Third Time Lucky

My African Tale© actually starts in the UK even though it wasn’t supposed to… My lovely father was diagnosed with cancer in January 2007 and passed away in February 2007 so my initial plans of jetting off just as the winter set in went down the drain quite spectacularly.

It takes a lot for life to take the bounce out of me, but it nearly managed it and maybe it’s still trying, but I hope not. Less Tigger, more Eyore... maybe I should take up Pooh Sticks as therapy.

I have stuck out an entire British winter and have had the good fortune of some great people in South Africa who have held everything open for me so that My African Tale has a hope of being heard as it happens.

So there you have the background and now all I have to do is figure out the direction of this blog – no doubt it will end up part informative stuff and part KT dribble as usual!

The Idea

The Idea - youth and education centres in a small rural community in the Eastern Cape to focus on HIV/AIDS children - either infected themselves or orphaned because of it. This area has no access to anti-viral drugs, poor levels and quality of education and high HIV/AIDS infection rates.

Hoping to have a strong focus on school visits throughout the Eastern Cape and holding drumming workshops that combine a message kids will listen to alongside traditional music. Is there a chance of breaking the Guinness World Record for the number of people drumming simultaneously and linking in with the huge coverage of the 2010 football World Cup? There are so many directions that this project could take…

Having spent time here before I am so looking forward to a spending a year here with a lovely bunch of people, working like a beast and seeing what happens!