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Schalk van Heerden's Blog – March 2010 Archive (3)

Life Skills in Zimbabwe

This past week was one of those when I was proud of myself, my colleagues and our supporters. Why am I proud? Because we stuck to our guns (as a manner of speech) in including our neighbouring countries in the Youth Zone Legacy Network Program. Through the Manican participants, Mutare Utd was incorporated into the program and the twinning relationship growing on either side of the border seems to be turning into something special.

The Life-skills conducted in Zimbabwe this week was a… Continue

Added by Schalk van Heerden on March 22, 2010 at 8:45pm — 2 Comments

give it up

yesterday while standing in bumper to bumper traffic in the rain, five men opened my car door and and asked for my telehphone, with the added persuasiveness that they would shoot me if I didn't hand it over. As I reached for my phone, they saw my laptop uncovered and asked for that also, under the same conditions of compliance. Lastly was the brainwave that I should have a wallet, so in the end they ran of and kept my iphone, macbook and wallet. I kept my car and my…

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Added by Schalk van Heerden on March 6, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Joint Training Event in Jozi

Wow! The agenda was a 2 day Peter Block Seminar where leaders from the youth zones were to be trained in community building, facilitation and teamwork.

The outcome was 3 days of bliss where 14 strangers became close friends. Representatives from Upington, Umzimkhulu, Mutare, Manica and Siyabuswa added life and wisdom to the seminar.

I trust that all the participants will write about their experiences on the pages of their respective sites, but as the team reflected on what they… Continue

Added by Schalk van Heerden on March 4, 2010 at 3:11pm — 1 Comment