Celebrating our Heritage with UNITE
Heritage Day is a South African public holiday that encourages citizens to celebrate their diverse cultures, beliefs, nationalities, and traditions alongside one another. Students from participating schools in Scalabrini’s UNITE program came together to celebrate Heritage Day and wrap up UNITE for this year.
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What does integration mean to you?
Here at Scalabrini, one of our main goals is the peaceful integration between migrants, refugees and citizens. Integration is not only about how hosts treat foreigners; it is about how migrants and refugees integrate themselves in different ways.
This womens month, we asked two women from Zimbabwe their thoughts.
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The impact of being an undocumented child
Did you know that, in international law, it is a child’s right to have a name, a nationality and immediate birth registration? South Africa is signatory to several international conventions that spell this out.* Here in South Africa, these rights are further enshrined in our Constitution, which confirms that all children in South Africa – regardless of nationality – have ‘the right to a name and a nationality from birth.’
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Victoria Assenza: English School Volunteer
Victoria is from France and studying political science at the University of Cape Town. She discovered Scalabrini while doing research for my thesis. She is currently a volunteer at the English School.
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Willem Wapenaar: Advocacy Volunteer
Willem is from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He is currently volunteering with the Advocacy department and discusses his experiences here.
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