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EMS students raise money for good cause

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The fundraising efforts of a group of Emergency Medical Sciences students will assist a non-profit organisation with its winter readiness programme.

The students raised R4 500 through their Steps for Hope project and recently presented a cheque to the TB/HIV Care Association.

Student Ulrike van Rooyen said the students raised the money as well as awareness about the TB/HIV Care association as part of a second-year assignment in primary health care.

She said the students chose the name Steps for Hope because they planned a fun run to raise the money.

“But due to unrest on campus it had to be cancelled. We sold tickets for the fun run and luckily everyone who had bought tickets said we could keep it,” said Van Rooyen.

“Some people also donated money. We also partnered with an organisation called Secret Sunrise, who gave a portion of the proceeds from an event, which was held at the Waterfront, to the cause.”

The TB/HIV Care Association prevents, finds, and treats HIV and TB in the general population as well as in key groups such as inmates, sex workers and people who inject drugs.

Site Manager Yolaan Andrews said the donation would assist in the association’s winter readiness programme “to keep our homeless service providers warm and fed”.

Wising up to water conservation

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CPUT students in the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences have embarked on a campaign to spread awareness of the water crisis in the Western Cape.

To activate the Marketing Management Department’s #everydropcounts Waterwise Project on District Six Campus Advertising 2 students sold muffins alongside the campaign’s sticker which they designed.

They also walked around the campus in groups supplying bottled water to their fellow students as they encouraged them to save water. Additionally, the students designed posters on which they wrote their own motivational messages.

Business and Management Sciences Dean Prof Paul Green thanked the students for participating in the project and commended them for spreading awareness about being waterwise. Green reminded everyone that despite the falling winter rains local dams were not yet full.

Student Marcelino Gonsalves said they produced two videos showing the campaign’s sticker and a desert that will soon be uploaded to YouTube and broadcast on the screens on CPUT campuses.

Panduleni Mntu was part of the group which baked the muffins and attached the stickers to them. “Everyone involved in the campaign participated in selling the muffins and in less than two hours we sold everything,” said Panduleni.

Advertising lecturer Jody Daniels said the students explained the campaign’s aims and objectives in a UniFM radio interview.

Daniels said while the project was voluntary it also gained the students extra marks.  He added that the students were studying advertising agencies and campaigns in the first semester and the project challenged them to apply the skills they learned to create an actual advertising campaign.

“We are using our theory to deliver a community message on campus on how to use water responsibly,” he said.

The City of Cape Town pledged support for the students’ campaign when it was launched last semester.

Water Conservation Head at City of Cape Town Thembisa Gqamane said the City is now running the #thinkwater campaign which is aimed at encouraging people to save water which will hopefully lead to decreased consumption and drought awareness among the public.

SWEET: The sticker and muffin designed and made by students in the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences.

 

Minding your food

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A group of Consumer Science students recently shared their extensive food knowledge with a group of vulnerable youth from Philippi.

The CPUT students visited the Baphumelele: Fountain of Hope youth residential home for those who have left orphanages and foster homes but have nowhere to go.

The 36 second year students used their first visit to explain the South African Food Based Dietary Guidelines and their second visit to demonstrate an easy meal based on the availability of food items at the organisation.

14 youth stay at Baphumelele: Fountain of Hope, which can house up to 20, and is in the process of expanding. They go through a year-long Independent Living Programme meant to impart life skills such as how to manage a budget, clean their personal spaces and how to make their own food.

With that in mind the Consumer Science Students explained the importance of nutrition by talking about the different kinds of foodstuff that is healthy to eat, demonstrated exercises and offered examples of the food they were discussing.

The youth really warmed to the students at the second visit when they demonstrated recipes and allowed the youngsters to sample the cooked dishes. They then had tea together for an opportunity to get to know one another better.

The CPUT students also used money they raised from staff and fellow students to put together toiletry and food hampers for the residents.

Consumer Science lecturer Theloshni Govender said the Department of Biotechnology and Consumer Science has been working on their relationships with Baphumelele: Fountain of Hope since 2017.

“The organisation is a perfect opportunity for students to engage and positively influence the youth in this community. The organisation plants their own vegetable and I saw this platform as an ideal project for the students to apply their nutrition knowledge,” said Govender.

She pointed out the CPUT students developed and enhanced their communication, collaboration and leadership skills and the visit gave them a chance to learn more about a field that might interest them.

“It also gives them a better understanding of their academics. They are able to apply the knowledge they have learned and they are able to remember it,” said Govender.

Written by Theresa Smith

Gourmet Guides donate books to Hotel School students

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Some of the Cape Town Hotel School students who recently received books from Gourmet Guides that will enhance their training in hospitality management. Natalie Brock, Brand Manager of Gourmet Guides, donated 67 2018 JHP (Jenny Handley Performance) Gourmet Guides to the Cape Town Hotel School.  The donation was for students who aspire to become the country’s future chefs. The book includes reviews of some of the country’s top restaurants, biographies and recipes of chefs as well as a restaurant guide and plating rating system. The Food and Beverage, Kitchen and Professional Cookery students received these informative books as part of JHP’s Mandela Day initiative.