As those who follows us will have noticed, we have moved the production of materials for FUNDAmental Skills to this blog, while the original one is reserved for commentary and dealing with a range of issues, from communication to education approaches and management. All news relating to the MONEYmental videos will also shift, from now on, to this blog.
MONEYmental inches forward, as our committed volunteers have time and money to come and have the materials videographed and the voice-overs done. In the mean time, there is the very worrying issue of food security. A visit to a Pick'nPay after eight on Sunday night drove the reality home harshly, again: A dazed and confused little boy of about 8 was standing around the entrance of the store, and was herded away by security personnel. Not too kindly, either. The car guard, not a South African, commented that these kids were naughty, they were from ---- township near Kuilsrivier, and this one was lost and didn't know how to get back. But the kid is HUNGRY, I pointed out to the car guard - surely he wouldn't have walked all the way from there to the supermarket if he didn't think there might be someone kind enough to give him something? Why, asked the car guard, do these people keep on having children if they can't feed them?
Of course, the usual high horsemen can point out that this guy was not a South African and he shouldn't have anything to say about the matter. But whatever one's feelings about THAT issue, the fact remains: too many of our children are hungry, and cannot use their few educational opportunities to the maximum if their brains are not operating properly for lack of food.
If we educate, we must also make sure that part is taken care of. That is why we are producing, over the next two weeks, the little video: "How to Produce your own food in small spaces". The size of the space will vary from a discarded chip packet (we are big on recycling and limiting waste at FUNDAmental Skills!) to broken oil containers to discarded and un-recyclable tyres.
As always, we intend producing the clip in all South African languages, so we are urging speakers to come forward and helping with the translation and voice-over of the clip. It will entail coming to our premises to put the voice down, and we are happy to discuss reward with interested parties. DM us!
MONEYmental inches forward, as our committed volunteers have time and money to come and have the materials videographed and the voice-overs done. In the mean time, there is the very worrying issue of food security. A visit to a Pick'nPay after eight on Sunday night drove the reality home harshly, again: A dazed and confused little boy of about 8 was standing around the entrance of the store, and was herded away by security personnel. Not too kindly, either. The car guard, not a South African, commented that these kids were naughty, they were from ---- township near Kuilsrivier, and this one was lost and didn't know how to get back. But the kid is HUNGRY, I pointed out to the car guard - surely he wouldn't have walked all the way from there to the supermarket if he didn't think there might be someone kind enough to give him something? Why, asked the car guard, do these people keep on having children if they can't feed them?
Of course, the usual high horsemen can point out that this guy was not a South African and he shouldn't have anything to say about the matter. But whatever one's feelings about THAT issue, the fact remains: too many of our children are hungry, and cannot use their few educational opportunities to the maximum if their brains are not operating properly for lack of food.
If we educate, we must also make sure that part is taken care of. That is why we are producing, over the next two weeks, the little video: "How to Produce your own food in small spaces". The size of the space will vary from a discarded chip packet (we are big on recycling and limiting waste at FUNDAmental Skills!) to broken oil containers to discarded and un-recyclable tyres.
As always, we intend producing the clip in all South African languages, so we are urging speakers to come forward and helping with the translation and voice-over of the clip. It will entail coming to our premises to put the voice down, and we are happy to discuss reward with interested parties. DM us!
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