South Africa participated in the 2008 Future Problem Solving programme for the first time. The Australian competition finals were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 to 19 October 2008.
The South African team represented Africa in the competition and consisted of the following members:
- Nadia Heydenrych [Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, Pretoria]
- Chantelle Heydenrych [Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, Pretoria]
- Madelein van der Berg [Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, Pretoria]
- Dikeledi Hlongwane [Gatang Combined School, Mamelodi, Pretoria]
- Khomotso Moja [Gatang Combined School, Mamelodi, Pretoria]
Team South Africa won the 3rd place in the middle section of the Community Problem Solving Competition.
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Nadia, Madelein and Chantelle represented South Africa at the Australian finals. With them is Adrian Meyer, Director of IFPS Africa.
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Nadia, Madelein and Chantelle receiving their South African colours from Niranjan Casinader, National Director of IFPS Australia and Dr Valerie Volk, Deputy Director IFPS Australia
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The team with their project titled: Drugs are Killing our Children. Dikeledi and Khomotso of Gatang Combined School could not attend the event in Australia.
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Proudly carrying the Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool flag and the SA national flag
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Ms Marianne Solomon, Executive Director of IFPS, and Ms May Tan, Director of FPS Singapore, interviewed the team. A telephonic interview was done with Dikeledi and Khomotso to assess their contribution to the project.
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Team South Africa 2008: Madeleine, Dikeledi, Khomotso, Chantelle and Nadia. The team will be in Michigan in May 2009 to participate in the International IFPS finals
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We are grateful to Smart Integration Australia and Project Solutions for the sponsorships that contributed towards the successful participation of students from Africa in this competition
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