2005 2006 REPORT ON 180 HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS

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2005 / 2006 REPORTON 180 HEALTH PROMOTING
SCHOOLS

• SUCCESSES / IMPACT
• All the Health Promoting Schools
• have fenced food gardens
• contributed by the Department of
  Health

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• The total no of schools is 6000 in the Eastern
  Cape.
• Up to now there are 180 Health Promoting Schools
  in the Eastern Cape.
• Old Mutual donated Health educational Billboards
  for 4 HPS to the value of
• R32 000.00
• Food foundation NGO trained 5 HPS and their
  communities on trench method of agriculture.
• Roll out training to 20 Schools on trench method
  in nodal site
• Garden tools for 30 Schools donated by the
  Provincial Dept of Agriculture.

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• Eskom donated 40 computers, Mark Shuttleworth
  donated 20 and Telkom donated 20 for Zanoxolo
  P.S. in PE.
• 63 Computers were donated by the Departments of
  Communications and Labour to 12 HPS through a
  local member of Parliament, Chief Pathekile
  Holomisa
• Implementation of Anti Tobacco Act has been done
  in 20 HPS
• Paraffin Safety workshops in 3 Districts have
  been conducted in most informal settlements

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• HPS endeavors are continuously marketed through
  electronic and non electronic media by Health
  Communications Directorate and Health Promoters,
  the Schools now invite the Department of Health
  for their Schools to be changed to HPS, the
  demand is now very high.
• There is a strong Partnership with SABC Umhlobo
  Wenene National Radio Station and the local
  Community Radios

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• Physical Exercises are part of the Healthy
  lifestyles Program implemented in the HPS
• There is strong partnership between the
  Department of Health, Rhodes , Walter Sisulu and
  Nelson Mandela Universities in HPS Programme

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• 48 HPS had no water in the rural areas they
  received water tanks contributed by the
  Department of Health eg Water was sold to
  learners _at_20 a mug
• Peer Education programme on life skills is
  implemented in collaboration with NGOs eg.
  AMREF, Youth for Christ, food Garden foundation
  and Paraffin Safety.

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• There are soup kitchens in HPS that benefit
  vulnerable children.
• Interdepartmental collaboration with the
  Government Departments that form the social needs
  cluster makes this programme sustainable
• The Premier of the EC. Donated tractor to
  Qokolweni HPS and its Community