This is a small essay written by Yonela Ngcwembe, a student Marilyn Scott met while working in the classrooms of the Keiskamma Trust. Thank you Yonela for writing this essay and sharing your story with us!
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I am a girl who grew up with grandparents. My mother and father separated when I was a little girl. I […]
My name is Thabo Ngoxo. I was born in 1996 and I was born with a twin brother. I stayed here in Hamburg until I was three. Then I left with my brother and went to live with my grandmother, my father’s mother, in East London. We both grew up in front of her […]
This is my favourite picture from a Hamburg visit two years ago. I had attended a concert given by students who were part of the Keiskamma music academy, with found instruments and donor supported lessons. Waiting for the school bus home, this lad played for himself. What tune? To celebrate what memory? I was […]
Sunday, April 26, 4-6pmUpper Crust Cafe10909 86 Ave, EdmontonJoin Keiskamma Canada Foundation, Sombrilla, and the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation to learn more about international development work in South Africa and Latin America. Featuring art, crafts and products for sale from international partners and stories from local volunteers.Tickets: Available at the door for $10 […]
One of our very hard working and passionate board members, Marilyn Scott has prepared a series of stories from her several visits to Keiskamma Trust in South Africa. This is our second story, we hope you enjoy! Please leave us comments below if you would like to know more about a certain area […]
One of our very hard working and passionate board members, Marilyn Scott has prepared a series of stories from her several visits to Keiskamma Trust in South Africa. We are pleased to share with you the first of several, we hope you enjoy! Please leave us comments below if you would like to know […]
EXCITING NEWS! Keiskamma Canada Foundation is proud to announce that we have been selected by the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) to host the 2015 Change Your World: Alberta Youth Leadership Tour to South Africa this July! The Change Your World tour is an opportunity for five Alberta Students, Grades 9-12, to visit, […]
Very proud that two outstanding people and their work with The Keiskamma Trust and South Africa have been acknowledged in ACGC’s Top 30 under 30! Congrats Hannah Gelderman and Angalahka Mangwane. View the online magazine here.
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Contact:Marilyn Scott – 780-465-1854
October 2014
jmarilynscott@shaw.ca
ART for ART: Buy local for global impact
Fundraiser to supportvillages in Eastern Cape South Africa
In 2010, Marilyn Scott, an Edmonton writer, was searching for meaningful way to celebrate her 70th birthday. A friend invited her to attend Art for Art, a fundraiser held in Edmonton every second year […]
You might call Art for Art the pop-up shop that started before pop-up became de rigueur.
Every two years, supporters of Keiskamma Trust, a grassroots not-for-profit serving remote South African villages, stage a sale of products created by women of The Trust, coupled with a silent auction of paintings, woodworking, pottery, stained glass and other works […]
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