Target Groups

• Schools
• Community of CWDM
• Business Sector
• Special Projects of Council

Aim

• Develop educational programs to educate and empower people in the Community and in the food industry.
• Conduct displays at career marketing exhibitions and expo’s
• Educational programmes are presented free of charge by the Environmental Health Practitioners on request.

HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FORMAT

• Food Hygiene Course
  • Module 1 - Duties of the Food Handler
  • Module 2 - Transport, Delivery, Storage and Display of food
  • Informal slaughtering of animals.
  (English & Afrikaans)
  
  After attending a food hygiene course, the attendant writes an appropriate test and receives  a certificate from the Cape Winelands District Municipality: Directorate Municipal Health
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• Personal Hygiene
  • Module 1 - Personal hygiene
  • Module 2 - Hygienic Housekeeping
  (English & Afrikaans) 
  
  
• Water and Sanitation 
  Water Pollution
  • Module 1 - Industries
    
    Future modules to be releasedÂ
    
    
  • Module 2 - Agriculture activities
  • Module 3 - Dumping sites
  • Module 4 - General waste
  • Module 5 - Toxic waste
  
  Sanitation
  
  
  • Module 1 - Sewerage
  • Module 2 - Domestic chemicals
  • Module 3 - Effect on Health
  (English & Afrikaans) 
  
  
• Induction to First Home Owners
  • Domestic waste
  • Sewerage
  • Keeping of animals
  • Vector control
  • Land-use
  • Fire-safety
  • Maintenance
  (English & Afrikaans)
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• Environmental Pollution
  • Module 1 - Water Pollution
    
    Future modules to be released
    
    
  • Module 2 - Air Pollution
  • Module 3 - Waste Management
  • Module 4 - Ground Pollution
  • Module 5 - Recycling
  (English & Afrikaans)Â
  
  
• Safe Handling & Storage of Hazardous Substances
  • Module 1 - Storage
  • Future modules to be released
  • Module 2 - Handling
  • Module 3 - General Safety & First Aid (English & Afrikaans) 
    
    
• Scope of Practice of the Environmental Health Practitioner
  • Water Quality Monitoring
  • Food Control
  • Waste Management
  • Health Surveillance of Premises
  • Prevention of Com. Diseases
  • Vector Control
  • Environmental Pollution Control
  • Disposal of the Dead
  • Chemical Safety (English & Afrikaans)Â
    
    
• Other PowerPoint Presentations Available
  • Imbizo - State of the Environment (English only)
  • Daycare Facilities (English only)
  • Municipal Health Services Functions (English & Afrikaans)
  • Water and Sanitation Subsidy Scheme (English only)
  • An Illustrated Guide to Basic Sewage Purification Operations (English only)
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• DVD’s Available
  • Health Hints 1 – Ep. 1 – 26
  • Health Hints 2 – Ep. 27 – 52
  • Pests on the Menu
  • The Hidden Enemy
  • Primêre Gesondheidsorg en die Boer
  • Sukses met Spuitwerk / Profits from Poison
  • Dilemma or Direction – Informal Settlements – The Reality
  • SATV De-worming of Children – Rawsonville & Kayelitsha
  • Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme
  • The Case of the Missing Customer
  • Gastro
  • Focus on Hygiene
  • Intestinal Parasites; Body & Head Lice; Scabies

ACHIEVEMENTS 2005 & 2006

• Develop - littering pamphlets, which were distributed during the Clean Green projects which educated about 60 000 people
• Display at the Career Exhibition in Paarl which were attended by 8 000 students
• Training of 110 food handlers in the food industry.
• Display at the Witzenberg Tourism Expo in Ceres which were attended by 11 schools.
• Develop posters displaying Municipal Health Services.
• Develop rulers displaying Municipal Health Services and Contact details of the offices.
• Display at the Robertson Agricultural Show where we received the first price for the best In-door Exhibition.

New Projects for 2006/2007 financial year Environmental awareness program:

• Inter-active live theater play for Grade 6 pupils.
• Environmental issues like sanitation, waste & water.
• Behaviour issues like water saving, personal hygiene & recycling.

Poster Competition:

• Primary schools
• An healthy environment
• Prices to winning posters
• Duplication of winning posters

A Healthy Environment is your Democratic Right.
Empower yourself!

CONTACT DETAILS 

If you are interested in some of these programs, please contact your local CWDM office and ask your Environmental Health Practitioner for assistance.