Depart Home for Cape Town, South Africa
Arrive in Cape Town, South Africa
Airport Transfer
Welcome Ceremony - Orientation Tour, coffèe break and group lunch, drumming circle and much more!
Hotel Check-In, Refresh and Rest
Orientation Walking Tour - The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do incase of an emergency.
Lecture South African History - Led by Dr Nompilo Ndlovu the lecture will take place at the Rooftop Garden of Mojo Hotel.
Downtown Walk to Mama Afrika Restaurant
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Lecture The Public Healthcare System in South Africa - Led by Dr Alison Swartz
Group Lunch
Langa Amazing Race - Explore the very first location or ‘township’ created in South Africa as a segregated space for Black South Africans.
Systems of health and healing themed activity
Workshop Drumming/ Indigenous Instruments
Daily Debrief
Return to Hotel
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Lecture Traditional Medicine in South Africa - Led by Dr Susan Levine
Group Lunch
Site Visit: Traditional Healers in
Langa
Daily Debrief
Return to Hotel
Optional - Film Screening “Taking HAART” at Mojo Hotel
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Site Visit: Groote Schuur Hospital Tour
Lecture HIV/AIDS in South Africa - Led by Dr Ashraf Grimwood, Desmond Tutu Foundation.
Group Picnic on UCT Medical School Campus
Site Visit: South African TB Vaccine Initiative (SATVI)
Daily Debrief
Return to Hotel
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Community Engagement Project: Soup Kitchen
Group Lunch
Week 1 Overview/Faculty Session
Music Mixer with BA Co-Creators
Return to Hotel
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Lecture Indigenous Medicinal Plants used by Rastafari - Led by Hout Bay, Hangberg Community
Ocean Harvest Foraging Traditional Lunch
Boat Ride to Seal Island - Visit the small rocky islet of 800 meters’ length and 50 meters’ width situated 5.7 km off the northern beaches of False Bay to spot Cape fur seals, dolphins, bryde’s whales, humpback whales and maybe even sharks.
Hout Bay Market
Return to Hotel
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Excursion to Table Mountain - See the full beauty of Cape Town from above on one of the most iconic landmark of South Africa.
Lunch Break
Robben Island - Considered a symbol of “the triumph of the human spirit over adversity, suffering and injustice” it has a rich 500 year old multi-layered history.
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Lecture Mental Illness and Mental Health in South Africa - Led by Dr Leslie Swartz
Group Lunch
Site Visit: Valkenberg Psychiatric Facility
Daily Debrief
Return to Hotel
Group Dinner at Mazanzis
Breakfast & Day Briefing
NGO Visits - TBD
Group Lunch
NGO Debrief - Jigsaw activity
Faculty Session - TBD
Return to Hotel
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Lecture Health Seeking Behaviours
- Led by Dr Rose Blake
Group Lunch
Activity - Body Maps
Daily Debrief
Return to Hotel
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transfer to Cape Peninsula
Cape Peninsula Tour - Often credited as the most beautiful drive in the world, it takes you to the Botanical Gardens, Boulders Beach where you will see penguins and Cape Point where the two oceans converge. While not short of scenic routes to drive, Cape Town's Cape Peninsula is in a class all its own.
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Community Engagement Project: Soup Kitchen
Group Lunch
Faculty Session - Wrap up of the activities
Farewell Dinner - Around the Fire the students will experience a Poetijie and Story Telling Dinner with Bridges Academy
Return to Hotel
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Free Day in Cape Town
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Airport Transfer
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