“I saw Ad Schenkels’ announcement on Blackboard and decided to send him an email saying I was interested in the project”, Yesse told us. Project Dunoon nonetheless caught her attention. This will be a physical place in Dunoon, an area of Cape Town with slum-like living conditions, where social services such as child day-care will be housed.ĭoing a work placement in a foreign country didn’t appeal to Social Work student Yesse Kaïn at first because of homesickness, she told Punt. In collaboration with partners from the city of Cape Town, he and the Avans students are working on the development of a shared service centre. Punt talked to them.Īvans’ project manager Ad Schenkels set up “Project Dunoon” in a township in Cape Town, South Africa, under the auspices of Avans Centre for Entrepreneurship and International Business, employing around 10 students from 4 different schools: the School of Security and Public Administration, the School of Social Studies ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the School of Social Studies Breda, and the School of Built Environment and Infrastructure. Under the supervision of project manager Ad Schenkels, they are contributing to setting up a shared service centre in Dunoon Township. One of them is completing a multidisciplinary project, another is graduating: 10 students from 4 different Schools are joining forces for a project in South Africa.

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