Jo Swart is a pastor at Life Church in Somerset West and has been involved in a number of projects within the local community and beyond our borders. Jo serves as the Chairperson of Somerset West Night Shelter and she will be talking about the remarkable journey of how the shelter has managed the many challenges that have come with the lockdown.
Lourens van Niekerk is a Bachelor of Science Honours student in Mathematics at Stellenbosch University. He lives on a farm with his pet warthog. Lourens and his family have been creating fashionable face masks and selling them to their community. They have also created a daily tracking system during lockdown to measure everyone's health status.
Genevieve Michael is the Head Girl of Brescia House School. She has played a significant role in implementing sound interventions for students at her school. She will be sharing her personal experiences as a Matric and how she has managed the challenges of COVID-19 head on.
Yannick von Grabowiecki is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Tumour Suppressors group from Cancer Research UK. Usually, he works on proteins regulating cell survival in tumours. Recently though, he volunteered to participate in COVID-19 testing in a UK national test center, which is why he will speak about the different testing techniques around COVID-19. His talk will help you understand the fundamental differences in what they show, how reliably they do it and how they can change the evolution of the pandemic.
