The beginning of last week saw Marshall, Gabi and Witty headed to Umtubatuba’s Nkodibe and Silethukukhanya High Schools.  This 4-day initiative was a continuation of the creative writing workshop that began at Rorke’s Drift the previous week.  With the strong awareness of self as inspirational contributor and of creativity as a flexible mind-mapping tool and a vital ingredient for effective communication , the process   was stimulating and  a further learning curve for both the facilitators and the learners. As Marshall say: “We tried to develop workshops with content specifically relevant to the area.  Because we only had one day to work with each group of students we focused as much as possible on helping the kids to produce a finished product that combined drawing and writing while teaching the students the basic structure of a “story” told either visually or with words”.  Mtubatuba experience was not only confined to the school environment, it stretched further to Isipho CreACTive Centre, one of the tangible impacts of Caversham’s Hourglass Program. The interaction with the elderly of Isipho became an invaluable experience as their creative energy poured into their meticulously embroidered pieces. 

Much gratitude to Isipho’s Khululiwe Maphanga and her group, Nkodibe’s Memorial Mnguni, Silethukukhanya‘s Bongani Motau and all the learners involved for their cooperative attitude.      

 Witty Nyide