E I already showed you a lot of good sides of Cape Town, but now it's time for the dark side. Today I want to share a really oppressive but valuable experience with you: last week I went to one of the poorest areas in Cape Town to the township Philippi. It's the biggest and one of the poorest townships in Cape Town and has the highest aidsrate.
My language school Ef does a lot of volunteering and social things and they offered us students to spend one afternoon in the township playing football with the children. We sadly had really bad weather, but it was okay. Every student payed some money for the bus and also to bring the children some little presents. So we gave them coloring books, bodypaint, some bubbles, candy and some fresh fruits. After that we played some football in the rain, which was very cold but ok. To go to the footballfield we had to walk through the township. I felt safe there - despite I had my camera with me - maybe because the children were so nice or the because we were a lot of people.
The people there really have to live at the breadline, in huts without water or energy. I felt rude to take photos there, but however I took some. A lot of the children didn't even wear warm clothes, just shorts or sandels. You could look in some huts because the door was open, and there were barely furniture and the rest empty.
I really don't know how to describe the feeling I had over there. On one hand I had a really guilty conscience, because I could look forward to my hot shower and all this children have to stay there. And the most of them will never have a chance to escape it, although there is a school.
I will let the pictures speak for me now.
What do you think of my impressions?