Well we went to the shopping mall on water front it was pretty big. Me and Shane walked everywhere. The thing we kept thinking as we were going in the store looking at overpriced items was how much cheaper the things are on the street at the markets. Majority of the stores were run by whites. I also noticed who was walking throughout the mall, most were white or tourist.
We had gone upstairs and encountered the holy grail of stores. It was all the expensive labels like Gucci, Burberry, and Louis Vuitton. I so wanted to go into the Jimmy Choo store, but felt uncomfortable because I wouldn’t be able to afford anything.
On Wednesday we went to Kayalisha to see who the food bank we visited serves. We went a daycare. It cares for 200 children. This township is considered one of the poorest and largest of the seven.
When we were driving in and out of the township it amazed me of how quickly the seen had changed. It had gone from shacks stacked on shacks to a full golf course and mansion. It saddened me to think that people live so close to an area with beyond poverty and seemed to turn a blind eye.
I wondered how many shoppers at waterfront actually took the time to go and see what life is like in the township; my guess is close to none of them.
In class we talked about resilience and those who live in places like that and find the strength to continue and be happy and try their best to overcome the odds show resilience. The teacher at the daycare showed resilience to me. She was so happy and upbeat, and proud of the school and the children while they still had little food and right outside was a scene of devastating hardship.
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