Silene

Silene’s vision & mission:

Silene's vision is to bring people together to create a diverse and inclusive student experience. We empower our members to become well-rounded individuals whereby they embody the graduate attributes and carry out the values of Silene. Our mission is to work to establish an environment where facilitating courageous conversations and critical thinking is encouraged. We will foster a transformative and sustainable environment where we provide opportunities for our members to become value-driven and thought-driven individuals.

What are we currently doing?

Silene will do biweekly sandwich making in collaboration with other communities, donations drives per term (stationary, food, clothing, sanitary), monthly visits to Animal Welfare Society, Mandela Day Event, beach clean-up in collaboration with sustainability portfolio.

What else can you do?

Community service has been an integral part of Stellenbosch University (SUN) for decades albeit in different forms and with shifting emphasis. This platform allows you to make social impact within the university's (7) CSI themes. Click on the links on the themes below to get involved in volunteering and donating opportunities of your choice.

Education For All

• Help Khwela Womxn with 50 volunteers for interacting with our whatsapp mentor bot. | forgood
• Help AfrikQuiz educational app with 5 volunteers for making social media posts | forgood
• Help Viva Foundation of South Africa raise R20,000 for purchasing school uniform for underprivileged learners | forgood
• Help Love Your Nuts Foundation raise R250,000 for development of an educational game about cancer in SA | forgood
• Help The Feenix Trust with 5 volunteers for referring a student who may need Feenix | forgood

Employment and inclusive economic development

• Help Find Your Life Enrichment Programme with 5 volunteers for finding companies willing to provide job opportunities | forgood
• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/connecting-job-seekers-to-opportunities-mandela-day
• Help Khuthaza Foundation with 5 volunteers for Administrative Assistant | forgood
• Help Project Literacy raise R250,000 for training 50 unemployed youth on Comms Skills And Maths | forgood
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/goods/donating-office-space-2-work-stations-npc-employees-

Environment and sustainability

• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/goods/donating-seedlings-compost-and-fertiliser-our-community-garden-in-woodstock
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/money/raise-r3000-for-a-love-garden-help-us-grow-nutritious-food-

Food security and health

• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/sourcing-advertisers-for-our-new-magazine
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/money/raise-r20000-for-mandela-day-feeding-our-children-project
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/goods/donating-non-perishable-food-esp-legumes-cereals-providing-breakfast-lunch-to-our-children-daily
• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/instagram-account-management
• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/creating-donor-profiles-for-our-social-media

Resources and infrastructure

• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/goods/donating-100l-white-paint-our-training-facilities
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/money/raise-r120000-for-roof-over-new-classrooms-at-the-viva-village-mamelodi-

Safety security and good governance

• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/writing-up-basic-partnership-agreements-
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/goods/donating-and-installing-security-items--protecting-our-safe-home-and-its-occupants-
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/money/raise-r30000-for-improving-safety-security-at-all-our-centres
• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/tax-affairs
• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/financial-health-of-our-organization

Social gender

• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/gbv-support-services-
• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/entry-level-job-creation-for-vulnerable-women
• https://www.forgood.co.za/volunteer/assistance-to-help-our-girls-and-women-
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/money/raise-r45500-for-10-sponsorships-3-month-women-empowerment-program-gbv
• https://www.forgood.co.za/donate/goods/donating-goods-for-our-pamper-packs-our-gbv-circles-of-support-community-womens-groups