We know we started this co-blog days ago, but something about life makes today feel like day one. Today we had our first early morning meeting with the Leader of AfriCom, Miranda Heathcote. We discussed all the big plans we have for the coming seven weeks and got loads of contact info and more ideas on how to pursue specific topics. We began talking to people we want to meet with weekly to improve our design, video and photography skills and we began sending out emails for interviews, information and meetings in the near future. Today was the first day we had to think about packing lunches because we would be "in the office" over lunch time and, sadly, only one of us did. I, Darcie, sit here now wishing I was the one that packed a lunch.
Yesterday was the official-feeling end to the previous page of our time here. We had to clean and move and move and clean throughout the day. We had to say goodbyes and see-ya-laters to various people and wash and re-make several beds. (You know, all those things that indicate leaving one page behind and turning to another.)
Yesterday we also talked with a woman working to prevent and educate people around the topic of human trafficking. Justice A.C.T.S. aims to inform communities about the possibility of 30,000-100,000 people being trafficked, mostly into the sex trade, in preparation for the 2010 World Cup happening here in Cape Town in just over a year. Justice A.C.T.S. works with local churches and non-profits to train people to recognize the warning signs of trafficked persons and multiply training into most at-risk communities. We hope to get more information and connections in regards to this heinous slavery and be able to raise awareness as well.
As the page turns, we are driving boldly forward!
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