THE DAY OF THE EVENT

 On the 13 September it was the last day of 1^st year journalism class with the Lujiza pupils. They were launching a book which had the stories that the Lujiza pupils wrote while they were still visiting them. It was a beautiful day but a sad day at the same time because it was the last time they were engaging with Lujiza as the project they were doing with them came to an end. Also they were celebrating the 2^nd birthday of Eastern Cape For Africa foundation which was started last year. They were also celebrating the fact that ECFAF gave them the opportunity to do this project. The journalism class gave the Lujiza pupils certificates of acknowledgement in participating in the programme. Their teachers were also there to witness the work that their pupils have been doing for the past 4 weeks that the journalism class students were working with them to build those stories. Seeing the book they were launching was so overwhelming for them as they remembered how hard those pupils were working towards trying to come up with the beautiful stories that they came up with. They were very eager to write their own stories. The journalism class was so proud when they read the stories that was wrote by the pupils because they knew that they contributed in the pupils having to write such interesting stories. The journalism class taught the Lujiza pupils some of the things they now know about writing and they were able to apply them on their writings. It felt good to know that they have passed those pupils a skill in writing that was given to them by their lecturer and they are certain that some of those children will not abandon the skill but will grow with it to become professional writers one day.