World's most beautiful preschool, in South Africa known as the "cresh," is located in Lubonzi.  From the hillside that it sits on, you can see schools of dolphins swimming in the bay.  I spent four days here, working with the beautiful kids and introducing them to some new learning tools that we had brought.  The kids were ecstatic to receive jump ropes, puzzles, colored pencils and best of all, legos!  We also brought supplies to build a new swingset which was put together with some help from community men.  Here we also got to meet and talk with moms from the community and work alongside the regular preschool teacher.   

Good News Kid's Club... after school kids gather in a rondavo in front of the church in Zitelele.  Instead of running around town with not much to do, the kids are taught Bible stories, songs and games.  Ncediswa Sanda has been teaching kids for many years, and has impacted hundreds of them through Good News Clubs.  She also distributes clothing and gives counseling to the kids that need it.  If anyone would like to support her ministry, they can write to her at:

Ncediswa Sanda

PO Box 550

Mthatha 5099 

Eastern Cape

South Africa

Nondzukiso is a tourism student at Lubonzi School.  With her classmates, she gave us a tour of the village one morning soon after we arrived.  Nondzukiso speaks very good english and dreams of travelling to Cape Town to study at the University.  The teacher of the tourism class, Pumla, would love to have her students give any visitors a tour of the town.  That way they can help local industry and also gain experience in their field of study.  

Yoliswa is a nearby neighbor in Lubonzi.  She lives with her extended family and her three children.  Yoliswa speaks amazing english and helps translate for our host family.  She is also around to witness us trying to learn to carry water on our heads, quite entertaining for the skilled villiage women!  We quickly found a friend in her and her family.

Conelia... a shy, quiet girl who plays by herself and doesn't seem to belong to anyone.  After some coaxing she decided to climb into my lap and also accepted an egg salad sandwich which was eaten very quickly.  I never saw any adults with her, but on the first day of school she appeared with clean clothes.  She rarely talked to us and only in a small whisper but she couldn't hide her shy smile.