Agency: Feedback

Location: Cape town

• Macro Practice - Community Development - needs assessment in tribes and communities - focus is on sustainable development and self empowerment.
• Write and implement a training manual for representatives of our beneficiary organizations as well as community leaders to be trained on Sustainable Food Gardening. Essentially, this would be the objective. This process will involve the following steps:

 

Feedback Project

• Research and review current material available on Food Gardening (some of this can be done beforehand).
• Talking with community groups about the level of understanding, challenges with food gardening that have been experienced in the past and to look at ideal learning methods – develop a training objective.
• Develop a workshop format, practical workshop or a series of workshops that meet the training objective.
• Test the workshop by running it (or running elements of it) in a pilot format.
• Finalize the training manual (facilitators guide).
• Run the workshop.
• Train others within Feedback to run the workshop.

 

Library:

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (UCT)

Private Bag X3,

Rondebosch, 7701

South Africa

 

Chancellor Oppenheimer Library (Upper Campus)

 

Hours of Operation

M-TH: 8 am to 10 pm

F: 8 am to 6 pm

S: 9 am to 5 pm

 

Please Note: Branch libraries have different hours of operation, which are listed on their websites.

 

Contact Business Phone Number

021-650-3134

 

Contact Website

www.lib.uct.ac.za

 

Please Note: To visit the online catalogue, go to the above web address and click on Catalogue (ALEPH).

 

Key Information

For library use, here is the information reported as follows:

-no access to electronic resources

-no access to e-mails

-can only use library books in the library

-can only have access to the online catalogue (available from any computer with access to the internet)

-in order to print, you must purchase a print card (charge per sheet/page is not known at this time)

 

Library Director for the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library (Upper Campus, Level 7) at UCT

 

Contact Name

Ms. Joan Raap

 

Contact E-mail

libdir@iafrica.com

 

Contact Business Phone Number (secretary)

(021) 650-3100

 

Information & Communication Technology Services (ICTS) - Help Desk at UCT

 

Contact E-mail

ICTS@UCT.ac.za

 

Contact Business Phone Number

(021) 650-4500

 

Key Information

In order to access the internet from our laptops, personnel from Dominican University will need to first contact the Information & Communication Technology Services (ICTS) Department’s Help Desk, and then the Director of the Library. Once a relationship is established, there may be no need to continuously contact these departments.

 

Department of Social Development at UCT

(located in the Lesley Social Science Building on the 5th Floor - 2nd to the last building on the right-handside)

 

Contact Name

Shona Sturgeon

(Immediate Past President for World Federation for Mental Health - headquarters based in Washington, D.C. and Field Practice Coordinator)

 

Contact E-mail

shona.sturgeon@uct.ac.za

 

Contact Business Phone Number

(27-21) 650-4222

 

Contact Fax Number

(27-21) 689-2739

 

Contact Website

www.wfmh.org

 

Key Information

The head of the Department of Social Development is named Vivian Taylor. They do not have a Department of Social Work, but a Department of Social Development, and Social Work falls underneath that umbrella.

 

Mowbray Library

(the nearest library to Feedback, off of Main and Station Roads)

 

Hours of Operation

M: 2 pm to 5:30 pm

T: 1 pm to 5:30 pm

W: 1 am to 1 pm

TH: 2 pm to 7:30 pm

F: 10 am to 5 pm

S: 9 am to 12 pm

 

Contact Business Phone Number

021-689-1201

 

Key Information

You will need a form of identification and a copy of your passport to obtain a library card. There are no fees at this time and access can be obtained at different branches. Renewals for library material may be done via the telephone by providing the number printed beneath the barcode on the membership card. Access from a laptop is not yet possible at this library, and the internet that is utilized is reported to be very slow. Please keep in mind that since this library is small in size, access to computers are limited.

 

Sea Point Library

(the nearest library from our residence in Sea Point)

 

Hours of Operation

M: 10 am to 6 pm

T: 2 pm to 8 pm

W: 10 am to 1 pm

TH: 2 pm to 8 pm

F: 10 am to 6 pm

Sat.: 9 am to 12 pm

 

Contact Business Phone Number

(021) 439-7440

 

Key Information

We were informed that the internet is very slow, and in order to obtain library use you would have to purchase a library card for a one-time fee of R45. In addition, their Social Work books are very limited.

 

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Agency: Dept. of Social Welfare and Population Development

 

Location: Durban

University: University of KWAZULU-NATAL

Library: University of KWAZULU-NATAL Library

 

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Agency: Mohau Children Center

 

Location: 699 Block NN Soshanguve, 0152 Gauteng, S. Africa (close to Pretoria)

The Mohau Centre is located on the complex of Kalafong hospital, in the township of Atteridgeville (pronounced Atridgeville).

Objectives:

• Direct Practice - Art therapy, running groups, in-service training for staff
• Note from Director 2006-2008
• The student social worker’s first challenge was to bond with the 45 children and 11 caregivers who call Mohau home. The first 24 hours were spent with the Mohau family, mainly learning names, language and new ways of play, as well as observing how a family of 56 interacts on a minute to minute basis.

The student (2007) utilized the clinical technique of memory/life books with each child, as well as developed a group curriculum for girls on life skill development. The student undertook collaborative learning (with peers), around the issue of psychological trauma of the children,behaviour adjustment, and their response to therapeutic intervention. The development of a synergistic team of caretakers was essential to the wellbeing of the children. Orphanage - HIV Positive Children (infants to age 18)

 

 

Transportation:

 

• Minibus taxis - Although using the minibuses is an option, they are a little complicated to use and the drivers have a strong reputation for unsafe driving.
• Private taxis - are not highly regulated (which can be dangerous) and can be very expensive. We would recommend one driver who was recommended to us. This will make it easier to get around for the first few days

 

Ernest - (contact info. coming)

 

• Hiring a car (renting) - This can be a viable option if traveling as a group. Monthly rates are very reasonable and having your own car gives you the flexibility to be able to do some sightseeing. Budget, Avis, and Tempest all rent cars in South Africa on a monthly basis, but you must have an International Drivers License to rent from them. We were able to rent from Imperial Car rental on a monthly basis without an Int'l License, but it cost us a little more.

-Note: Driving in South Africa is on the left side of the road, which is pretty easy to get used to, but almost all the cars in SA have manual transmissions. Learn in the States if you can!!! (RA)

 

Housing:

 

We discovered all too late that we are paying way too much for our furnished apartment. An unfurnished apartment in Pretoria rents for around R2-3000. This means that a good price for a furnished apartment is around R5-9,000. We were paying 9,000 for our apartment, but it was not a high end apartment. We will be moving next week to a B&B in Waterkloof Ridge - a very nice neighborhood, and reducing our rate to R9,000 for the remainder of our stay (a month and a half). We will have more information after the move. (ER)

 

Library:

 

Dominican University Library

Use the Articles link to access over 100 electronic databases from anywhere you have internet access.

You will need to login using your Dominican Network ID and password - this is the first part of your dominican email account and the password for your email. If you have forgotten your password, you can have the password reset by the IT department - check this before you leave for your placement.

 

Some recommended resources for your research and coursework:

 

ABI Inform Global (About)

Academic Search Premier (About)

Business Source Elite (About)

Childhood Development & Adolescent Studies (About)

Criminal Justice Periodicals (About)

ERIC (Ebsco Host) (About)

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (About)

Health Source Academic/Nursing ( About)

Lexisnexis About

Medline with Fulltext

Omni Fulltext Mega

PAIS International

PsycARTICLES

PsycINFO

Social Services Abstracts

Social Work Abstracts

Sociological Abstracts

 

Governement Information:

UCT Libraries Government Publications

South African Government Information

 

 

Some of these databases are ABSTRACT ONLY while others contain abstracts and fulltext articles. Some index books as well as articles. You will need to read the citations carefully. The databases are linked to each other so you may be able to access the fulltext of an article in another database -- use the "find full text article linker" or "WilsonLink" buttons when available.

 

Feel free to email (reference@dom.edu) or IM the reference desk if you have questions. The reference desk is staffed Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (C.S.T) ; Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Sunday, 12:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m.

 

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