Cape Town Projects Updates and Achievements from Q3 2018 - African Impact

Early Childhood Development

The Girl Impact

Social Impact

GAPA

Vet Assistance

Sports

Planning (All)

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WHAT’S NEW ON THE GROUND?

‘Madiba (or Tata)’

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means FATHER. It’s often used when referring to Nelson Mandela and is a sign of respect

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We welcomed a new Girl Impact Coordinator, Phiweka, and said goodbye to the incredible Zandi 2 African Impact Foundation interns arrived in Cape Town to support our projects The Red Hill Health and Nutrition project was successfully completed

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Skills workshops were launched to empower women in the community of Khayelitsha to enter or re-enter the workforce. Financial independence is a key step in keeping women and children safe

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Children enrolled in Reading Club completed baseline assessments, meaning their literacy levels can now be monitored and improved. Watch this space for next quarter’s results

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We welcomed new TGI Project Coordinator Phiweka to the team. Phiwe is passionate about gender equality and our volunteers and community partners already love spending time with her

• School in a Box – a tablet based software program which tutors students – was rolled out with teens in long term foster care. The tablets also allow for digital chess games; the skill the teens learnt during The President’s Award activities • Children at the emergency foster care center not only showed an average increase of 3.5 milestones (0-3yo) and 3.2 milestones (+4yo), they exceeded our targets of 2 and 1 respectively • Volunteers accompanied preschoolers on their day out to the National Museum and Company Gardens, as well as celebrated with them on Mandela Day • School readiness assessments at our partner preschool showed 100% of children could identify at least 10 letters, 88% could identify numbers 1-10 out of sequence, 56% could identify all 5 shapes and 64% could identify all 7 colors they are assessed on

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Team Hong Kong descended on Red Hill with 4 volunteers spending a night on a homestay each week – an amazing, authentic experience

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The African Impact Foundation’s Red Hill Health and Nutrition project was successfully concluded with a sustainable supply of food sourced from Stop Hunger Now. The results of measurements show that across the 2 preschools 98% of children have a BMI of healthy or above

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Volunteer Kai sent his children and wife to Disneyland and then came and volunteered as a Social Impacter with us for 2 weeks

“My experience in Cape Town with African Impact was nothing short of life-changing. The people I've met here and the experiences I've had will stay with me forever. I am very grateful for the opportunity to experience everything that I did here, and I definitely will be back!”

– Jack, Sports Development

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Heritage Day was celebrated with our Rugby Coaching Academy partner – VUSA – with volunteers planning sports games and taking part in a traditional braai (BBQ)

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We assessed 325 children across 2 schools, with an average performance increase of 9% and further supported a third school in assessing another 100 children for their own reports

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With sports coaches travelling South Africa during the quarter for their Disney ‘Healthy Happy Play’ program, our sports volunteers were able to continue delivering sports to the primary schools that otherwise would have missed out

“Although volunteering is the main essence of what we do here in Cape Town, being able to visit the tourist hotspots [like Camps Bay shown here] at the weekends is great. The city has such a variety of amazing things to offer and being able to enjoy those whilst giving back to the communities of Cape Town makes your time here incredibly special.”

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Georgia, United Kingdom

“Before I came here, I never expected I would have so much fun here and create so many friendships with the people in the house. One of my favorite memories during project is my home stay - I really wish that all the volunteers here get a chance to experience it. Also, I am so glad I met all these amazing volunteers and made many memories with them.

Finally, I really love being here and I will be back soon :)”

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THE CAPE TOWN TEAM

Jenna, Hong Kong