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Superhero Stories
Janet’s Hero Story
Who is your hero?
My hero is Angela Larkan, the Co-founder of Thanda. I was in grade 11 when Thanda first came to my school, which was the beginning of the organisation, 2010. It was a big…
Desmond and the Very Mean Word
One story we love to read is Desmond and the Very Mean Word authored by Douglas Carlton Abrams and illustrated by A.G. Ford. Based on a true story from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s childhood in South Africa, the book reveals the power of words and the secret of forgiveness. When Desmond takes his new…
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson would never have known she is a hero to so many people today as she was unrecognized in her own time. In poetry, she is known for her innovative use of form and syntax. Despite it being unusual at the time for a woman to read and…
Mnqobi’s Hero Story
Mnqobi is in Grade 4 in our After-school Programme. He enjoys skateboarding and watching movies for fun. When we asked Mnqobi who his hero is, he responded: Captain America. Why? “Because he can use his shield to protect people.” Mnqobi says he is a hero, too, because he protects his younger friend, Khanyisile, when other…
I Have a Dream – Martin Luther King Jr.
A hero is someone who never conforms and shows us the danger of a person who is always conforming, or who Dr. Martin Luther King explains is “more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace…
Spider-Man and Responsibility
Spider-Man helps us to consider what truly makes someone a hero. Is it because they are brave? Do they have super-natural powers? Are they inherently good or is good and bad closer than we think? These are some of the questions we ask our participants…
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace is a hero to us because she defied social norms to study math and science as a woman. She encourages us to break through these norms and possibly gender expectations that exist around us. Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace—better known as “Ada Lovelace”—was born in London…
Father of Two – MDex’s Hero Story
Mdedelwa “MDex” Mkhize is a Father, Mentor, Manager, and most importantly, Hero. MDex joined Thanda in 2015 as a Farming Mentor and now manages the programme. He was born in the nearby community of kwaQwabe and after matriculating, he attended Mangosuthu University of Technology where he obtained his diploma…
The Pale Blue Dot
Carl Edward Sagan is an American scientist, astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astro-biologist, and author. He inspires us because he helps us to consider our position in the universe. A facilitator training session we always come back to explores the photograph, Pale Blue Dot,…
To Be Brave
We love the movie Brave! Without giving too many spoilers away, Merida, the courageous daughter of a Scottish King and Queen, is a skilled archer who wants to carve her own path in life. Her defiance of an old-age tradition angers the lords and causes chaos in…
Musa’s Hero Story
What does the word hero mean to you? The word hero to me means someone that has played an important role in your life and made you who you are today. Someone who is everything to you. The person who always has your back…
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes is hero to us because he used his skill in writing poetry as a means to make the world a better, and more equal, place. He was an American poet, novelist, and playwright whose African-American themes made him a…
Inspiration through the Lorax
Mimi is an After-school Facilitator for grades 2 and 3. When asked who her hero is she quickly responded with a unique answer, the Lorax. Mimi sees a hero as someone who inspires others to be better people in their own lives, just as the Lorax did for the…
Ai Wei-wei
Ai Wei-wei was born in Beijing, China. He is an artist and activist who has created work in nearly every medium possible. His provocative and subversive dimension of his art in that it opposes much of the Chinese government’s initiatives, has repressed him from entirely influencing Chinese culture, as…
Creating Hero Books
When we create Hero Books in class it gives us a deeper look at the meaning of the word, ‘hero.’ In doing so we learn to see ourselves and others as heroes in our own lives. The book is comprised of perspectives and beliefs that we value and celebrate…
Marie Curie – The First Lady of Science
Marie Curie is a hero to us. She was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland and was part of a group of scientists whose work ushered in the Atomic Age we live in now. She is called the First Lady of Science and when she was 36, she became the…
