Rosalind consulting with client.

During my time with SAWIP in 2008, we spent World Refugee Day at the National Geographic Headquarters in DC watching a documentary filmed in Uganda, War Dance. The story centred around three children – all members of the Acholi ethnic group, living in the remote northern Uganda refugee camp of Patongo under the military protection from the Lord's Resistance Army.

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As part of a new partnership, the South Africa-Washington International Program will have a featured blog on Africa.com’s front page over the next fifteen weeks. Every Monday, one of our students will share their thoughts on issues from youth development to African politics.

Hosted by: Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

The SAWIP Annual Congressional Forum brings together esteemed Members of Congress and members of the SAWIP community for an opportunity to hear the personal stories of young South Africans' trials and triumphs in a struggle for reconciliation in a post-conflict society; and to be inspired by their visions for this emerging African power.

Give 15 ambitious, energetic South African students 4 days in New York City, and the result, year after year, is a sleepless ambassadorial adventure narrated by diplomatic discussions by day, punctuated by Broadway lights and $1 pizza by night.

Washington, DC
June 26, 2012

On June 26th, the South Africa-Washington International Program (SAWIP), in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, hosted its inaugural Public Discussion Forum, focusing on critical topics under the over-arching theme of South Africa: Transforming Tomorrow.

SAWIP invites you to an evening featuring thoughtful conversation, inspirational stories, and a chance to meet South Africa’s future leaders, Tuesday June 26th.

It is not every day that one gets access to people of such high office as the United States Ambassador to South Africa. It is even less likely for one to be granted private audience with such an individual, after all, this is the personal representative of the President of the United States in South Africa—no doubt one of the busiest people in the world. Thus, the SAWIP Class of 2012 was doubly privileged to be hosted by The Honourable Ambassador Donald Gips at the US Consulate-General in Cape Town on Tuesday 29 May.

On the serene outskirts of the Western Cape, lies a very unique piece of architecture. Not just any type of architecture - this building is a symbol of hope, opportunity and love for humanity.

The South Africa-Washington International Program has hosted its first two 2012 dialogue sessions. Leading thinkers, SAWIP alumni, the 2012 Team and invited guests have rigorously engaged on the topic: Active citizenship - Realising South Africa’s Full Potential’.

The SAWIP 2012 Team visited Butterfly House, Drakenstein Palliative Hospice in Paarl, on Friday 11 May, as part of the SAWIP curriculum theme of Public Health Care in South Africa. The visit coincided with the South African national Hospice Week and its 21st anniversary.