In week 2 UZIMA South Africa's beneficiaries were invited to perform by the South African Ministry of Sports, Arts, and Culture. The event was an intercultural exchange with the Indian Ministry of Culture. The young ladies that were invited performed a tradition Southern African dance called Indlamu. It was mainly performed by the Zulu and Ndebele tribes as a war cry, but now it is danced at any cultural event. 

This week I also drafted and finalized an after-school program that Uzima can implement for their beneficiaries who are mostly primary and high school students. My program aims to engage the young people in Ezimbuzini through literature, maths, language, arts and crafts, heritage, and music. Each day of the week the children are split by age groups, and facilitators guide them through an activity that falls under one of these categories. It is our hope that these after school activities can be supplements to what they learn at school, and a safe space that will deter them from engaging in harmful behavior. 

The informal settlement of Ezimbuzini functions like a traditional African settlement, and chiefs known as Induna are in charge of organizing the residences. The Induna invited me to their regular town hall meetings, to formally introduce me to the community, and allow me to gain insight on the needs and queries of the residents, and how they work together to solve them. The introduction to the Indunas was important because everything that comes in and out of the area goes through them first; all our activities need prior approval from them first.