dancing Presentation
*Ribbon Cutting/Opening the Playground
*Global Buddies Bye-Byes/Farewells

Global Buddies 2008 Itinerary:

Monday
U.S. and S.A. Global Buddies meet at Kirstenbosch for an outdoor celebration and picnic

Tuesday
All Global Buddies meet in Mfuleni. Morning starts with a parade through the community

YOUTH:
Rehearsal for cultural presentation
Interviewing and Writing Workshop with Yenza
Radio Interviewing Workshop with Yenza
Workshop on Global Citizenship

ADULTS:
Work on Playground Service Project

Wednesday

YOUTH
South African Alumni Global Buddies go on a tour of the University of Western Cape
South African Global Buddies give their US visitors a tour of some of their homes
Global Exchange through rehearsal for cultural presentation and other workshops
Learning World Geography

ADULTS
Visit Philani Nutrition and Development Center
Work on Playground Service Project

Thursday
Learning about how to protect our environment at Foorptrints Environmental Center
Fun swimming at Boulders Beach, followed by dinner at Seaforth Restaurant in Simonstown

Friday
Sight-seeing
Table Mountain (or Company Gardens/Signal Hill if Table Mountain closed due to weather conditions)
District 6 Museum
Robben Island

Saturday
YOUTH
Rehearsal for Cultural Presentation
Soccer Tournament – Kicking for Peace – Alumni Global Buddies vs New Global Buddies
Writing Workshop with Yenza – Reflecting on the week together
Service Project – Global Buddies Youth help seniors in Mfuleni clean their houses and work on their gardens
South African Alumni Global Buddies do College Prep Workshop

ADULTS
Taking toys to orphanage
Visiting SA Global Buddies’ homes
Work on Playground Project

EVENING
Everyone goes to Moyo Restaurant at Spier for delicious South African dining experience

Sunday
Church in Mfuleni

Youth: Final Rehearsal for Cultural Presentation
Adults: Tea Discussion about South Africa, Race and Social Change

AFTERNOON
Global Buddies youth put on a multicultural bilingual presentation for adults and others in the community around personal identity and global leadership, featuring the South African National anthem, language exchange and dance.

U.S. Global Buddies present dozens of Mfuleni families with school uniforms (purchased by funds raised by Global BUddies’ families in Los Angeles)

Ribbon Cutting Opening Celebration of Playground

Monday
South African Global Buddies Put on a Ballroom Dancing Show for their U.S. Buddies

Program Closing and Certificates

International Lunch

Global Buddies Say Their Farewells.