Mentors and mentees participated with great enthusiasm in the crazy sports day hosted by the Rachel's Angels Trust on Heritage Day in Stellenbosch. Teams competed in fun activities including wheelbarrow races, sack races, an egg on a spoon obstacle race, human foosball, a challenging water activity, a pizza making session and a South African heritage quiz.

 

A group of students from the University of Stellenbosch in collaboration with the Rachel’s Angels Trust participated in the Annual Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday 23 April 2011, to raise money for less fortunate farm schools. The ‘Rachel’s Angels Two Oceans Initiative’ was the first of its kind ever to be hosted by the Rachel’s Angels, and the proceeds of this pilot project will go toward the literacy and numeracy project of Raithby Primary school, a farm school adjacent to Stellenbosch.

To signal the start of a new academic year, the Media24 Rachel’s Angels Trust hosted their Inaugural Annual Lecture at New Orleans Secondary School in Paarl on the 2^nd of February 2011.

The keynote address was delivered by Professor Jonathan Jansen, rector of the University of the Free State and author of Knowledge in the Blood. The theme of his address – Why you shouldn’t believe the Senior Certificate results and what to do about it – provoked interesting discussions and opinions during a 30 minute Q&A session.