Kids Learn by Playing

I just want to thank the Project Playground staff and Gloria for the support they have been giving us, not forgetting my friend Jorge Quintao who has been an inspiration to us for the great work he is doing in Brasil.

In the past few months, we have had some drop - outs and inconsistance from the group and I was a little bit dissapointed and saddened by the fact that we were losing kids back to the streets. Other day I shared it with a friend who told me about the story of Jorge's group in Brasil (to see Jorge's project, click on "Olhar Coletivo", on "other projects" at right and below on this blog). Now, I am raring to go and make this a success.

Our aim is to allow kids to play and experiment while they are learning, by doing we will be taking them away from the streets. In the process, we will contribute to reduce the crime rate in our community and empowering our youth with skills. So they can be able to stand on their own in future and to have a dignity life.

Thanks for following and supporting us!

Siseko.

A Word From Langa

I would like to thank everyone for following and visiting our blog.

Your opinion are more than welcome. It is always a huge encouragement to know there is someone supporting you!

In this week, we took photos inside of the houses in Langa. For us, our home tells a lot about us. Our life. Our culture. Our history.

We went door-to-door. The Langa residents were really welcoming and very happy with what we are doing in our neighborhood. An old lady said that we could be the one to shed the light into the the reality of Langa. She also encouraged us saying that our job can contribute to development of the community. We are very glad to hear this words.

Let's get going!

Siseko

Life Through Our Eyes

We have been busy covered Langa in the last weeks. It is not all bad in Langa. There are positive things we can take from the township and the life in the area. We took some time to discuss how we will show this in our pictures. We decided to go out around the area to photograph interesting things wich show the good side of life in Langa.

On our first outing, we saw kids playing and we noticed, despite the lack of resources, the kids are creatives enough to make means for themselves to have fun. Then I and my students decided to take photos of kids at play.

Other photo-shoots, we also have worked on, are housing development and small businesses around Langa. The images looked really good. Soon, we are going to post some of these images.

For now, one photo of kids at play:

See you soon.

Siseko

Keep going

I left Cape Town last December. I was very happy had found Siseko, member of photography group Iliso Labantu (www.ilisolabantu.org), to continue the project.  

Uknowaba keeps going. Now, the new class has about 16 kids. 

In December, I will be back in Cape Town for the exhibition at the end of the year. 

Congrats Siseko!

Keep going!

Inviting new kids and involving the whole community in the project, the poster below was published in Langa:

Glória