Eco Warrior Program Essay

out the land was owned by Europeans of French, Dutch and German descent and it was once a vineyard with slaves. Merica explained how the slaves were given names after being sold and how they did not know their own ancestral histories. For example, a slave’s new last name or surname was April because she was most likely sold in the month of April. In the United States slave owners used the same methods to dehumanize and make it challenging for slaves to find their identities. The cycle of slavery continued in new forms of low wages. Merica said many children recall their parents getting paid in wine instead of money and would come home drunk often. However, when Solms bought the land he wanted to restore it back to its original state as a vineyard …show more content…
First, we saw John and Liz again, who had helped set up the tour and were coming with us. In addition, Dr. Lynn, an environmentalist and doctor of ethnics shared her story of setting up the Eco-Warrior program. The program helps children in the township learn about the environment and also, provides a snack and place for the kids to go on Saturday mornings. Dr. Lynn read a poem from one of the children from the program and demonstrates how significant the program is for them. The Eco-Warrior program is a second home for some kids. The goal of the program is to provide the children with knowledge about the environment and helps makes some issues known, then kids can go home and teach their parents about environmental or sanitary problems. Next, we went inside the township. The first thing pointed out in the township are the large brick buildings, which are hostels and the main purpose were for men to come from rural areas into the city for work. The hostels were originally men only, but now have families and according to our guide people currently living in the hostels are not financially well off. Then, we went to the local high school and talked with grade twelve students. My group of students were very shy, so it was difficult to get the conversation going. Although by the end a few of the students opened up and were asking us questions about the United States. My favorite part was hearing the class sing, which was so good. After we met our tour guide Bones, who works with Prochorus an NGO in the township. Prochorus offered a variety of programs, including: computer software, activities with the crèche, and a place where students can go for more learning