Saturday in Khayelitsha

Thanks to some great networking done by Hazar, she, Margaret and I spent today working with Doctors Without Borders and Treatment Action Campaign in Khayelitsha.  Our job was to go from shack to shack encouraging people to come to our tent and get tested for HIV.  Again, language was a major barrier to us being independently successful, but our guides did a great job and it was simultaneously intriguing and disconcerting to follow them in and out of informal township homes that, before, we had only seen from a distance.  We also spent a significant amount of time being entertained by dancing children and entertaining those children with our cameras. After coming back to town, we hit up our favorite deli for some hot cocoa and pizza.

Outside of the tent used for testing.

Kids dancing at the testing site to attract crowds. 

Hazar and Margaret dancing with the kids, attracting larger crowds.

They loved pictures and sometimes smiling.

Show time.

A quick shot of the Daily Deli which is both its actual name and an accurate description of our visit behavior.  It is the best place in our neighborhood for pizza or coffee or fresh produce or second dessert; anything really, it's the best.