IPSL South Africa: Apartheid, Community Health and Transformation
- South Africa
- Cape Town
About Program
Support social workers in a rehabilitative program for people seeking a better life. The focus is on health, finding purpose and building community and social networks. Learn about contemporary public health issues through hands-on training. By uniting service with study, you will gain knowledge about the historical, political, economic, cultural, and geographic forces that shape the history of public health interventions in South Africa. Through selected site visits in the region, students critically examine topics related to building healthy communities including traditional healing, rural health and social justice in South Africa.
Courses may include: Community Organizing and Social Activism; Ethics and Community Health; Apartheid's Footprint: South Africa Today; Community Health-Engagement: Volunteer Development, Social Enterprise and Justice in South Africa.
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Program Highlights
- Participate, through volunteer work, in Community-based Health, Social Enterprise, Volunteer Development and the struggle for Social and Racial Justice.
- Visit the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens a UNESCO World Heritage Site!
- Experience Cape Town like a local! Live with and work alongside South Africans for an insider's experience!
- IPSL, the founder of Service-Learning, is a global education institute within the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM.edu) and they invest over 83% of their revenues directly back into the communities where they serve.
- Earn academic credit
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Location
Cape Town is a port city, the legislative capital of South Africa, the most southern city in all of Africa, and referred to as the "Mother City". It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants and expatriates to South Africa.
