Mamkhulu

 

Leadership Development for Youth

 

Leadership Camp at Inkuba Game Lodge December 2011

 

 

At Inkuba Game Lodge, the Mamkhulu.org team of 26 youth participated in a four day long leadership camp.  The camp was based on the themes "Loving God", "Loving Yourself" and "Loving Others".  Not only did we enjoy the beautiful scenery, the giraffes and other animals in the game reserve, but we participated in activities which brought each person to a new relationship with God, themselves and their teammates.

 
 

	The Leadership Team
	The Quad Bike
	The trip to the elephant reserve
	Team building at the pool
	The girls out walking with the giraffes
	Sonto presenting her thoughts

 

Leadership Camp 2010

 

Mamkhulu hosted its first Leadership Camp at the Litsemba centre in July 2010. The camp trained youth on soccer skills, how to teach children, games and other activities. There was also bible studies and evening programmes with motivational guest speakers.

 

Soccer camps were held at 12 schools over the period of 2 weeks. Each morning the team members made up of 6 leaders per school met at the school gates. The logistics team delivered balls, cones and first aid kits and then returned to the centre to collect breakfast. During the day the children were taught different skill building activities. At the end of the week, a world cup games was held at each school with trophies and presentation of soccer balls to the schools.

 

A young pastor and his wife also went around every day to the schools to do a life skills course using a soccer ball with the official soccer ball colours.  The children loved the discussions and joined enthusiastically in bible studies where they got to learn and read about faith issues. 

 

Boiled eggs for breakfast were cooked in large 25 litre pots each morning and delivered out to the schools.  This plus tea, an orange and bread made for a healthy breakfast for children who had not had food for weeks due to the schools being closed for the Fifa World Cup games.  All these children were being fed through feeding schemes at school and were in great need of food because the feeding schemes closed at all the schools over the extended holiday.

 

 

A Canadian volunteer preparing for the day of soccer training. The balls, cones and bags were taken each day to the schools and returned to the Litsemba Centre every night for safe keeping.

 

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