A2A Safaris - Eventshttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/tags/eventsenMandela Day at Singita Sabi Sandhttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/mandela-day-singita-sabi-sand<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead”</strong> – Nelson Mandela</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-12576" alt="Mandela Day 2015 at Singita Sabi Sand" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image2.jpg" width="1958" height="1188" /></a></p>
<p>Supporting the people who live in and around Singita’s reserves is an important part of maintaining the balance between sustainable tourism, community upliftment and environmental conservation. As part of this hands-on approach to community development, the staff at <a href="http://singita.com/regions/singita-sabi-sand/" target="_blank">Singita Sabi Sand</a> in South Africa celebrated <a href="http://www.mandeladay.com/" target="_blank">Mandela Day</a> this past Saturday with a feeding initiative for the children at two local care centres. Guests were invited to join in the making of sandwiches which were then packaged and delivered to the care centres in the neighbouring village of Justicia.</p>
<p>The voluntary involvement of the guests was especially touching, as was the visit by some of them to assist with the distribution of the sandwiches to 350 hungry children. It was a joyful and heart-rending tribute to Mr Mandela’s legacy and especially his commitment to stopping child hunger. It is a desire that Singita shares as part of its community development objectives; a dedication to saving the world, one sandwich at a time.</p>
<p><em>Mandela Day is held on 18 July every year to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday and in recognition of the life’s work of this great man. Please visit <a href="http://www.mandeladay.com/content/landing/what-can-i-do" target="_blank">mandeladay.com</a> to find out how you can become a Madiba changemaker and make every day Mandela Day.</em></p>
<p><em>You can find out more about Singita’s community projects <a href="http://singita.com/community/" target="_blank">here</a>.</em></p>
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</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/events" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Events</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/sabi-sand" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sabi Sand</a></div></div>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 06:07:36 +0000Anonymous1286 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/mandela-day-singita-sabi-sand#commentsChristmas Continues at Singita Ebony Lodgehttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/christmas-continues-singita-ebony-lodge<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_5.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8339" alt="Christmas at Singita Ebony Lodge" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_5.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/ebony-lodge/" target="_blank">Singita Ebony Lodge</a> has been a hive of activity over the past few days. On Saturday, the team set about adding some festive flair to the public areas and guest suites with homemade wreaths and a dried thorn tree that serves as the main Christmas tree for the lodge. Tomorrow while the guests are on the evening game drive, each suite will receive its own small, decorated acacia tree while the wooden deck overlooking the Sand River is dotted with hurricane lamps that will twinkle in the enclosing dusk.</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_11.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8335" alt="Christmas at Singita Ebony Lodge" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_11.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_21.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8336" alt="Christmas at Singita Ebony Lodge" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_21.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>They will return to find a carefully selected gift for each man, woman and child underneath their personal Christmas tree, as well as sparkling wine with the first turn down and cherry truffle at the second. The lodge will be brimming with festive cheer by the time they awake on Christmas morning, ready to gather together over candle-lit tables, open a few crackers and share in the wonderful spirit of the day.</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_8.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8342" alt="Christmas at Singita Ebony Lodge" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_8.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_9.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8343" alt="Christmas at Singita Ebony Lodge" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_9.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>The kitchen team will serve a celebratory feast, along with extra treats throughout the day, such as these delectable red velvet cakes that are topped with gilded cherries:</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8333" alt="Red Velvet Cake Recipe | Singita Ebony Lodge" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/redvelvet_1.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Ingredients – what you will need:</strong></p>
<p>For the sponge:<br />
350g cake flour<br />
300g sugar<br />
5ml bicarbonate of Soda<br />
5ml cocoa powder<br />
250ml buttermilk or yoghurt<br />
2 eggs<br />
250ml vegetable oil<br />
5ml white vinegar<br />
25ml red food colouring<br />
5ml vanilla essence</p>
<p>For the cream cheese icing:<br />
500g cream cheese<br />
200ml cream<br />
100g icing sugar<br />
5ml cinnamon<br />
5ml vanilla essence</p>
<p><strong>Method – what to do:</strong></p>
<p>Preheat the oven to 180°C.<br />
In a large bowl sift the flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa powder.<br />
In another mixing bowl combine the buttermilk, eggs, oil, vinegar, food colouring and vanilla essence.<br />
Mix into the flour mixture and pour the batter into cake pans.<br />
Bake for 30-40 minutes then remove from the oven and allow to cool.<br />
For the icing, place everything into a mixing bowl and whisk until thick and smooth.<br />
Place into a piping bag and pipe onto the cake once the sponge has cooled.</p>
<p><em>If you’re a baking fan, you’ll find <a href="http://singita.com/?s=baking" target="_blank">plenty of delightful recipes</a> on the blog with an African twist to inspire you. Highlights include <a href="http://singita.com/blog/chocolate-and-walnuts/" target="_blank">Double Chocolate Walnut Biscotti</a>, <a href="http://singita.com/blog/let-them-eat-cake/" target="_blank">Apple Caramel Cake</a> and traditional <a href="http://singita.com/blog/christmas-baking-lamingtons/" target="_blank">Lamingtons</a>. If you need to adjust the metric measurements, here’s a handy online <a href="http://www.metric-conversions.org/volume-conversion.htm" target="_blank">volume converter</a>.</em></p>
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