Zimasa Community School is a public primary school located in Langa, Cape Town’s oldest black township. They serve kindergarten through ninth grade with over 1,400 students and have been operating for over forty years. It is one of the best schools in the township and sends graduates to some of the best high schools in Cape Town.
TESTIMONIALS
Patrick Duffey
Fall 2009
As a service learner, I work alongside the deputy principal and teach a ninth grade life orientation class. The subject matter covers a variety of topics including HIV prevention, South African culture, healthy living, and politics. I have been encouraged to start new projects with the students. During a unit on physical education, I worked with the staff to organize a hiking trip. Also, with it being the last year of primary school, I am working with the deputy principal on a career day with local professionals from Langa.
Working at Zimasa has been one of the best experiences of my life. Welcoming and friendly, the staff is very helpful and has assisted me the entire way. The entire staff has grown up in the townships of Cape Town, with the majority from Langa and some even attended Zimasa. It can be difficult at times because I only teach two days a week. Organizing projects or assigning tasks was tough because I would often not see the students for a week at a time. As an American, the students love to discuss the differences between the two cultures. Although I am only five or six years older than my students, the staff appreciates the opportunity to give the students a peer role model who is absent in a community filled with gang violence and unemployment.
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