{"id":48150,"date":"2023-11-07T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/kensington-community-hub-brings-health-services-closer-to-residents-20231107\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:42:52","slug":"kensington-community-hub-brings-health-services-closer-to-residents-20231107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/kensington-community-hub-brings-health-services-closer-to-residents-20231107\/","title":{"rendered":"Kensington community hub brings health services closer to residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The Kensington Solar Community Hub based at SHAWCO Centre was opened in 2014, and at the time was Dell\u2019s first Lab in South Africa. The new health clinic features multi-purpose rooms for health screening and other services, enabled by Dell solutions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Kensington residents now have access to free medical services following Dell Technologies and SHAWCO (Students\u2019 Health and Welfare Centres Organisation) initiative to add a health clinic to the solar learning lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shawco is a student-run non-profit organisation (NPO) based at the University of Cape Town that seeks to improve the quality of life for individuals by offering various health services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kensington Solar Community Hub based at SHAWCO Centre was opened in 2014, and at the time was Dell\u2019s first Lab in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health clinic features multi-purpose rooms for health screening and other services, enabled by Dell solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caron Duncan, Centre Manager, says the medical clinic will offer a wide range of healthcare services and adds that every second Saturday UCT students will be available at the clinic to offer health services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the hub we do clinics, and we have the computer lessons. We work with stakeholders in our area, and with the early childhood development centres so that they are able to do their work because we know that these days everything is digital.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duncan says the hub is available for various services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn the one side we have the clinic and on the other side a computer lab. People in the community can come to do their research, or if they need to create their CVs or do job applications. Learners can come and do their school projects. And if they need medical needs they can come to the clinic.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ef035af6\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9776\/7fed3a0f4cb8471dae652e4609b9a6b3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/c595ade9774947cc9e99fd2dec7da4ea.jpg\" title=\"The computer lab offers ICDL certification, enabling members of the community to certify their computer skills \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The computer lab offers ICDL certification, enabling members of the community to certify their computer skills <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The hub offers International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) certification, enabling 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