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Health promotion program, Cravenby Care Centre, 12 Cravenby St, Cravenby, Cape Town, 7493
Health promotion program, Cravenby Care Centre, 12 Cravenby St, Cravenby, Cape Town, 7493
I currently have a monthly commitment and support to an homeless people shelter in Cravenby, Cape Town. As a follow up to my financial support to the facility, I began an health promotion campaign. This was motivated by report that prevalence of chronic diseases may be high among this population, particularly the adults, and the difficulty to adhere to long-term dietary and pharmacological management of this chronic diseases.
I currently have a monthly commitment and support to an homeless people shelter in Cravenby, Cape Town. As a follow up to my financial support to the facility, I began an health promotion campaign. This was motivated by report that prevalence of chronic diseases may be high among this population, particularly the adults, and the difficulty to adhere to long-term dietary and pharmacological management of this chronic diseases.
The goal of the campaign was to create awareness among the residence of this shelter on the early detection of diabetes and hypertension. The campaign particularly looked at strategies for sustainable lifestyle changes to prevent and manage these chronic diseases.
The goal of the campaign was to create awareness among the residence of this shelter on the early detection of diabetes and hypertension. The campaign particularly looked at strategies for sustainable lifestyle changes to prevent and manage these chronic diseases.
Health promotion program at Cravenby Care Centre: Early detection of hypertension and diabetes and strategies for sustainable lifestyle changes.
Health promotion program at Cravenby Care Centre: Early detection of hypertension and diabetes and strategies for sustainable lifestyle changes.
Covid-19 Vaccine Information Session for Church Leaders in the Parow/Klipkop area of Cape Town
With the surge of COVID-19 cases worldwide, there is a strong drive for vaccination to facilitate herd immunity. However, religious view may be significant factor driving vaccine hesitancy. I set out to address this issue by organizing, in collaboration with the youth and young adult of the RCCG church, Cape Town, an information session aimed at debunking the perceived religious concerns driving vaccination hesitancy. Medical and scientifically sound sessions were presented by selected experience facilitators from the field of immunology, pharmacy and public health. A graph showing the impact of the session on the most popular religious belief that "The vaccine may infuse the mark of the beast" is shown below.
Response to the question "vaccine may infuse the mark of the beast". Pre-test responses is shown above and post-test response is shown below. Note the significant number of respondents that strongly disagree with the notion that "vaccine may infuse the mark of the beast" increased from about 40% to about 64% after the information session.
Exploration for young computer programmers in Khayelitsha: Looking for the diamond in the rough
I am in support of an initiative to introduce the disadvantage children in Khayelitsha, Cape Town to the basics of computer science. We hope to catch future programmers here.
Learners working on computer facilities provided by donors (Top pictures). Two learners joined a local software company for a mentorship programme (bottom left). One learner passed his first Python Programming language Exam and received his internationally accredited certificate (bottom right).
Academic counseling and stationary support to Grade 12 learners at a local high school in Ravensmead, Cape Town.
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