Creative and sweet Heritage Day for Spooktown kids

Resident and founder of Shepperd Community Resource Centre Setyenzwa Makibi hosted a successful Heritage Day event and had more than 60 children from the community come to take part in creative activities on the day.

This was on September 24 at the W4 Spooktown informal settlement and the event was aimed at teaching children life skills and creativity in general.

In an interview with the Herald, Makibi said more children came out to the event than she had anticipated.

I am really thrilled with the outcome. We were initially expecting 30 children but the event attracted more than 60 and that really made us happy. We were glad to have entertained that many children and put a smile on their faces. It was evident that some of the children hadn’t had that much fun in a while,” said Makibi.

They had to think out of the box and improvise to try to accommodate those who came in at a later stage.

“We initially asked for donations of food items and stationery for at least 30 children but more people trickled in, which was beautiful. We had to stretch our resources to make sure that no one felt left out.

As a result, we had to teach the children to make their own paint using flour, salt, water and food colouring so that they too could join in on the activities and enjoy what we were doing on the day,” said Makibi, who added that she appreciated the support she received from the parents who allowed their children to attend her event.

She received donations in the form of food and snacks from the Randfontein Publicity Association (RPA), and stationery items were donated by One Stop Stationery.

According to Makibi, the donations made the event possible and she was grateful to those who offered a helping hand.