Arrival in Cape Town

I am in the service learning program here in Cape Town. To be honest I did not really know what this entailed before I got here but I could not be happier I chose this program! We are a group of 11 students from colleges all over the country including Vanderbilt, University of Richmond, Whitman College, Northeastern, Trinity College, University of Maine, Samford in Birmingham, and California Lutheran. It is a great group of kids and we all get along really well. The other program here is just called Arts and Sciences and this has about 130 students in it. We are very independent from their program and do not see much of them. The service learners will be taking three classes that actually meet. Then we will be doing service at the site of our choice which has not been decided yet. In addition to doing service, our ongoing project for the semester is to implement a program at the organization we are serving once we see the needs of the community. I am so excited to get started on this aspect!