WORD PERFECT
YOU South Africa|11 February 2021
A Gauteng family came up with a brilliant plan to cheer up their neighbourhood
NASIFA SULAIMAN
WORD PERFECT

THE colorful messages – some in chalk on a child’s chalkboard on an easel, and some on sheets of brightly illustrated paper – quickly caught the eyes of walkers and joggers, relieved to be allowed out after weeks cooped up indoors during lockdown.

The signs, which change daily, have included a hand-drawn picture of Dory, the fish from animated movies Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, with the character’s motto, “Just keep swimming”, while others feature quotes from figures as diverse as artist Frida Kahlo, Princess Poppy from the Trolls movies, Nelson Mandela and Winnie-the-Pooh.

They’re all the work of the Van Vuuren family of Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, and they began in May last year as many of us were ready to climb the walls after weeks in lockdown.

Like the rest of the world, the family needed to do something to take their minds off the Covid-19 pandemic.

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