Woke up at 6:45am to meet up with my community group and another group so that we could begin our rounds of waking up some of our new friends and Global Lead staff by banging pots and pans, shoving a video camera in their faces, and screaming “ Don’ t just go… LEAD!” Very entertaining! Some people, including myself, are just NOT morning people. It was a great way to start the day off, and we got to share the video to the rest of the group for the morning WOW. Today’ s lesson was about how we can take what we have learned from our amazing
experiences here home and do “ good” in our own communities. We were given this quote by Desmond Tutu: “ Do you little bit of good where you are; it’ s those little bits of good put together
that overwhelm the world.”
Being in South Africa and seeing all the poverty and needs of communities such as Sir Lowry’ s Pass and realizing our responsibility as privileged people of the world, it can be overwhelming deciding who and where and what needs our help. Instead of getting so bogged down with trying to save the world, “ do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.” It may be difficult finding that one, and it may seem unfair, but it really is the best place to start. We were given three tips for how we should do our bits of good – 1)Do something deep, rather than wide, 2) Think long-term, not short-term, and 3) Contribute your time, not just money. We were then given some statistics from our home states and examples of where to begin helping our communities when we get back with our new sense of social responsibility.
After class and lunch, a huge group of us went to the Green Market to purchase souvenirs and gifts. I was scrambling to find the perfect gifts for friends and family back home and ended
up with some great stuff by bargaining some good deals. After the Green Market, some people walked to the V& A Waterfront to do some more shopping, and the rest of us went back to the
apartments. We had another large group pile in Ish’ s cabs for dinner at Beluga for half-price cocktails and sushi. I love sushi, so I was super excited. It was delicious – some of the best sushi
I have ever had. My mouth waters just thinking about it! We had such a fun dinner, just girls! Afterward, some of us wanted to walk to the Waterfront to walk off our dinner, but also to, of
course, get ice cream there. However, on the way we saw and sign for Gelato Mania and decided to check it out. We had the place to ourselves so we sat around and ate our delicious gelato – some of us even went back for seconds! When we finally made it to the Waterfront, we met up with other Global LEADers to hang out for a bit. A wonderful end to another wonderful day in
Cape Town!
-Betsy Klopman
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