On Wednesday the group spent another day at EGA, both teachers and students sharing learning together with the EGA community. Then in the evening the Senior Choir accompanied the EGA and Magoba groups to a performance of the Lion King. All the students loved it and we were especially lucky because after the show we…
Mon 23rd – Tues 24th Feb: EGA and Air Studios
On Monday the group had their first introduction to EGA school proper – with all the students there! The group were welcomed in a special assembly and spent the morning touring the school and then experiencing lessons themselves. Some of the students wrote: ‘We woke up and took a bath and had a breakfast and…
A weekend in London
The Magoba students spent the weekend with their host families. On Saturday they visited Camden Market and went to the Natural History Museum, while on Sunday they went to the Hillsong church service at the Dominion Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, then back to one of the host families for a huge Sunday meal for the whole…
Friday 20th February – Arsenal and lots of singing!
Friday 20th began with a tour of Arsenal courtesy of the AFC Community programme. Both sets of students loved seeing inside the famous Emirates Stadium from the media briefing room to the dressing room through the tunnel and on to the pitch! The growing confidence of our Magoba visitors was obvious in the spontaneous game…
Thursday 19th: a big day out in London
The Magoba group’s first full day in London was one packed with new experiences. First off – the tube! All enjoyed the escalators and the strange tunnels with the very fast moving trains. At Victoria we boarded a Golden Tour open topped bus. One of the learners wrote in her memory book: ‘It was cold…
Magoba learners and teachers arrive in the UK
Early on Wednesday 18th February we went to Heathrow to meet the group of 10 learners and 3 teachers from Magoba JSS. They arrived looking tired, but very relieved to be here after a terrible flight with storms, hail and lightening during the night! For most in the group it was their first experience of…
Fundraising for return visit!
EGA Students and BOTH supporters have been busy fundraising for the return visit of the Magoba students to the UK. EGA Students raised over £1,300 during their South Africa Week. Charity Trustees and friends raised over £2,000 in a sponsored 10k on the 11th May.