The Students for Humanity were part of an exciting discussion that was based on a cultural exchange we'll be doing a Netherlands-based youth activism organisation. The Students were asked, 'What would you like to know from a dutch youth in Netherlands?'. Then we asked them to write down a key word (from the discussion). Key words were scrambled amongst them and they had to pick a keyword from a pile. The keyword they ended up with was the topic of their blogpost today. Here's what they had to say on each keyword (issue): (image under the creative commons by Feuillu) Nosizwe on 'Challenge': If the question was directed to me the first thing that would come to my mind would be how things don’t always go the way I want them to. Now I would say the one challenge that most of us face would be getting our voices heard especially when people don’t even want to listen to what you have to say. We're all faced with different challenges as we aren’t raised in the same families and aren’t influenced by the same things and sometimes the decisions we make are the main source of our challenges. Nontombi on 'Influence': What influences me the ...

The Students for Humanity were part of an exciting discussion that was based on a cultural exchange we'll be doing a Netherlands-based youth activism organisation. The Students were asked, 'What would you like to know from a dutch youth in Netherlands?'. Then we asked them to write down a key word (from the discussion). Key words were scrambled amongst them and they had to pick a keyword from a pile. The keyword they ended up with was the topic of their blogpost today. Here's what they had to say on each keyword (issue): (image under the creative commons by Feuillu) Nosizwe on 'Challenge': If the question was directed to me the first thing that would come to my mind would be how things don’t always go the way I want them to. Now I would say the one challenge that most of us face would be getting our voices heard especially when people don’t even want to listen to what you have to say. We're all faced with different challenges as we aren’t raised in the same families and aren’t influenced by the same things and sometimes the decisions we make are the main source of our challenges. Nontombi on 'Influence': What influences me the ...

I have a dream about my career not dreams like most people do then they got into a cage that they are stuck of choosing at the end on which dream that they must go for. My dream is to be a guy that is dreaming the world of the new technology. I want to work with computers for the rest of my life. Everyday I am on my cell phone because I haven’t own a computer yet, just surfing the net and figuring how it works and how it is operating. Fast cars, I like them so much and even dreaming of driving one. I like racing as I like competing at school, actually doing that with myself. I want to drive. I would love to own a house that is designed by me, because I love things that I own and one day say “That thing was designed by me”. And not thinking of marrying, the reason would be because I love my job than anything else. I also want to be a body builder and even be part of the World Wrestling. By the one and only, Siphe Mananga (Mr. Nice Guy). My dream is to ...

The Students For Humanity got a chance to show their talents, share their thoughts and collaborate with other conscious humanity soldiers at Pan African Space Station (PASS). PASS is an online freeform radio station with a realtime space (on Long Street, Cape Town) where people can meet and talk, perform, play music, laugh, love and create. Check out www.panafricanspacestation.org.za to hear podcasts of what happened on the 13th September. Here's what the students had to say about their experience.

Hi, my name’s Daria. I’m 23 years old Ukrainian girl. I love smiling, reading books, learning new things, traveling all around the world and universe. In fact, I’m an ordinary girl and I have a gigantic dream-to become a translator and help people understand each other and live in peace and harmony. And I strongly hope to achieve my goals. But there is one thing that I will never be able to do- I’ll never be able use my legs and hands the way people of my age do… I am the first and very beloved child of my amazing parents. They are my great supporters. My parents were looking forward to having a baby but the day of my birth turned into a nightmare for them. The first words my mom heard from the doctors were “Your daughter has no eyes and you should better leave her at the nursing home for disabled people, as  she’s like a vegetable and you shouldn’t sacrifice  your life because of such a child”…You can only imagine my mom’s horror after such terrible statements. Although she was lost for words but in her heart she knew that she would never leave her daughter…Some hours later it turned out that I did have normal eyes but there was something wrong with my legs ...

Hi, my name’s Daria. I’m 23 years old Ukrainian girl. I love smiling, reading books, learning new things, traveling all around the world and universe. In fact, I’m an ordinary girl and I have a gigantic dream-to become a translator and help people understand each other and live in peace and harmony. And I strongly hope to achieve my goals. But there is one thing that I will never be able to do- I’ll never be able use my legs and hands the way people of my age do… I am the first and very beloved child of my amazing parents. They are my great supporters. My parents were looking forward to having a baby but the day of my birth turned into a nightmare for them. The first words my mom heard from the doctors were “Your daughter has no eyes and you should better leave her at the nursing home for disabled people, as  she’s like a vegetable and you shouldn’t sacrifice  your life because of such a child”…You can only imagine my mom’s horror after such terrible statements. Although she was lost for words but in her heart she knew that she would never leave her daughter…Some hours later it turned out that I did have normal eyes but there was something wrong with my legs ...

Dear South Africa, I am one of the proudly South African youth that does not find Caster`s problem funny. We all know that Caster`s gender is neither a boy nor a girl, she is a hermaphrodite as we have seen and heard from the media. We as the group of students from COSAT running the organisation and website studentsforhumanity.com, do not find this matter as amusing as the media does. In considering this matter we think that at the moment the S.A`s 800m gold medalist Caster Semenya needs our support regarding to her situation. I, personally, never liked this thing gender testing but in sports it is all about fair play. If Caster was not tested and continued her career it would be unfair to her competitors. It is not up to us to decide what and how should be done. So we have to watch and correct what’s being done wrongly by the government. All and all I would like all the South African and others to support Caster Semenya during these hard times of her life. Regards, Yamkela (Yara) Hlehliso Dear Managers of sports, I'm one of the students that are part of the organisation called ...

Everyone now is turning into a Rasta out there. The Rastafarian religion is becoming popular nowadays especially to the youngsters of South Africa. You now find your brother not eating meat and starting to wear the Rastafarian colours. Maybe if you are having a conversation he will start to talk about the great Haile Selassie because he calls himself a Rastafarian. Now the question is what attracts them in Rastafarism? Could it be the colours, the style, the dreadlocks, the rituals, the gatherings that they have, where they sing and do poetry or just maybe the fact that Rastas are spiritually using what they call the holy herb (marijuana or ganja)? The Rastafarians have their god, Haile Selassie I, who died in 1975. The Rastafarians don’t believe that he died because they claim that there was never a grave for him. They recall that Selassie was the greatest mighty. The Rastafarians do not believe in schools either, because they believe that what you are being taught in schools is to fool you into seeing things the way you went suppose to see them. They also are against the law that allows people of the same sex to be involved with each ...

I am Iran Masebeni and I live in Cape Town in a big township called khayelitsha I live with my Aunt, half sister, 2 cousin sisters, 1 cousin brother my Uncle with his 2 children. I am currently doing grade 11 in COSAT (Centre Of Science And Technology). When I was young living with my mom never knowing who my father was, calling everyone who comes in to my mother’s life my “father” so at that time I was around the age of 5. I tried to ask my mother that , who is my Father , but she would always ignore as if she didn’t hear me but all of that to me it seemed as if she doesn’t care if I know him or not. MY STORY BEGINS!!!! Once lived a boy whose name is Iran in a very big family of 10 people that his grandma, mom, his mom’s twin sister, his mom’s twin sister had 4 children his mother 3. This was the house of joy nothing was ever wrong. They were not rich, actually , they were poor but that did not stop them because each and every time they would look after each other in hard times ...