SITE VISITS FOR TNLC 2014 The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the TNLC 2014 has put together an interesting selection of community engagement projects run by the four Western Cape universities in collaboration with local communities and other partners: Cape Peninsula University of Technology; Stellenbosch University, the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape. These site visits have been scheduled for Thursday 4 December 2014 from 14:00 onwards. The cost per delegate for the site visits will be confirmed when the afternoon programme has been finalised. It is recommended that delegates who wish to participate in site visits should not schedule out-‐bound flights for the Thursday evening as the travel times to sites and the duration of visits are difficult to predict in advance. SITE VISIT BOOKINGS Please send your name, e-‐mail address; the name of the hotel where you will be staying during the conference and your departure date and time, together with the name of your selected site to [email protected]. All enquiries about the site visits may be sent to the same address. Closing date for site visit bookings: 24 November 2014. Delegates will receive confirmation and further information via e-‐mail. University of Cape Town Project 1 Project name and location of project The Vrygrond Community Lab Vrygrond Project description Key outcomes of the visit Project owner & contact details It is a successful working and learning facility with full–time professional support. Training programmes are being delivered through a vibrant‚ state of the art computer lab that is run and maintained by the community members themselves. The opportunities for participants include‚ but are not limited to preparing and presenting presentations‚ application writing‚ job searching‚ general computer training courses and also extracurricular activities. Current activities in the computer lab support the following objectives: Improving computer literacy levels and supporting entrepreneurship Vrygrond community, Information Systems Department of UCT Associate Professor Kevin Johnston, Dept. of Information Systems [email protected] Room: 3.38 Building: Leslie Commerce Building Tel: 0216502266 Mobile: 0834150892 Project 2 Project name Location of project Safety an Violence Initiaitve (SaVI) and Amandla edufootball Gugulethu Project description SaVI will be the research partner for Amandla Edufootball which is about "creating safe spaces that bring together the power of football and learning to empower youth and change lives." It is a German and South African Non-‐Profit Organisation, which is also registered as a United Kingdom Charity. AMANDLA provides educational football programmes to children and youth in Cape Town, who are identified as being at risk. Over the last four years AMANDLA has been providing services to youth in residential care and disadvantaged communities. Using football as a tool to educate children and provide a variety of Life-‐
Skills, AMANDLA strives to create young leaders and role models who influence their peers in a positive way. Key outcomes of the visit Project owner Contact details The aim of all its activities is to tackle social Guy Lamb inequality through the innovative fusion of Director: Safety & Violence education and football. Using the power of Initiative, Vice-‐Chancellor's football AMANDLA creates safe-‐hubs of Office development and learning for disadvantaged [email protected] young people. The organisation’s holistic Room: 3.02 Building: All Africa football-‐based programme model stimulates House and encourages young people to strive for a Tel: 0216503163 better future. The strong moral concept underpinning all AMANDLA programmes reinforces universal values and norms, often lacking in destabilised and non-‐existent family structures. Project 3 Project name Location of project Raymond Ackerman Academy Graduate School of Business (waterfront) Project description Key outcomes of the visit) With the increasing rate of poverty, inequality and access to basic services, South African citizens are faced with a multitude of interlinking challenges that affect their social, emotional, environmental, physical, financial and occupational wellbeing. Young people, even after completing their matric face the To offer disadvantaged youth, excluded from tertiary education because of social, academic or financial constraints, a chance to develop themselves and make a difference in their own future, as well as the future of their communities. The Academy aims to help young people rise Project owner Contact details Elli Yiannakaris (Director) Office Telephone: 021 406 1422 Office Fax: 021 406 1242 Main Switchboard: 0860 UCTGSB (828472) Email:[email protected] reality of unemployment and will generally not have access to further education due to poor academic results, financial constraints and the need to find work in order to assist their families with an income. In response to this Mr. Raymond Ackerman, together with the UCT Graduate School of Business, established The Raymond Ackerman Academy in January 2005. above their social, financial and academic Website:www.gsb.uct.ac.za challenges to achieve a quality education in entrepreneurship. University of the Western Cape Project 1 Project name Location of project Gleemor Baptist Advice Office Athlone Project description The advice office was launched in 2013. This project was the result of a group of community individuals and members of the Gleemor Baptist church who participated in the Substance Abuse Training programme at UWC who identified several challenges within the community. The advice office provides assistance to community members experiencing challenges in the area of substance abuse, social development grants and the Chairperson, Mr. Geoff Paulse also heads the Substance Abuse Network. Key outcomes of the visit To view a project that was initiated through community action and engage with the key aspects of sustainable community driven development. Project owner Contact details Mr. Geoff Paulse 0822162460 Project 2 Project name Location of project Delft Fitness Delft Voorbrug Project description Key outcomes of the visit Project owner Contact details Sybil Petersen 0219543240 The project was established 10 years ago and focuses on lifestyle and fitness. The project was located in the day hospital and has now extended to 4 other parts of Delft. It is a project that is run mostly by women in the community and the wellbeing of the community is at the heart of this project. The evolution of sustainable community groups and the processes that community representatives have to engage in, that supports this sustainability. Project description It is a memorial to the system of migrant labour, single sex hostels and the control of black workers through the identity document which controlled the lives of black South Africans under apartheid— the infamous pass book. Key outcomes of the visit Project owner Contact details The museum’s exhibits commemorate the trials, tribulations and triumphs of migrant workers and hostel life in Southern Africa. According to William Khanuka, one of Lwandle’s oldest residents, the museum is for people now as well as for the coming generations. Noeleen Murray-Cooke
Ms Masa Soko (assistant curator)
(021) 845-6119
[email protected] Project 3 Project name Location of project Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum Stellenbosch Cape Peninsula University of Technology Project 1 Project name Location of project Sustainable Housing Project Theme: Climate Change and Sustainability Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, Engineering Faculty, Bellville campus, CPUT Project description Key outcomes of the visit The sustainable sandbag housing project promotes the use of cheaper and energy efficient building materials and methods for communities Guided by the academic staff, students, designed and constructed a model-‐sandbag house in collaboration with communities and other external partners. The project provides training and encourages students and communities to build their own houses using alternative technologies. Delegates will be provided with an opportunity to view the model house and to interact with project participants. Project description The project aims at reducing the carbon footprint and land pollution, thus creating environmental awareness through Integrated Environmentally friendly Management Models. Key outcomes of the visit Project Partners CPUT’s Service-‐Learning Unit and Departments of Architectural Technology, Interior Design, Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, External partners include Envirochoice, Ecobeam Technology, People’s Housing Programme and National Department of Human Settlements Project 2 Project name Location of project An upcycling project with a focus on people with disabilities Theme: Social inclusion and development People with disabilities are encouraged to develop waste into commercially viable Delegates will visit the upcycling installation and engage with community organisations and other project participants Project Partners CPUT’s Service-‐Learning Unit and departments of Mechanical Engineering, Horticultural Technology, Management and Project Management External partners include the Bellville Campus, CPUT. products for their income generation. Department of Social Development, World of Eve, Interwaste, and 18 Community based organisations who work with people with disabilities Students and external partners constructed an upcycling installation from wire gabions and waste material to promote recycling and upcycling. Project 3 Project name Location of project Sustainable Livelihoods Food security project Theme: Economic Development Department of Horticultural Technology, Mechanical Engineering and the Agri-‐Food Technology Station, Bellville Campus, CPUT Project description This project contributes to food security and the creation of green jobs for communities. Project activities include aquaponics, fish processing, and food gardening. Students designed and developed equipment and training materials for communities to grow and process their own food. Key outcomes of the visit Delegates will visit the departments involved and the Agri-‐Food Technology Station where project participants will share their experiences. Project Partners CPUT’s Service-‐Learning Unit, Agri-‐
Food Technology Station and the Departments of Horticultural Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Food Technology. External partners include Envirochoice, Stranveld Fynbos Agricultural Co-‐operative, Fishing communities, Coastal Links, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Stellenbosch University Project 1 Project name Ukwanda Rural Clinical School Worcester Region Distance from Spier: 93km Project description Stellenbosch’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (SU FMHS) is recognized as an indispensable leader in the field of health science. The SU FMHS has well-‐established links with provincial and district health, education and social government departments. The FMHS established a Rural Clinical School (RCS) in the Cape Winelands and Overberg districts with a hub in Worcester. The RCS facilitates training opportunities for health professionals and health care workers including applicants from the surrounding communities and beyond. The RCS increases Interprofessional education and practice opportunities for students in a rural context. This allows the students to gain first-‐
hand experience of common rural health conditions and rural health service challenges. Living in a rural community for a year will provide continuity with rural patients and rural communities exposing students to the unique challenges of rural health care and living in a rural context Furthermore the RCS provides the exciting opportunity to link with initiatives from other faculties to grow this into a truly sustainable rural development project with a dedicated focus on the issues that affect all aspects of human security in rural areas. Key outcomes of the visit Project owner/ Contact details Particiapants will be able to engage with the concept of a dispersed innovative model for health professional training in a rual setting; visit the rural campus, visit a community project where health sciences students through service learning provide health and rehabilitation opportunities for the community as well as early childhood development. Dr Therese Fish: Deputy Dean Community Service and Interaction: Faculty Medicine and Health Sciences Nadia Goliath: 021 9389096 [email protected] [email protected] Project 2 Project name Stellenbosch University Centre for Pedagogy (SUNCEP) Stellenbosch Distance from Spier: 10km Project description The structure and activities offered by SUNCEP are grouped into the three categories: Teacher Professional Learning (TPL), School Based Interventions (SBI) and University Preparation Programmes (UPP). The synergy between the components entails that teachers, who enrol in the courses, teach the learners, often also those involved in the school intervention programmes. To improve the access of students to higher education, Stellenbosch University – through SUNCEP – offers two university preparation programmes. Hope@Maties a first and SciMathUS a second opportunity programme. SUNCEP’s activities are guided by research needs and research is based on its activities. Key outcomes of the visit Project owner Enrolling in the Continuing Teacher Professional Learning courses, in-‐service teachers are able to enchance their subject knowledge, pedagogical theory and methodology, enabling them to demonstrate competence and responsibility as academics and professionals. By attending the schools based interventions, learners between Grade 7 and 11 are able to increase their performance in Mathematics and Sciences and to make informed subject and career choices. Participants in the UPP programmes have the opportunity to enhance their chances to access higher education by attending Hope@Maties first opportunity programme while in Grade 12 or the SciMathUS second opportunity bridging programme after completing Grade 12. Dr Trevor van Louw is the director of SUNCEP [email protected] 021 8083483 Project 3: Maximum 20 participants; preferably individuals who may be able and interested to work with the project in some way to take the idea further Project name iShack Enkanini, informal settlement in Stellenbosch Distance from Spier: 12km Project description The iShack Project is delivers off-‐grid solar electricity services to an informal settlement in Stellenbosch using a delivery model that seeks to maximise sustainability and resilience by focussing on two key ingredients: 1) intensive, operations-‐focussed, local capacity building and 2) a strong emphasis on high quality systems-‐design and service delivery. Following two years of research and piloting, the project roll-‐out, funded by the Green Fund, commenced in September 2013. Solar Home Systems, with sufficient capacity to power internal and external lights, televisions, radios and cell-‐phone chargers, are installed in shacks by a team of ‘iShack Agents’ who have been carefully recruited from the target community and trained by the project. To-‐
date 500 end-‐users have joined the project. Payment compliance is high thanks to a high quality service provided by the six well-‐
supported iShack Agents. Key outcomes of the visit Project owner The actual and intended outcomes of Damian Conway the project include the following: Providing affordable and accessible [email protected] basic electricity for lights and media to communities who are waiting for grid connections; building local capacity to enable locals to deliver most of the technical and maintenance services without the need for external profess-‐
sionals; fostering local economic activity; reducing environmental harm; improving community cohesion; re-‐
ducing risks of shack fires; reducing respiratory illness; enabling literacy and language acquisition, education and improved access to information; demonstrating a novel incremental upgrading model, using ecologically sound technologies that enable a much higher resolution of increments than is possible using conventional techno-‐
logies delivered by the state; demon-‐
strating end-‐user financial contributions that enable long-‐term financial sustain-‐
ability of the service; establishing new path-‐ways through the policy landscape for accessing state funds (Free Basic Electricity Subsidy); developing a viable public-‐private partnership model for incremental services delivery. Project 4 Project name Sustainability Institute Lynedoch, Stellenbosch Project description The SI is an international living and learning centre for studies and experience in ecology, community and spirit. Located within a mixed income ecovillage, the SI focuses on learning for sustainable futures. In partnership with Stellenbosch University, the SI runs a postgraduate and masters programme in Sustainable Development, and projects embedded in the local community. Key outcomes of the visit Project owner Participants will experience a tour of the SI and Lynedoch EcoVillage, exploring a context that is attempting to make sustainability practical linked to transdisciplinary learning. Phethang Mabeba [email protected] 0218813196 Project 5 Project name LaunchLab Maintenance Building, Stellenbosch University (SU), Hamandshand Road, Stellenbosch Distance from Spier: 10km Project description Key outcomes of the visit The LaunchLab is a mixed-‐use business • An understanding of what SU and incubator that supports mainly technology and other Western Cape universities innovation businesses. The main LaunchLab are doing in terms of facility is based on Stellenbosch University entrepreneurial development campus but the LaunchLab programmes are • A visit to the new LaunchLab open to all entrepreneurs in the Western incubator facility Cape. The LaunchLab seeks to add value to the • An understanding of technology companies that it helps and differentiate itself transfer at SU from other business incubators through the • An overview of key projects at the programmes that it offers. The programmes LaunchLab and Innovus are designed for the university campus • An understanding of the key environment and designed to focus on the objectives of the TNLC entrepreneur. The vision for these • Identify opportunities for programmes is to develop a thriving collaboration community which accelerates entrepreneurs and businesses to a new level. Project owner Innovus Technology Transfer (Pty) Ltd, the technoloft transfer company of Stellenbosch University Tel: 021 808 9494 Email: [email protected] Website: www.launchlab.co.za