Sinovuyo Seniors Group

The Khayelitsha-based Sinovuyo Seniors Group provides seniors in the community with a safe place to gather during the week. Formed in 2015, the club currently comprises around 30 members.

The focus of activities involves keeping seniors active and engaged. Furthermore, the club is a place to discuss challenges affecting the elderly. Importantly, it is a locus from which to provide care and support for the elderly and frail.

Each day starts with a prayer and exercise, followed by breakfast, gardening activities, sharing stories and sports. Ladies gather to chat while knitting and crocheting blankets and scarves which they sell to raise funds for the centre. Finally, after lunch, the group cleans up, sings and ends the day with a prayer.

Through our association with Uthando South Africa, we have committed to making quarterly donations to Sinovuyo from our Ngomso Fund. This commitment provides some of the resources needed to ensure the centre remains a place of comfort and safety.

All travellers are offered authentic cultural encounters on Active Africa trips. While in Cape Town, we encourage our visitors to spend time at the Sinovuyo Seniors Club to meet these wonderful, wise souls.