James Gillespie’s link with Zwelibanzi School is a model for others
Desmond Tutu
to follow, enriching young people in Edinburgh and in South Africa
for more than a decade.
On 2 April 2009, to raise funds for the James Gillespie’s Global Citizenship Africa Project, 200 guests enjoyed a celebration of two cultures: Scotland and Africa with an evening of music, song and dance at Zuluceilidh, sponsored by Bizlinx and hosted by Linda Fabiani MSP (Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture) at Mansfield Traquair, Broughton Street, Edinburgh
As well as the opportunity to buy some wonderful jewellery from Scotland’s finest designers and the craftswomen of Umlazi township in South Africa, there was a cultural presentation by the young global citizens of James Gillespie’s High School, which included Highland pipes, Zulu drumming, an African choir, gum boot dancers, Highland dancers, music, songs, poems and prose.
Over the course of the evening an amazing £5900 was raised for the James Gillespie’s Global Citizenship Africa Project.