A Chance to Help Disadvantaged Children with Science, in Cape Town

We are pleased to announce our first project for ORT SA CAPE, in Cape Town. One of ORT SA CAPE’s programmes is running holiday workshops for disadvantaged children. The children will gain exposure to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (the STEM subjects) through doing robotics and visiting the Science Museum, Science Centre or Planetarium, as well as doing activities to help with literacy, such as reading programmes on iPads. The children would never usually have the opportunity to do such things and this may spark an interest in science and open their minds to the possibility of careers in STEM.

This is CHW’s first project focussing on helping children with the STEM subjects! We would be delighted if you wanted to help give disadvantaged children the opportunity to attend a workshop!

It costs £26 to fund the place for one child to attend a workshop. We are aiming to raise £780 in total, to fund 30 places.

Getting Involved

There are a few ways to get involved with this project, and we are excited to be working in partnership with GlobalGiving UK and Elbi!

1. Donate £5-£50 during GlobalGiving UK’s Little By Little Campaign – 26 October to 2 November

Our project is featured on GlobalGiving Uk’s site here. From 2pm on 26 October until 2pm on 2 November 2015, donations up to the value of £50 will be matched by 50% (so, for example, if you give, £30, GlobalGiving UK will match this by giving another £15). Projects raising £500 from at least 30 different people during the campaign will be eligible for further cash prizes from GlobalGiving UK and the organisations with the most donors will win £500, £300 and £150. To be counted, your donation must be £50 or less, and must be given through our project page on GlobalGiving UK during the Campaign week.

2. Become a Project Ambassador during the Little By Little Campaign

Many organisations will take part in this campaign. The organisations with the most donors will win further funding. This would mean we could fund more places for disadvantaged children in Cape Town to attend one of ORT SA CAPE’s holiday workshops! We really need your help with reaching more people. As an Ambassador, you would help to share our campaign on GlobalGiving UK during the campaign, via email, social media and in person, and could reach out to your friends, family and colleagues. We will give you extra support to become a champion for the children in Cape Town during the campaign. Please email catherine @ chworldwide.org if you would like to become an Ambassador.

3. Make a Donation outside the Little By Little Campaign

If you would like to make a donation under £5, or over £50, please feel free to do this at any time, either through our GlobalGiving UK page or via paypal here.

4. Join us on Elbi on 7 October!

Our first ever campaign will be run on the new app, Elbi on 7 October, and it will be to support the children at ORT SA CAPE’s projects! Elbi is free to download from the App Store. It features three charities each day and allows you to do simple actions, in less than three minutes, that can help. Please make sure to download it by the 7th to take part in CHW’s first campaign!

We are grateful to Sally and Kieran for giving a birthday donation to Darrell at Ronco Cayman, to support this project!

If you want any further information, please email catherine @ chworldwide.org

Robotics Workshop

With thanks to Debbie at ORT SA CAPE for the photos and to Elmer for introducing CHW to Elbi.