Woodstock

For awhile now the majority of the Gordon group has felt unsafe and frustrated in the neighborhood we live. We live in Woodstock, which is a rough area of Cape Town. Once the sun goes down we dare not walk past our building. If we arrive home late at night, we rush to get inside. This situation has put a big limit on our mobility in the evenings. So much so we find ourselves at home most nights.

Last week we finally had enough and decided some things needed to change. We started talking to Gordon in hopes of providing more security for us at night. The conversation reached a climax Tuesday night when Gordon told us we were relocating for the rest of the semester. The 9 of us (students) protested loudly! Simply by leaving Woodstock we were not going to escape the problem at hand. If we moved several neighborhoods over, it does not change the fact that South Africa is still a dangerous place.

The security issue has drained our emotions to say the least. We hope to soon have a solution for our next 10 weeks in South Africa.

(The building with the two peaks is ours)