Your Learning Experience in Cape Town starts here

You fly in and we pick you up from the airport. Settle in, unpack, rest from the journey and get your bearings. Those who feel like it can join us for dinner. The programme starts the next morning.

MorningYou start the week in Khayelitsha with Khaltsha Girls Cycling, a community that helps girls and young women become more active, mobile and confident through cycling. Together you explore the neighbourhood by bike and meet the people behind the organisation.

AfternoonThen we head to the beautiful Winelands for a relaxed welcome picnic. Good food, beautiful surroundings and plenty of time to get to know the group properly.

EveningBack in Cape Town, the evening is yours.

MorningAn introduction to trauma, stress and resilience in children and young people. What stress can look like, why behaviour changes and what children may need from the adults around them.An introduction to child sexual abuse: what it is, the signals that may raise concern, and how to respond safely when something doesn't feel right.

AfternoonA rugby workshop with Jason from Just Planting Seeds, experiencing how sport can be used to work on teamwork, confidence, relationships and showing up for one another.

EveningJoin us for dinner, or have the evening to yourself.

MorningToday's training looks at what happens in the brain and body under stress: alarm systems, triggers, different stress responses and what helps a child feel safer again.Today's training looks at how abuse can happen and stay hidden: grooming, secrecy, disclosure and why warning signs are sometimes difficult to recognise.

AfternoonA creative workshop with Zaid from Butterfly Art Project, exploring how art can help children communicate, reflect and express things they find difficult to put into words.

EveningJoin us for dinner, or have the evening to yourself.

MorningA shorter training session on self-care and professional boundaries, followed by yoga with Bongi from Thembisa Ratanga. Time to look at what this work asks of you, and what helps you keep doing it well.

AfternoonFree. Read, sleep, walk, explore, have coffee or do absolutely nothing. Want something more active? You can go kayaking in Hout Bay, at an extra cost.

EveningJoin the group for dinner, or keep the evening to yourself.

MorningPractical ways to help children regulate and feel safer, and to respond to behaviour without accidentally making stress bigger.Prevention in practice: boundaries, grooming, online safety and how to talk about these topics with children in clear, age-appropriate language.

AfternoonA dance and movement workshop with Carlene from Tenacity Movement, experiencing how movement, expression and group connection build confidence and belonging with young people.

EveningJoin us for dinner, or have the evening to yourself.

MorningThe final training module focuses on working with parents, colleagues and other professionals, and on bringing everything from the week together into your own practice.What happens after a concern or disclosure: working with parents and colleagues, knowing your own role, and keeping the child's safety at the centre.

AfternoonA singing workshop with Imana Community Choir. You join in rather than watch from the side, experience what music can do in a group and meet the people who make the choir what it is.

EveningOne more relaxed Cape Town evening before the final day.

MorningWe head to Muizenberg for a surf workshop with Small Things Foundation. No experience needed. You get into the water at your own level and see how surfing can build confidence, challenge and connection.

AfternoonThen we continue around the peninsula: lunch, the penguins at Boulders Beach and the drive back along Chapman's Peak. Along the way, we look back at the week and hand out the certificates.

EveningWe finish properly at Mama Africa: dinner, live music, dancing and one last evening together.

We say goodbye. You fly home, stay a little longer in Cape Town or continue travelling through South Africa.