Nearly time...

I’m so excited I can smell the Rhino dung from here!

After 11 years with Millennium Kids (MK), it’s finally time for me to visit Millennium Kids Global Project (MKGP) South Africa. I first met Steve and some of the MKGP crew when I was 16 at the Kids Helping KidsConference in Pinjarra (Western Australia). I was lucky enough to be included in a workshop session where our South African friends shared a little about how they grew up in the villages of North West Province, on the border of South Africa and Botswana.

After hearing their stories and getting a fuller insight into the harshness of their world in comparison to my own – battling poverty, illness and even becoming the head of their families at 14 years old –I was desperately hoping to fade into the background and not be asked about my own life. I can still feel my cheeks burn when asked todescribe my own lifestyle – it’s a very humbling experience when yourbiggest problem is trying to find a pair of tights without a hole for ballet class….

Now its almost time to jump in the back of the ‘bucky’ (or ute for you Aussies), alongside Catrina (CEO MK Australia), Tonia (Teacher – St Hilda’s AGS) and John-Henry (Aquinas College student) for a 12 day adventure, learning as much as we can from the amazingly resilient and resourceful members of the MK family and continue to build our unique and rewarding partnership.

8 sleeps and counting….

Megan
Millennium Kids Alumni Director