Ntombi Mkhasibe of Jungle Theatre ran performance workshops for 20 children aged 9-13 at the Red Hill informal settlement. Three camps are divided both geographically and culturally, with Xhosa, coloured and refugee children coming together over 10 sessions to form dance group the ‘Ever Happy Kids’ who performed for their community at the end of November and at Carnival in December.
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| Ntombi Mkhasibe rehearsing the ‘Ever Happy Kids’ of Red Hill | ||
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Longterm eMzantsi participants Mymoena Scholtz and Michael Njomo of the Where Rainbows Meet Foundation in Vrygrond, and Fatima Damons and Charmaine Samuels of the Seawinds Women’s Action Team, came together to collaborate on a dance performance for Carnival called Siyaya with more than 50 children aged 9-15, as well as a creative writing component that had children proudly displaying their poems on costumes at Carnival.
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| Siyaya dance rehearsals in Vrygrond | ||
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| SWAT’s Creative Writing costumes combined art and the children’s own poetry | ||