July 2014

18 July 2014. It was another Mandela Day but the first one after the passing of the South African icon. KCC, however, experienced the visit of another celebrity who came with her team for the day.

In the morning Sibongile Simelane brought a jumping castle for kids to play with for the day. Deep House Junkies had landed their music system to play music for the kids while everyone was working to improve KCC. The KCC children once more entertained the crowd with their performances of different songs related to the life of Nelson Mandela.

In June KCC boys were surprised by a donation of fourteen soccer jerseys from a German youth welfare institution. It took not long and the newly founded team played their first friendly match.

After a week of intense training and excitement they were ready to go for the challenge. They faced a church youth team from another block of Soshanguve. Proud to wear their new jerseys they played well as a team. Everyone did their best. It was Sbusiso, Sigola, Innocent, Nhlanhla, and Lawrence who scored in the 7 - 8 defeat to the other team.

It was a huge community celebration. On June 16 KCC commemorated the students who had fought for freedom in Soweto in 1976 and raised awareness of the needs of the children of today.

June 16  is Youth Day in South Africa. People remember the students who fought and died during the Soweto uprising. They had stood up against humiliation and discrimination of the Apartheid regime and many of them paid with their lives. This year KCC organized a march through the neighborhood of Block NN. Children were dressed in vintage while staff marched in school uniforms.

... - to the mountain!" In June some of the KCC boys and girls went on a camp in the countryside for a weekend. It was a time to relax, to enjoy nature and to laugh as much as possible.