Featured current projects
An Introduction and Practical Guide to Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) in Health Research – An Online Learning Resource
An online, interactive course on the topic of community engagement and involvement (CEI) in global health research.
Cities Support Programme, Township Economic Development Project
The Cities Support Programme (CSP) of National Treasury is implementing a Township Economic Development (TED) Project with SLF as the leading technical partner.
Dilemmas of health equity in global health research: A study of research on climate-sensitive infectious disease
An academic research project that aims to challenge the boundaries of research ethics and creatively explore new opportunities for researchers, in partnership with communities, to respond meaningfully and sustainably to causes of health inequity.
Selected past projects
Frontiers in Public Health
Public and community engagement in health science research: Openings and obstacles for listening and responding in the majority world.
Bucket Loads of Health
Bucket Loads of Health (BLH) was a community engagement in health science research project that responded to health challenges induced by a severe drought in the Western Cape (WC) province (2017 – 2018).
Safe Shebeens
SLF collaborated with 23 shebeen owners in the informal settlement of Sweet Home Farm, Cape Town, to co-produce strategies for making shebeens safer social spaces.
Formalising Informal Micro-Enterprises (FIME)
The FIME project pioneered new research methodology on South Africa’s informal township economy. The SLF project team developed and applied the small-area census method to document all economic activities in 9 townships.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter (HOTM) was a community engagement in health science research project that acted on the growing challenge of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in South Africa.
Unlocking Land for Micro-Enterprise Growth (ULMEG)
The ULMEG project sought to investigate and highlight the multiple ways that land use systems impact on economic growth and business in marginalised urban communities.