We are back in eNzinga again. To spend the evening sitting on the grass mats around the fire pit in the middle of the main mud round and catch up with the Zumas again, is amazing. A few quick thoughts because we’re exhausted and have a long day tomorrow:
– Fantastic meeting with Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA) this morning before we left Jo’burg. Good organization. Real good partnership opportunities. Very exciting.
– Seeing Miranda and Patrick, the young program manager from FTFA, get excited about the potential future of young people, and their power to form that future was something I was very happy to be able to hear and watch.
– After alternatively spelling the name of the village we live and work in Nzinga, Inzinga, and iNzinga over the last 2+ years, tonight, when driving down the dirt road here, we saw a new sign that simply read eNzinga. Well, at least now we’ve seen it officially written somewhere…
– I know we were ready to get a break from the heat of July in Atlanta, but it is extremely cold here tonight, which makes the walk to the outhouse seem pretty far. It’s all relative.
– Talking to Nonjabulo tonight was awesome. She really has taken on the leadership role; she knows the people, the issues, has a great sense of the needs, the best way to solve them, and can really articulate it clearly. She is a strong, smart woman, and a great asset for her community, and our nonprofit. We could not have done better in our first and most important employee. The impact she will have on other women in this village through her example has the potential to fundamentally alter lives. Simply inspiring.
More soon!
