Imagine a learning environment where classroom windows are cracked, doors are broken, desks are vandalized, and bathrooms are dark and unsanitary. Imagine a learning environment where learners shiver in cold classrooms in the frigid winter [continue reading…]
A team of Temple University students are working in South Africa with Professor Shenid Bhayroo of the Department of Journalism to produce a series of multimedia stories. The team’s reflections can be found here at [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/27549826] Nghungunyani Secondary School is home to 714 learners–many from working class homes and others from informal settlements throughout Soweto. Nghungunyani is located in Tshiawelo, a section at the western end of the vast Soweto [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/27342793] It was an early morning in the third week of July. The gates were unlocked to allow the students on the grounds. As the yard started to fill, the school became alive with energy. [continue reading…]
School is a chore. This is an attitude shared by many young American students. Personally, I can’t recall being excited to go to school every day for most of my academic career. To a lot [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/26730519 w=540 h=398] The Rosebank Craft Market in Johannesburg is in a hectic, colorful and souvenir-packed retail space in the Mall of Rosebank. The Craft Market has many interesting curios, pieces of art and tourist [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/26683923] Maponya Mall is the largest mall in Soweto, home to designer grocery and clothing stores, speciality stores, financial services and, of course, beauty and hair salons, many of which participate in the Hairdressers of [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/26670270] Nelson Mandela, international peacemaker and first democratically-elected president of a free South Africa, turned 93 on July 18. The UN General Assembly has declared this day Nelson Mandela International Day and encourages people around the [continue reading…]
Imagine living in a shack the size of most kitchens in the average American home. Because your mother has died from HIV/AIDS, you live with your younger siblings. Your sisters share a tattered double bed [continue reading…]
A day before former South African President Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday, thousands of people gathered in Innesfree Park in Sandton just north of Johannesburg. Everyone was there to perform 67 minutes of community service to [continue reading…]
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