Monday, May 30, 2011

1st day in Gugulethu

What: Gugulethu not as run down as I thought it was going to be.

So What: Fears and Paranoia before you are in a situation tend to be irrational. Stop, relax and do not create emotions until you are knowledgeable.

Now what: Stop worrying all the time; its not worth the stress, time and energy.

Gugulethu is a township outside of Cape Town made up of mostly blacks and colored. In the 1960’s blacks in district 6 were moved out to make room for whites. Blacks were forced into townships, such as Gugulethu. They had no home and had to start with scratch, finding it a struggle to survive. Since then it has been difficult to bounce back out of poverty and the constant struggle of teen pregnancy and HIV has continued. 

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