South Africa - The Lions on the Road: Cycling London to Cape Town - page 326

IspenttheremainderofmysixweeksinSouthAfricawithonefamily-theBoulles.
I was offered a room and quickly settled in. I met three of their five children, Mark, Cathy
and David. Cathy,Ifoundto be a remarkable woman. She worked as a social worker in the
townships and when there were uprisings she would hide in the vehicle as it entered so she
could continue her work. Mark was a high school student who I got on pretty well with.
He was, by the way, the beneficiary of my KFC coupons that I received after my Radio
Algoa interview in Port Elizabeth. David lived with his girlfriend and it was his room that
I occupied.
I used the Boulle's home as my office. Once I started visiting schools, advertising
was by word-of-mouth and the staff had their colleagues in other schools call me at home
to arrange a visit. I had to set up a schedule for at times I would squeeze three schools in
one day. At each venue, I cycled in full gear and repeated the same message: be thankful
and just get involved. Aside from all the school presentations, my schedule included meet-
ings at the STC-Cape Town office, project visitations, and media interviews including the
Catholic newspaper, The Southern Cross.
CathydroppedmeoffatSTC-CapeTown'smainofficeformyfirstmeetingwithits
director,RoseanneWilson.Sheorganizedavisittooneoftheirprojects,acollaborative ef-
fort between STC-Cape Town and a local non-governmental organization, SHAWCO. The
project was in Khayelitsha, a shantytown on the outskirts of Cape Town just off the N2,
where we distributed food and clothing.