SHAWCO

[1] The organization has grown over the years and now has 3000 student volunteers running over 15 health and education projects in five SHAWCO Centre's as well as other locations around the Cape Metropolitan area.

A third "staff sector" co-ordinates the SHAWCO community Centre's, transport, resource development, administrative oversight and project support.

Andrew Kinnear asked Dr Golda Selzer of the Pathology Department at Groote Schuur Hospital to assist him in establishing a clinic.

[2] The free clinics run by SHAWCO rely on volunteer medical and allied health science students in all years of study and qualified doctors.

[1] During clinics, around 25 patients are seen by medical students under the supervision of a qualified volunteer doctor who oversees the proceedings, verifies diagnoses and provides advice.

[4] SHAWCO also runs a Wednesday morning pediatric screening clinic, in collaboration with the School of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Cape Town.

[4] The team worked in partnership with Zithulele Hospital, running health promotional and educational activities in the local clinics, specifically pertaining to HIV and breastfeeding practices.

[4] On 12 May 2008 a series of riots started in the township of Alexandra (in the north-eastern part of Johannesburg) when locals attacked migrants from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

[11] SHAWCO volunteers conveyed donated clothing, food and hygiene products which were distributed to the different sites of refuge around Cape Town.

[12] The Health sector, headed up by Thandi de Wit and Britta McLaren, working in partnership with other civil society organisations (Treatment Action Campaign and Médecins Sans Frontières), ran the first standardised assessment across 33 sites two days after the mass exodus of foreign nationals from the townships.

[12] SHAWCO Education is a UCT student-run development programme which facilitates tutoring of school learners in previously disadvantaged communities and the focus of all projects is to help children learn.