Drumming up a storm for justice and peace

November 22, 2025 / edwinarrison / Leave a comment

WhatsApp weekly update: 17–22 November 2025

Taizé here and in France

This morning about 40 young adults will gather at Volmoed for a “Taizé day” under the theme “Advent hope for young people”. Besides the local young people, there will be 15 young people from Khayelitsha in Cape Town and others from across the Western Cape.

Also, one of our delegates to Taizé in France (Cleo) returns home this morning after five weeks in France due to personal reasons. We will embrace her upon her return. We have been getting photographs and videos from Masixole: this week they experienced snow in France!

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Global hearts, local beats: VYLTP and the township welcome

November 15, 2025 / edwinarrison / Leave a comment

WhatsApp weekly update 10-15 November 2025

A year ago, we were in the USA on our “Drumming for unity and healing” tour. It was a few days after Trump’s election and many people felt encouraged by our presence.

Yesterday I counted that we have at least seven USA groups and one group from Canada visiting us in 2026.

6 overseas tourists=1 job

Township tourism
VYLTP

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The VYLTP drummers of Hermanus

January 25, 2023 / edwinarrison / 2 Comments

These talented young adults can make a special event even more special.

When and how did they come into being? Read the interesting story on how drumming has empowered young people and brought sheer joy to everyone involved, from the drummers, to the sponsors, to the audience. Make a booking – their performance is guaranteed to liven up your event.

The Volmoed Youth Drumming project >>