On Saturday 4 April 28 People from Masakhane received their certificates for having attended the Fire Training and First Aid courses which were presented by Firemed Training. Social worker Sam Savage from Village Power handed out certificate and congratulated participants on their achievemnts. The Masakhane Drama Outreach Group entertained visitors Jenni Gillies and Duncan Gordon from SABMiller plc and Paul and Sue West, volunteers from the Magaliesburg community, with an interactive drama scene which had HIV/Aids as focus. Everybody were laughing at the hilarious antics of Seune Phiri and Standford Sambo who skillfully involved Duncan (Gordon) McLeod in their little scene.(see more pictures on the Masakhane Drama blog,follow links).
Yvonne Kgope, the leader of the Masakhane Commitee was also presented with her cetificate in Public Management which she obtained through part time study from the University of Pretoria.
The 5 members of the Masakhane Participatory research team were presented with badges and letters of reference stating their involvement in the Masakhane Community research project.
A gift of a packet of home made biscuits were presented to each of the visitors and refreshing home brewed pine apple beer was passes arround.
A team of boys did a 'gumboot dance' and 5 girls did a traditional dance. All the children had made their own costumes.
It certainly was a wonderful day of celebration for this community and a great time was had by all.
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