Furthermore, in Serepeti the children's ambassador for Mpumalanga was able to talk to that group about what he does, how he became an ambassador and his role. In so doing, the focus group discussion also became a networking opportunity. In Theunissen, a total of 135 children (youngest age 10 years up to 18 years, a few 19 year olds) had participated prior to this focus group discussion. In addition, the children had requested an opportunity to engage with elders to be taught about democracy, lobbying and public speaking. Moreover, the older children have also taken it upon themselves to go back to their communities during the school holidays to speak to the younger children. In Port Elizabeth, even though the local councilor had requested community based organisations to bring no more than 20 children to the multi-purpose centre, approximately 100 children arrived on the day.