Hi everyone! Week 9 is officially done, which means that we have only one more week of the fellowship. I am sad to be leaving Netcare, but am so grateful to have learned so much from this experience. This week was an extremely fun week consisting of an insightful presentation from UNICEF at The Columbus Foundation, as well as Netcare’s filming day and all the excitement that came with it!

Our learning session with UNICEF at The Columbus Foundation was such an incredible experience to learn about child rights. We participated in multiple activities and even were able to give our opinion on certain matters that the organization needed help with. It was a great opportunity to learn about some amazing things while also making an impact in our community.

This week at Netcare was super eventful with it being our filming week! Every year, our marketing department films content for our social media, usually consisting of client testimonials and footage of our facilities. However this year in addition to our normal content, we decided to film some of our board members and employees!

Our client testimonials are when we bring in former clients and ask them a series of questions about Netcare and their experience with our organization. It is a great way for prospective clients to feel safe and ready to reach out to help, while also showing supporters the difference their help makes. Additionally, we record shots of our buildings to show what staying in our residential facilities might look like.

Our new content focusing on staff and board members is supposed to encourage donations and support, and help recruit. We brought in staff from all of our programs (including administrative staff) and asked them a series of questions like what made them proud to work at Netcare, their favorite memories here, and more. We also asked the board members similar questions to hear the impact their support has on Netcare and again, encourage others to do the same!

It was such a great experience to be a part of these filming days and hear first-hand the impact that Netcare has made on so many people. Just being a part of this process made me feel proud to be at Netcare and I hope to work at an organization like this in the future. Although I am sad this is all coming to an end, I can’t wait to see what my last week holds.

Best,

Anaika