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The people of Kalkfontein
The first Learning Lounge will be located in Kalkfontein, a township between Cape Town and Stellenbosch. Kalkfontein is a very diverse township with people from all over Africa living there.
The community is very happy to have a safe place for their children to go after school. A group of Mothers is willing to manage the Learning Lounge and promote the idea in the neighbourhood. Their task will be the local management of the Learning Lounge; open and close at the right times, maintaining, watch over the children’s safety and organize educational lessons or events.
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Lorriena
One of the initiators of the project is Lorriena, a mother of 3 children, a foster mother for 4 children and a care parent of 1 child in Kalkfontein. She is a link between the community and social workers and she loves to work with children. Lorriena is a wonderful woman with heart for the community.
She thinks the Learning Lounge is a good idea to help the community. “It is good that the children have a place where they can go after school, so they don’t stay on the streets”. Lorriena is the local manager of the first Learning Lounge and the owner of the coffee shop.
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Gigi
Gigi is a mother of 3 children and a grandmother. She is a community worker and member of the community comity. Next to that she works for a woman organisation to protect the rights of females. Gigi is a lovely person and she is very happy to help the community with the Learning Lounge.
These two mothers work together with us and with other mothers to make the Learning Lounge successful. Their involvement is very important to make the project self sustainable.
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