Twenty students and three faculty left from Nashville this morning on their journey to Cape Town, South Africa, and Gaborone, Botswana. Arriving in Cape Town on Monday evening, the students will spend the next eight days working with Living Hope Community Centre (www.livinghope.co.za). The students will work in the public school systems making presentations to elementary school children about ways to resist peer pressure. The students will also be involved in several service projects such as cleaning facilities, grounds, and assisting Living Hope volunteers.
After flying to Washington, D.C., the students will embark on a fifteen hour flight to Johannesburg, South Africa, before boarding another flight to travel two hours back to the western side of the Cape. Since Cape Town is eight hours ahead of the Central Standard Time zone in the United States, students will arrive around 11:00 a.m CST on Monday after leaving Nashville at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. It will be a long journey. Watch for an update once we arrive in Cape Town.