In 2006, at a ceremony on 15 November, the SHAWCO K1 Centre was officially renamed the Golda Selzer Community Health Centre. The centre was declared officially open by the guest of honour, Sir Franklin Berman KCMG QC, and Prof Golda Selzer’s sons, Prof Robert & Arthur Forman.

Whereas SHAWCO’s other 4 centre focus primarily on the Education Projects run by SHAWCO, this centre has made health its focal point.

SHAWCO’s Golda Selzer Community Health Centre (GSCHC) is host to the Noxolo Adult Day Care Club – a group of senior citizens and persons on disability pension, who are provided with daily security, food and activities at the centre. Occupational Therapy students from UCT play an important role in running the group, engaging the members in various arts and crafts, as well as individual therapy. While OT students are based at the GSCHC, they also render services to the local schools.

In 2006, Physiotherapy students from UCT were also placed at the GSCHC and offered services to both the Noxolo Adult Day Care Club as well as members of the greater community. Four times a year, fourth year medical students from UCT run various community research and health promotion projects as part of their curriculum.

SHAWCO Health runs a weekly clinic on Monday nights for residents in the surrounding community.
 
The SHAWCO Golda Selzer Community Health Centre hopes to be a hub of community activity. Along with the Noxolo Adult Day Care Club, it already hosts a range of other social service providers. Sakhisizwe offers family counselling services; Vukuzakhe offers support to children who have been orphaned or otherwise made vulnerable by HIV & AIDS and Ilitha Labanthu offers family counselling as well as running workshops at the local schools. SHAWCO also hosts the Sizizamele Educare centre, which caters to children between 6 months and 5 years – preparing them for pre-school. The Zoe Bible Church has offices within the centre and runs counselling from the centre within the week time and church services over the weekend.  The hall is used for training offered by various NGOs in fields such as HIV & AIDS (Soul City) and Debt Relief and Financial Management.

The centre also hosts the Community Health Forum, the Police Community Forum, SANCO, various community events and gatherings, and support groups for people living with HIV and children who have been orphaned, as well as providing a base for various health promotion initiatives such as polio vaccination drives and eye tests.

The Vision for the Centre:

SHAWCO and UCT (through the Health Sciences Faculty Community Based Education programme based in the Primary Health Care Directorate) have entered into a unique relationship to develop a multi-partnered, community-based service-learning centre providing the community with continuous comprehensive healthcare. In partnership with the Department of Health, Corporate donors and the community, the aim of SHAWCO and UCT will be to provide Preventative, Curative and Rehabilitative Services, Health Promotion and Public Health Education and to conduct relevant Community Based Research through the Golda Selzer Community Health Centre. Through UCT, students from all the health disciplines will offer services to the community through the Golda Selzer Community Health Centre as part of their curricula. SHAWCO Health Students will continue to offer evening clinics and refer the clients and patients to the various paramedical services offered in the centre.  Along with the various NGOs and services operating out of the centre, the Golda Selzer Community Health Centre is set to become an indispensable resource to the community it serves.

This clinic (also called Simthandile by SHAWCO Health) runs on Monday nights from the SHAWCO Golda Selzer Community Health Centre in Khayelitsha