The Kuyasa Kids are a performing arts group from the township of Kayamandi in Stellenbosch, South Africa. These ambassadors from South Africa assist Horizon International annually to procure child sponsorship for African orphans. These 9 to 19 year olds come from the same socio-economic challenged area. Nevertheless, they are proud of their African traditions and roots. They are all part of the Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment non-profit, faith based organization that focuses on holistic transformation: leadership development, education, and skills training. The Kuyasa Kids tours the US for the third time in September 2007 ______ Executive Producer Jenny Carstens Producer Yong Jia Ling Mbongeni Mtshali Directed by Yong Jia Ling Edited and postpro by Yong Jia Ling Camera Yong Jia Ling Katie Taylor Music recorded n engineered Gerhard Roux The Kuyasa Kids Performing Arts Choir arrangements and choreography Mbongeni Mtshali Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment www.kuyasa.givengain.org
The Kuyasa Kids are a performing arts group from the township of Kayamandi in Stellenbosch, South Africa. These ambassadors from South Africa assist Horizon International annually to procure child sponsorship for African orphans. These 9 to 19 year olds come from the same socio-economic challenged area. Nevertheless, they are proud of their African traditions and roots. They are all part of the Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment non-profit, faith based organization that focuses on holistic transformation: leadership development, education, and skills training. The Kuyasa Kids tours the US for the third time in September 2007 ______ Executive Producer Jenny Carstens Producer Yong Jia Ling Mbongeni Mtshali Directed by Yong Jia Ling Edited and postpro by Yong Jia Ling Camera Yong Jia Ling Katie Taylor Music recorded n engineered Gerhard Roux The Kuyasa Kids Performing Arts Choir arrangements and choreography Mbongeni Mtshali Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment www.kuyasa.givengain.org
The Kuyasa Kids are a performing arts group from the township of Kayamandi in Stellenbosch, South Africa. These ambassadors from South Africa assist Horizon International annually to procure child sponsorship for African orphans. These 9 to 19 year olds come from the same socio-economic challenged area. Nevertheless, they are proud of their African traditions and roots. They are all part of the Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment non-profit, faith based organization that focuses on holistic transformation: leadership development, education, and skills training. The Kuyasa Kids tours the US for the third time in September 2007 ______ Executive Producer Jenny Carstens Producer Yong Jia Ling Mbongeni Mtshali Directed by Yong Jia Ling Edited and postpro by Yong Jia Ling Camera Yong Jia Ling Katie Taylor Music recorded n engineered Gerhard Roux The Kuyasa Kids Performing Arts Choir arrangements and choreography Mbongeni Mtshali Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment www.kuyasa.givengain.org
The Kuyasa Kids are a performing arts group from the township of Kayamandi in Stellenbosch, South Africa. These ambassadors from South Africa assist Horizon International annually to procure child sponsorship for African orphans. These 9 to 19 year olds come from the same socio-economic challenged area. Nevertheless, they are proud of their African traditions and roots. They are all part of the Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment non-profit, faith based organization that focuses on holistic transformation: leadership development, education, and skills training. The Kuyasa Kids tours the US for the third time in September 2007 ______ Executive Producer Jenny Carstens Producer Yong Jia Ling Mbongeni Mtshali Directed by Yong Jia Ling Edited and postpro by Yong Jia Ling Camera Yong Jia Ling Katie Taylor Music recorded n engineered Gerhard Roux The Kuyasa Kids Performing Arts Choir arrangements and choreography Mbongeni Mtshali Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment www.kuyasa.givengain.org
The Kuyasa Kids are a performing arts group from the township of Kayamandi in Stellenbosch, South Africa. These ambassadors from South Africa assist Horizon International annually to procure child sponsorship for African orphans. These 9 to 19 year olds come from the same socio-economic challenged area. Nevertheless, they are proud of their African traditions and roots. They are all part of the Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment non-profit, faith based organization that focuses on holistic transformation: leadership development, education, and skills training. The Kuyasa Kids tours the US for the third time in September 2007 ______ Executive Producer Jenny Carstens Producer Yong Jia Ling Mbongeni Mtshali Directed by Yong Jia Ling Edited and postpro by Yong Jia Ling Camera Yong Jia Ling Katie Taylor Music recorded n engineered Gerhard Roux The Kuyasa Kids Performing Arts Choir arrangements and choreography Mbongeni Mtshali Kuyasa Horizon Empowerment www.kuyasa.givengain.org
Google Tech Talk September 21, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Marco Gallotta. Project Umonya (www.umonya.co.za) evolved from a one-man pet project of mine, and has grown tremendously in the past 15 months. We introduce programming to school kids in an intensive weekend workshop. We chose to use Python for it’s simplicity, making it possible to cover all the basics of programming in a single weekend all the way up to conditionals, loops and basic data structures. We started off in Cape Town with 45 kids in 2009 and are now expanding to 1000 kids across South Africa in 2011 with financial assistance from Google. This talk will cover our experiences so far, the challenges faced and how we’re overcoming them, what we’re still busy working on and our plans to grow even further after 2011. One of our big long-term goals is taking Umonya across the South African border into other African countries. Speaker Info: Marco Gallotta is a second-time intern working on Calendar. He went from participating in the IOI and ACM ICPC to training the contestants of both competitions in parallel. He has 6 years of experience in teaching kids. He founded project Umonya in June 2009 in an effort to bring programming to the masses in South Africa. Slides: umonya.co.za Video clip of Umonya in the classroom: www.youtube.com
Stellenbosch University and Babson College teach in Township schools: Kylemore Secondary School Desmond Mpilo Tutu Stellenzicht High School Kayamandi High School Masibambane High School Hector Peterson High School Note: all music are songs sung by the students.
