A group of 40 German muscians visited the Amy Bielh Foundation and Volcano Arts Project, what an amazing inspirational afternoon. We all just felt so proud to be part of the human race !!

Uthando is proud and privileged to be working with the Amy Biehl Foundation. Please take a look at the Amy Bielh Foundation website to read about the truly inspirational and amazing journey of the Biehl family and the wonderful work that the foundation does in South Africa.

James Fernie and Linda Biehl

Almost 50 of the And Beyond staff in Cape Town spent the morning weeding, catching snails and clearing unkept land at the urban agricultural programme Abalimi Bezekhaya. The extra hands were a great help to the ladies at the gardens. Thank you to all concerned for making the day a great success.

The children from the art class at the Khayelitsha Special Needs School painted the most beautiful place mats and chair covers, for Trans Africa Safaris to take with them to the Virtuosa show in Las Vegas.

The thank you letter from NOAH….uthando-sa-thank-you-letter1

On the 8th of April Uthando facilitated a visit by 90 of the elderly people from NOAH in Khayelitsha to Robben Island. Khayelitsha is a sprawling settlement of 1 million people, many of them living in dire poverty. It has been a dream for many of these “oldies” to visit the island and view the cell of Nelson Mandela. It was an emotional and inspiring day, from their singing of freedom songs, their dancing, and their stories of the brutality that they all experienced living under the Apartheid government.

Uthando held its first AGM at the Community Connections Conference Centre in Philippi on the 31st of March. The first Directors Report was tabled and discussed, and the people present were entertained with an extract of the Volcano Arts Project latest show, Stop Tik (tik being the local form of crystal meths, a highly addictive drug).

Many tour operators are joining the Uthando programme by “adopting” a specific project. Wedding and Travel Concepts, a Cape Town based wedding and travel company adopted Dance for All. We all had a fun morning watching the children at Dance for All on Saturday the 28th of March.

Thank you to Mushinda Tours and Livingstone Safaris for hosting the party at Neighbourhood Old Age Homes (NOAH), to Toescapeto for the party at James House childrens home, and Eco-ist, Centre Stage Travel and Signature Tours for the Khumbulani Centre. This is the spirit of Uthando.