Project Zulu choir makes a welcome return
The Project Zulu community choir made a welcome return to St Andrew’s Prep this week. The 24 strong group arrived from the Madadeni Township in South Africa on Monday evening with teachers from their school and Project Zulu representatives and immediately made friends with the boarders eager to welcome them to our community.
After an overnight stay in the school pavilion, the choir taught the Year 1 and 2 pupils their renowned Gum Boot Dance which the children loved. The choir, aged between 9 and 15, then performed two workshops with the St Andrew’s children from Years 3 and 5 and taught each year group a traditional folk song, with dance movements, which they sang a cappella. The children interacted beautifully and threw themselves into the challenge.
The aim of Project Zulu is to raise funds to support the educational development and community opportunities within the Madadeni Township, KwaZulu-Natal to increase lifelong learning prospects for young people.
All funds raised by the tour will go towards the building of new classrooms at Sithobelumthetho Primary School to help reduce overcrowding in their classes. The children are currently taught with over sixty pupils per class.
