Our Mission

Immersion SA is about Community, Connection, Change and our mission is to CLICk - we want to connect people through Cultural and Language Immersion in Communities.

To CLICk means to relate to, to connect with or to realize. We believe that through a cultural and language experience, and an immersion in a community, people from all worlds can relate and connect with one another. The connection is mutually beneficial and develops into a sustainable relationship, through which all people are encouraged to realize truths about themselves and the world and by doing so grow as people and agents of change.

Our Program

Arrival and orientation

Arrive in Umtata under your own steam, either by road, rail or air and you will be picked up and transported to Tshani village in our prearranged transport. Here your local hosts will welcome you as you arrive in Tshani Village.

Our Location

Immersion SA is located in Tshani Village on the Wild Coast of South Africa, in an area formerly known under the apartheid government as the “Kingdom of Transkei”. This area now forms part of the Eastern Cape province.

2010 Programme Dates

A limited number of spaces are available so early booking is essential to secure your position.  

Start Date

Available Spaces

1 March 2010

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5 April 2010

6

5 May 2010

7

7 June 2010

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Please contact us using our contact form if you are interested in dates beyond June 2010.

Testimonials

Melissa A. Butler from the US

Continues to volunteer every year  

"I began working with Mdumbi and TransCape in January 2008. Kathryn supported and opened a space for me to learn alongside her and three amazing teachers (Nolutho, Kholiswa and Nokubonga) as we worked together to create a curriculum and programs for Mdumbi Preschool.

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Quotes

“If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.” – Marian Wright Edelman

“We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.” – Maria Mitchell

“The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy

“You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in.” – Heraclitus ca. 500 BC

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” –Gloria Steinem

“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.” - Georg C. Lichtenberg

“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” – Eric Hoffer

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Office 25, Oxford Gate, Hyde Park Lane
Hyde Park, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 280 6643
Fax: +27 11 280 6619
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