Yesterday the ABFT had its annual Township Jazz Festival. I was the one in charge of organizing the logistics of the event. It was a fun thing, it went on from 11 am to 3 pm and we hosted the Milton Academy from Boston. The children from our programs performed some songs together with the Milton Academy and also each group had some stuff of their own.
The events was held in Gugulethu (one of the largest townships in Cape Town and where Amy was killed). At the event I was with Elizabeth and Caroline selling Tshirts, postcards, paintings and raffle tickets to get funds. We had a really good time, I danced and ate fried chicken (KFC is the most popular thing to eat in the townships). The only strange thing is that the only white people that where there were foreigners (some consuls, foreign students, and the parents of the Milton kids) but no white South Africans went at all, it is very sad to see how there is still much division between races, even though everyone is trying hard to stop seeing color, but I guess it will still take some years until people become color blind.
Next week a group of Stanford kids are coming and now we are planning their visit...
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