NCGS Co-Executive Director Tours South Africa Schools

04/28/2008

Meg Milne Moulton, NCGS Co-Executive Director, recently accompanied Chatham Hall School on their service trip to Cape Town South Africa for two weeks.  Dr.Gary Fountain, Rector, led the delegation alongside a sampling of faculty, alumnae and students. 

"It was an eye-opening, soul-stretching experience for everyone," Ms. Moulton said.  "South Africa is a country of contrasts -- of incredible natural beauty and township rags, of hope and hopelessness,of  rich and poor, of possibility and challenge."

A week was spent working at a township primary school (a new library was one outcome) and the next week occupied by adding to a community garden that helps support individuals, a school, the greater community.  

Ms. Moulton met with girls' schools in Cape Town and enjoyed a dinner with heads of girls' public schools. A trip to Robben Island, a top tip in the Indian Ocean, and standing on the Cape of Good Hope were memorable side trips.

More about the Chatham Hall service trip can be found at www.chathamhall.com along with a blog of the trip. A photo album can be viewed by clicking here.