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 Full 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.
Our new self-catering option
We are proud to introduce our new self-catering option! We've listened to your feedback and have introduced a new package. By removing the now optional Xhosa language lessons and providing you more choice around where to eat, we are able to make it much more affordable for you to become a part of the wonderful Immersion SA experience.
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.
FAQs
- Do I need to worry about malaria?
- Do you have an unanswered question?
- What if I can't afford it?
- Where your money goes?
- Can I create my own community project?
- What recreational activities are there?
- Is there hot water?
- Is there electricity?
- What is included?
- Do you accept people for periods less than 4 weeks?
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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