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Lube Lounge March 2007


A) Our guests, Yve, Brett and Ilana
B) Some of the teens enjoying the event
C) Mark Sampson doing his comedy routine

OIL's first Lube Lounge for 2007 was by far one of the funniest that we have had. This Lube Lounge theme was 'Comedy' and we had a great evening laughing with our guests.

Over 180 teens attended the evening, where we were treated to some serious comedic talent which varied from coming from our very own Fish Hoek Valley to as far out as Stellenbosch. Our guests were Brett Anderson, Ilana Wetzler & Yve, who treated us to a series of Improvisation Games which were hysterical, as well as our very own Mark Sampson who made us all sit back and laugh at our own cultures for 15 minutes of stand up. The guests were also interviewed and they as well as the teens were given the chance to challenge as well as be challenged about their lives and their life choices that they have made.

The evening as a whole was a great success and we would like thank:

ˇ Ocean View Bus services as well as St. James Primary bus service for their generous support.

ˇ Fish Hoek Senior High school -for allowing us to use their wonderful venue

ˇ Stephanie Skirving and Dave Shepard particularly-For making it possible to use the schools couches! Without you, we would have our guests on hard seats ;-)

ˇ Ilana Wetzler for supplying us with the décor for the evening!

ˇ All our guests for coming through and treating us to a little bit of YOU!

Track 2 and 3 Training 2007


A) Euodia balancing the marshmallow in one of the games.
B) Throwing water balloons as far as possible without breaking was quite a challenge!
C) Group work is integral to the experiential learning.

Yep! It's 2007 and we are back on track and ready to equip youth to be role models and agents of change in their communities. On the 7th February, we hosted a training day for Track 2 & 3 peer educators. It was a bright colourful Wednesday as the team of Oil set off to King of Kings Baptist Church for our first event of the year.

The day started off with an icebreaker, which broke them up into integrated teams. This game involved getting a tennis ball, an orange, a balloon and a marshmallow using toothpicks from the start of their team's line to the end of the line using various body parts. This broke down barriers and definitely fostered team spirit with each other for the remainder of the day. The teens were trained in their seperate tracks on topics such as:

Reaching my goals

Conflict resolution

Rights & Values

Team work

The rest of the day was enjoyed by all when team building games included activities which involved water balloons and good old fashioned team spirit, with prizes to be won by the winning teams.

The reason for running this training day each year is for the Track two and Track three peer educators from all four communities to come together and get to share their different issues which they are facing as agents of change in their communities, as well as kick start the training for the year. These peers educators have been in the programme for one to two years which means they are already good role models and they are already willing to make a difference in their communities. We see this by their show of support, participation and commitment. This is very exciting group of leaders to work with.

Lube Lounge October 2006

OIL's October Lube Lounge was the very last one of 2006 and was by far one of the greatest that we have had. The weather was great, the venue was awesome and we had over 160 teens attending the evening. Another bonus of the evening, was when we were treated to some serious rap talent during the competition portion of the evening. The incredible talent was from our very own Fish Hoek Valley!

The theme of evening of was young achievers in the sport arena and we were lucky to have some very dynamic guests to interview live on the evening. Brent Stevens who plays for the Vodacom Western Province rugby team joined us, as well as Gareth Hayden who will be playing for the Men's Open World Cup Touch Rugby Team in January for South Africa and as a surprise guest, we had Kirsty Woods who plays for South African Women's Touch Rugby team.

The evening as a whole was a great success, as not only did the guests inspire the youth to have vision for their lives, but to also show us all that:
1. skin colour and gender should not be barrier to reach your dreams
2. anything is possible-if you persist and have patience

Kirsty definitely showed the teens that women can play touch rugby just as well as any man!

We would like to thank:

Golden Arrow-for their generous support

Fish Hoek Civic Centre - for allowing us to use their wonderful venue

Fish Hoek Senior High School as well as Stephanie Skirving and Dave Shepperd particularly for making it possible to use their the school's couches! Without you, we would have our guests on hard seats ;-)

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