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Cape Town 2014 Review

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Africa 2014 Photo Gallery Just over 50 young people and adults made the pilgrimage to the Khayelitsha informal settlement this year for the YMP spring trip.   ( Click for Photo Gallery of trip ) Though this was the smallest group we have taken in some time, the group made up from Wales and Canada buckled down to help expand a   1400 sq/ft pre-school for 160 kids to over 5000 sq/ft in just 2 weeks.   With some help from local Cape Town businesses, The Power group and Johnson cranes, along with support from the DOCKS church in Mitchell’s plain, the project allowed young people to learn new skills and that they can make a difference in the world they live in.    We must always remember that we go on trips of this nature not to entertain youth, but to inspire them to the possibility of what they can do if they put their mind to it.   The answer is that youth (and adults) can do most anything if their heart is in it.   Often day one is filled with very timid, very cau