Before attending Human Rights
weekend, it was all we could talk about at the house, it seemed to be the
conversation of the week. I think the most exciting part about Human Rights weekend;
at least for me it was that there was going to be just as many people from Cape
Town and other parts of African than of us. We were going to be exposed to a
whole variety of cultures, at least cultures that I was never exposed to before
Human Rights Weekend.
Besides meeting different people, I
was extremely excited for the food, since I was told that over the weekend we
were going to get pampered with amazing food. Which we did, it was extremely
nice to know that we weren’t responsible for getting our own food.
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| Jen introducing herself to group |
In the beginning we were given 30 minutes
to be able to know each other’s name, it was very challenging because most of
the people from Africa Unite have names that I was not used to hearing, and on
top of that I am horrible at remembering people’s names, it was like mission
impossible for me. But as time went on I was able to remember at least about a
30% of everyone’s’ name.
Working on the UN project was fun,
we had to represent a country from Africa in the UN’s Assembly and the winner
would get 1 billion dollars for their country. Every group got creative
since we didn’t have many materials to work with. Everyone had tons of fun
working together and getting to know each other. It was very interesting
getting to know everyone and learning some of their culture, like for example
some people remove their front four teeth to be able to kiss better and
fit into a social status. I personally found that fascinating, it is
completely different from our customs.
Also it is very common for a dad to not be present at their child’s birth
and it is considered a norm for them to wait a couple of days before meeting
their child. During our Human Rights
weekend I was able to learn a little more about the many communities.  |
| Jen receiving her Human Rights Training certificate from Ntombi |
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