The Internship

While completing our final semester in the Masters program at the UT School of Social Work, our roles at Botshabelo will be as Clinical Social Worker interns. There we will participate in therapeutic processes with children of all ages, as well as adults and families in the village that surrounds the orphanage. Though we are not quite sure what our days will look like...we are certain that our time in South Africa will be an incredible journey filled with joy, challenge, uncertainty, connection, learning, peace, laughter, sadness, and most importantly, growth.


About Botshabelo

The Cloete family started Botshabelo 20 years ago--out of the darkness of apartheid--where Con and Marian (the couple) spent their entire life's savings to care for the children of South Africa. Con and Marian, along with their three adult daughters, their partners, and their children, established Botshabelo as a place where about 150 children without families could have a place to belong. Ilene and Ayla will also call Botshabelo home for the next four months, living and working alongside these amazing individuals.
Since 1990, Botshabelo has worked to become a self-sustaining community and, more importantly, a place of safety and family to South Africa's AIDS orphans and economic orphans. The community includes an orphanage, school, village, medical clinic and organic farm.

To learn more about our new home, visit: www.botshabelo.org

Friday, January 15, 2010

this is a magical fanny pack, given to me by my girl tara. this fanny pack has been all around europe, and already around africa once. it has had many owners, who each had a rad foreign adventure. this fanny pack has some seriously good juju. and yes, that is a brontosaurus eating some leafy greens on the right (you cant touch this kind of awesomeness).
in other news i leave tomorrow morning, and i feel damn good about it.
ayla
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  1. UnknownJanuary 16, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    Hey Lyssie:
    Nice looking fanny pack.
    (Are we there yet?)
    How was the food en route? You probably ate 22 meals on the plane by this time.
    (Are we there yet?)
    Rest and blog when you regain consciousness.
    Unc D

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  2. UnknownJanuary 18, 2010 at 8:48 AM

    Ayla! I am so glad you have this blog so that I can satisfy my missings of you. I am also glad you have the fanny pack. Best wishes, my friend. I miss you but am happy you are where you are right now.

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