February 13th

Today was our last full day at Ikusasalethu! I cannot believe how quickly the past two weeks have flown in!

We visited a Grade 9 class today along with Njabula and Andiswa, both Grade 11 learners, to deliver a peer education lesson on gender respect. The lesson went well and the young learners seemed very interested in the points we made, and were also more than happy to add in their own views and questions. Overlooking the peer education from the last two weeks I think it is safe to say that it is a very effective way of informing learners about issues in a way that they can understand and relate to.

At break today Megan and I were visited by a few of the girls from our Grade 10 class. They came with handmade cards for us which were beautifully decorated with very kind messages on the inside. It was such a kind gesture that Megan and I started crying. I think that was when we truly realised how much we were going to miss everyone and how much of an impact the school had made on us in such a short period of time.

The evening was spent having dinner with the teachers, and it was lovely to get a final chance to spend time with them outside of the classroom.The food was great, but the company was even better!