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  • South Africa
    • Cape Town
Term
Academic Year, Fall, Short Term, Spring, Spring Break, Summer, Winter
Subject Areas
African Studies Conflict Studies Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Field Studies Global Studies Indigenous Cultures Peace Studies Public Health Service Learning
Health & Safety
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Program Details

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Degree Level
Associates Bachelors Masters
Housing
Dormitory

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Price Details
Please contact IPSL for program fees. This program can be customized to suit your interests, goals and budget. Fee includes: tuition and academic fees; academic transcript; on-site and on-line orientation and pre-departure materials; homestay housing with partial board; service placement and supervision; emergency health insurance; airport transfers upon arrival and departure; academic excursions and administrative fees.
What's Included
Accommodation Some Activities Airport Transfers Classes Some Meals Transportation Travel Insurance
What's Included (Extra)

This program can be customized to fit your budget. In general academic fees, transcript; orientation, pre-departure; homestay; partial board; service placement; supervision; emergency health insurance; airport transfers; excursions; administrative fees; and pre-departure materials are included.

What's Not Included
Some Activities Airfare Domestic Airfare Some Meals SIM cards Visa Wifi
What's Not Included (Extra)

Passport; visa; visa extension (if desired); volunteer permit fees; vaccine fees; international airfare; additional meals not included in homestay; books; personal spending money; local transportation; local cell phone; internet data and independent travel.

Aug 25, 2023
Oct 25, 2019
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About Program

Take it outside on IPSL's intensive and interactive study abroad in South Africa! Dig deep into South Africa's colonial past, the turmoil of the apartheid era to the countries fledgling democracy.

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.

Participants can stay in an Eco-Village (a collective of several NGO's) or choose different lodging if the Eco-Village is not available. 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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Video and Photos

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Nelson Mandela Graffiti
Cape Town Boys
Beware of Lions
South Africa Excursion
Bird's Eye View Cape Town
A Lion Walks Down the Road
Top of the world
Fun with kids
Service site in Cape Town
Dakotah from Butler University and Magadien of Cape Town
Zandy Cape Town
Working the soup kitchen

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Diversity & Inclusion

BIPOC Support

IPSL is in solidarity with all summoned to action by the senseless murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and many other black brothers and sisters. IPSL wants to be of service to you and communities around the world to bring justice and healing and further advance the goals we all share. ​We believe in the power of service to unite and strengthen communities.
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LGBTQIA+ Support

IPSL admits and does not discriminate against students of any sex or sexual orientation. IPSL is proud to support social justice movements around the world through our Service, Scholarship, and Love. Then, as now, we are called to resist and speak out for what is right. LGBTQ+ Rights are Human Rights
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Neurodivergent Support

IPSL provides equal access to our programs for academically qualified students with physical, learning, or psychiatric disabilities.

Accessibility Support

IPSL admits students of any disability and makes available all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students. It does not discriminate on the basis of disability in administration of its educational policies and programs, admission policies, merit scholarships or other organizations-administered programs.

Impact

Sustainability

IPSL works to lessen its carbon footprint on our increasingly fragile planet. Since study abroad can only take place by boarding a plane, IPSL contributes to sustainable projects in several countries whose efforts help mitigate the harmful effects of pollution and waste that result from traveling. In one academic year, IPSL can contribute funding to environmental organizations to offset close to 600,000 air miles flown by our students, staff, and faculty. In concrete terms, we remit funds to help plant trees around the world; those trees then absorb some of the harmful effects that result from our decisions.
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Ethical Impact

Since 1981, IPSL has facilitated over 471,000 volunteer hours in our partner communities, supported the work of hundreds of nonprofits and NGOs around the world, vigorously (and unapologetically) promoted social-racial-economic justice through service-based programming, research and publishing, scholarships/funding, and on social media. Recently, our organization launched new initiatives that will sustain our service-based mission into the future. At home, we maintain the same mindful practices by supporting local organizations that support the most vulnerable people. Large and small, every decision we make is about giving back and making our world a better and more just place.
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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!
  • Earn academic credit
  • Address real human needs with your volunteer service

Scholarships

IPSL Global Engagement Grant

IPSL Global Engagement offers an automatic $5,500 grant for Graduate degree programs in International Development and Service (IDS MA) and the Community Organizing and Social Activism Degree (COSA MA) to any AmeriCorps Alum, Peace Corps returnee or Veteran. They accept all Segal Education Award(s)!

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Location

Location:
Cape Town
Currency:
South African Rand
Weather:
Jan-Mar
79 F / 57 F
Apr-Jun
73 F / 46 F
Jul-Sep
66 F / 45 F
Oct-Dec
77 F / 52 F
Airports:
Cape Town International
( CPT )

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.

About IPSL Global Engagement at Westminster University

IPSL engages students, educators, and grassroots organizations around the world in hands-on service to promote equitable relationships, social justice, sustainable change, and a commitment to our shared humanity. IPSL offers fully accredited graduate programs and credit bearing, custom service-learning and language learning programs in nations...

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