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Assessing an exit strategy for prostituted women

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Nov 2011 This is a psychological study that looked at the exiting strategies of prostituted women using an interpretative phenomenological approach. It aimed to provide feedback for Embrace Dignity, a Cape Town-based NGO, on how effective their model ... Read more c b n a
Code of good practice for engaged scholarship with external (non-academic) constituencies

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Oct 2012 Read more c b n a
Community development and working with the UCT Knowledge Co-op: a community worker's perspective

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: 2011 This is a summary of an interview with a community worker about her experiences of community development – and of using UCT to help her in some of this work. Read more c b n a
Design of a Content Management System for a health NGO

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: 2011 This project came about through the request of the NGO Epilepsy SA (Western Cape) to electronically document and manage data relating to their clients details and activities. Up to that time all of this was done manually. Additional requirements ... Read more c b n a
Determining the necessity of a footbridge in Statice Heights

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Oct 2011 The research stemmed from a request from The Women's Circle (TWC), an NGO that works in Statice Heights and other areas. TWC's aim is to encourage and assist people in finding solutions to the challenges they face in their context. In this ... Read more c b n a
Developing a user-friendly client database

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Dec 2012 Epilepsy SA approached the UCT Knowledge Co-op for assistance with the development of an electronic client database system. Manual reporting was becoming too time consuming. They required a system that would manage their client base and track ... Read more c b n a
The development of a design for a school hall

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: 2012 This project looked at the development of a design for a hall at a primary school. 9 Students used the Sim office project of their Architecture course to work with the Extra-Mural Education Project (EMEP), and the Kannemeyer Primary School ... Read more c b n a
Exploring the experiences of breast cancer survivors

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Nov 2012 This research was conducted to contribute to the knowledge base of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA). Research indicates that breast cancer is diagnosed in approximately one in twenty-nine women in South Africa. Women with lower ... Read more c b n a
Exploring the Meaning of Fatherhood in Guguletu

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Oct 2013 This was a study conducted by a Gender Studies Honours student who collaborated with the NGO Ikamva Labantu in Guguletu. The NGO was interested in understanding men's involvement as fathers and what support they needed for this role. The aim ... Read more c b n a
"I can't carry on like this": exiting sex work in South Africa: a feminist perspective

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Nov 2011 This is a feminist study that looked at prostituted women and the challenges they face when trying to leave prostitution. Considering the high prevalence of gender based violence in South Africa, the researchers wanted to understand: - the ... Read more c b n a
IT support to empower the Women's Circle

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Oct 2013 The Women's Circle (TWC) is a non-profit organization (NPO) that aims to empower women in low-income areas by providing assistance with education and career development. The UCT Knowledge Co-op was able to connect the skills offered by the ... Read more c b n a
Low cost fencing for a pre-school

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Oct 2013 This is an engineering study requested by the New World Foundation. A team from Engineers without Borders, a student agency at UCT, looked at designing and building a low cost fence for a playground at their pre-school in Lavender Hill. The ... Read more c b n a
Low-cost fencing for a pre-school in Lavender Hill

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Jul 2011 This is an engineering project that focused on providing assistance to the New World Foundation's community centre in Lavender Hill in the Western Cape. This community faces many challenges from unemployment to high crime rates. The NWF ... Read more c b n a
A review of the Knowledge Management Centre of the Economic and Human Development Department, City of Cape Town

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Mar 2012 The Knowledge Management Centre (KMC) for a municipal department was set up by a Project Consultant in 1998, with the aim of providing a largely self-service resource centre to store and distribute appropriate and up-to-date information ... Read more c b n a
The Role of Discourse in Development Work

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: 2012 This study was an analysis of the power of discourse that positions development practitioners in the course of development work in a non-profit organisation in Cape Town. The research studied the interactions of four female development ... Read more c b n a
Setting up a media club to help keep kids in school

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Oct 2013 A non-government organization called "outh Empowerment through School" (Y.E.S) aims to equip learners with employability skills. It offers programmes at the Lavender Hill Secondary School that encourage its over 1000 learners to complete their ... Read more c b n a
Why patients struggle with anti-retroviral treatment

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Oct 2012 This is a Public Health project. The recent increase of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in public clinics in South Africa means that many more people have access to treatment. If patients become resistant to the standard ART package they are ... Read more c b n a