MAMA CAROL DYANTI'S IKAGENG PROJECT, Soweto
Dyanti has received international acclaim for her success in building a support network for 450 Aids orphans. From organizing funerals for their parents, to schooling, to daily supplies, she is the ‘angel’ in their lives.

Visit to “CRADLE OF HUMANKIND,” a world heritage site where the oldest human fossils have been found.

Dinner at LESEDI CULTURAL VILLAGE
A glimpse at Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi and Basotho homesteads in rural South Africa. Dinner guest is Fred Swaniker of the African Leadership Academy.

ITHUTENG EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Ithuteng – meaning, “never stops learning” – provides after-school programs to some 1100 students in South Africa. The project was founded by Mama Jackey Maarohanye. It is funded by the Oprah Winfrey Foundation.

DINNER AT THE HOME OF JEREMY AND ELLEN ROSE.
Jeremy is the architect of the Oprah Winfrey school and the South African National Apartheid Museum, and the Hector Peterson museum. Ellen is a graphic artist focusing on issues of social justice in South Africa. The dinner will include a discussion with one of the highest-ranking public policy journalists in South Africa, Libby Wilkins.

MORNING REFLECTION TIME AND BRUNCH AT MOYO’S, a park and restaurant at Zoo Lake.

“OUR FATHER'S HOUSE” – Reverend Kelley. Our Father’s House is an example of a Black South African church. A number of South African leaders attend this church on a regular basis.

VISIT TO KLIPTOWN, a historically significant town in the history of South Africa. It is the oldest residential township in Soweto and the home of South Africa’s freedom charter.

VISIT TO SOWETO-Kliptown Youth Foundation (SKY), founded by Mama Eva, Bob and Sarah. Taft students enjoy “The Flowers of Kliptown” theatre presentation.

SOCCER GAME with youth of Kliptown

Visit to ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP
Service project hosted by ANC Freedom Fighter, Rev Linda Twala at the Community Health Center – Phutha-ditjaba

LUNCH WITH THE JOSHUAS. The Joshuas are young students who are members of a community-service project, spending a gap year with the metropolitan evangelical service program in Hillbrow. Hillbrow is the most sociologically-challenged area of Johannesburg. Students will talk with peers about leadership and the challenges of South Africa’s new democracy.

VISIT TO THE APARTHEID MUSEUM.
Students will have a private tour of the museum when Jeremy Rose, its architect arranges for its special opening on a Monday. Taft has a private viewing.

TOUR OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND MEETING WITH JUDGE YVONNE MOGKORO

MEDITATION AND REFLECTION at the Freedom Charter Monument in Kliptown. Students will each read a part of the charter aloud for the group.

Students watched the NATIONAL SOCCER GAME (Vafana – Vafana vs. Swaziland in Ellis Park in downtown Johannesburg)

Flight to CAPE TOWN

Visit to STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
Regarded as the Bastion of Apartheid before 1994, Stellenbosch University is now seeking to be at the forefront of social change for the Afrikaans community in South Africa. Taft will be hosted by Prof Pieter Kloppers, Dean of Students for a student panel discussion.

ROBBEN ISLAND—a penal island off the Cape Town coast--the place where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for more than 20 years.

Visit to PARLIAMENT.
Students meet Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Incarta Freedom Party (IFP) and listen to debates about global warming.

DINNER ON THE WATERFRONT in Cape Town
Community Service at Chris Hani School
Chris Hani, former leader of the Communist Party of South Africa, was killed in 1993 – on the eve of the first democratic leader. Chris was charismatic and well-loved. The Chris Hani school, named after him, provides insights into the challenges for public education in a new South Africa.

HOME VISIT with teenagers from the Cape Town area at the Home of Feriel Ricks’ family.

Exploring Cape Town—Observatory and Mindi Designs (women’s collective). Drive through Hout Bay area, free time at Green Point Market

CAPE TOWN UNIVERSITY BAXTER THEATER – Students see a professional dance performance.

BRAI at PIETER KLOOPERS followed by a panel discussion on the Afrikaner perspective of Apartheid South Africa

STELLENBOSCH HIGH SCHOOL assembly
Taft Student Delegation presentation, panel discussion with students, visiting classes, watching rugby, and dinner in the dorms.

DISTRICT SIX MUSEUM TOUR
No other place in South Africa probably felt the effects of forced removal as much as District Six. Thousands of ‘mixed-race’ coloreds were displaced from the area in the early 1960s.

Vist to the AMY BIEHL FOUNDATION
Founded by her parents in honor of their daughter, who did community service in South Africa. Amy was a Stanford student who was accidentally killed in a township protest. Nelson Mandela ordered a state funeral for her, celebrating her work and love for South Africa.