Group Project at the Blue Roof

Besides working at our own site, we wanted to do a few service projects as a group. We spent one afternoon painting at the Blue Roof Wellness Centre. The Blue Roof is a clinic funded generously by Alicia Keys and the Stephen Lewis Foundation that provides a wide range of services (from medication and home-based care to nutritional support) to those suffering from HIV/AIDs in the Wentworth community. Though, most of the building is beautifully painted, spacious and bright, one back hallway was in great need of a new coat.

We worked on three walls. The hall will be used for capacity-building. It will be set up as a mock-market and people will be able to learn the basics of starting and running a business, among other things. We hope that through our paintings we can bring encouragement and inspiration to those walking the hall.

We painted the Zulu words for "joy" and "peace" under the rainbow.


Here we are with our hand prints. Though this project took a few hours longer than expected, it was well worth our effort. It is something tangible, something that will last long after we leave. We hope that while it stands, it brings "injabulo" to others.