Do you want to help the fight against COVID-19?
Vaccination Centre Volunteering
Entrance 5 Screening
Contact Tracing
Vaccination Centre Volunteering
Disa Hall at Tygerberg Hospital is open and in need of help.
If you are a student at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, you can sign up to volunteer at the vaccination centre.
MBChB III-VI and Nursing III students are eligible to vaccinate.
All students, undergraduate and postgraduate, from all FMHS programmes, are eligible to assist with administration, marshalling and be runners.
Volunteering happens Monday to Friday between 8am and 4pm (two slots: 8am-12pm and 12pm-4pm).
How do I sign up?
Step 1:
Join the WhatsApp Group: Vaccine Volunteers!
Step 2:
Open the Vaccination Volunteers App on Power Apps.
Step 3:
Click on Sign Up.
Step 4:
Fill in your details and choose which weeks you would like to volunteer.
“Training” refers to the EVDS course students had to complete before volunteering during the Sisonke Trial vaccinations.
You can edit your submission as many times as you like to indicate your availability!
How do I know when I am rostered to volunteer?
The Vaccine Student Task Team is in charge of organising the roster for volunteers every day.
The Task Team consists of:
Jess Davies; Kristin Arends; Luné Smith; Sinead Stark and Glen Thatcher.
Who does what?
Jess Davies:
In charge of overseeing the programme and ensuring it runs smoothly.
In charge of the App. Will fill in the electronic roster according to submissions on the App.
In charge of certificates for “Tenners” Club.
Kristin Arends:
In charge of filling empty spots. If someone is able to take up an extra slot in the week, or would like extra slots, she will add them to the roster.
Luné Smith:
In charge of cancellations. If a student can no longer attend the slot they have signed up for, she will remove them from that slot and make corrections accordingly.
Sinead Stark:
In charge of communication with students on the WhatsApp group. Will share the roster every night for confirmation with volunteers.
Glen Thatcher:
In charge of answering questions on the WhatsApp group and keeping track of the attendance register and hours completed by students for the Tenners Club, Elective and Bursary recognition.
How does the process work?
Step 1:
Indicate your availability on the App.
Step 2:
Every night, Sinead Stark will send the roster for the following day on the group.
Step 3:
If you cannot volunteer during your slot anymore, message Luné Smith.
Step 4:
If you want to fill in an empty slot, message Kristin Arends.
Step 5:
If you are confused about anything, message Glen Thatcher.
Where do I go on the day?
The safest option is to park on campus.
Go to Tygerberg Hospital via the K Floor entrance.
Walk up to the Ground Floor level of the hospital, on the West Side.
Exit the building and walk through the UWC parking lot.
Turn left and walk down the road until you see Disa Hall on your right, just after the student accommodation.
When you arrive at Disa Hall, ask for Juanita (the site coordinator) and introduce yourself.
Juanita will tell you where help is needed for the day.
Tenners Club
Congratulations to the student volunteers who have completed 10 or more shifts at the vaccination centre!
Entrance 5 Screening
All undergraduate students, undergraduate from all FMHS programmes, are eligible to assist.
Volunteering happens Monday to Friday for 2 hours in the morning.
Contact Tracing
The third wave has created a great need for student assistance in contact tracing.
As a volunteer, you will work with the Department of Health.
- To ensure they know what their obligations are for isolation and informing their work and close contacts about their status;
- To find out if they have pressing health problems that they need to take action on.
How do I sign up?
Sign up using the Google Form and more information will be emailed to you thereafter.
Click here to sign up.
