Teacher Strike

Wouldn't you know...half way through my first week of work, the teachers of all types of schools nationwide (!) have decided to strike. There's always some sort of excitement and commotion in Cape Town, but apparently this is a pretty big deal.

What this means for the Foundation is that they cannot run their after school programs because there is no school to begin with! It is unclear how long the strike will last so we will just have to see if we can get our programs up and running even without classes being in session. Probably a good thing we didn't go out today though--Cape Town winter has finally shown his face. It was a dark and cold and rainy day here so the townships would have been pretty nasty in the weather.

I was able to spend the whole day in the office helping out where necessary. Today, that meant updating the website! Now, if you know me well, you know that I have never done anything like this before so I spent the majority of the day simply figuring out how to use the editing program. I've learned so much already and I haven't even been working here a week yet! I actually really enjoyed entering in the news and updating the programs page. There is a LOT of work to be done, but I'm pretty sure I can get a handle on this quite quickly.

Also, before I forget---I was able to rejoin the Navigators for their weekly Tuesday meetings and what a welcome I received! It's crazy to think that I already have such a strong community in a world so far away from my own. What a blessing it has been to reconnect and revisit with such wonderful people :) I'm really looking forward to getting to know them more and making new memories in such a beautiful place.