With recent reports raising alarm that some hand sanitisers are not the approved standard, many people are concerned about what is being put on their hands when entering public places.

The Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences staff and postgraduate students from the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT); have produced sanitisers as part of efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.

The team from CUT have donated 67 bottles of 500ml each of sanitiser to the Lebone Village in Bloemfontein. Dr Jane Nkhebenyane, CUT Acting Head of the Department of Life Sciences said that university has been working with Lebone Village for the past six years.

“As part of our Mandela Day commemoration, we as CUT thought we could use our self-manufactured sanitisers to help curb the spread of COVID-19. We are donating 67 bottles of 500ml each which have been manufactured by CUT’s postgraduate students and academics in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences,” said Dr Nkhebenyane.

Lebone village currently houses 42 boys and girls, aged from 3 to 23 years.

Lulu Polisa explained that the pandemic has meant that they do not receive as many donations as they usually would. “The sanitisers are going to help us immensely we will use them to sanitise the children’s hands, but also for our staff, especially those who do not reside at the village. They will be able to stay sanitised when they leave the premises and when they arrive in the morning. When we receive visitors, we will sanitise them as well,” said Lulu Polisa.

The faculty will also be dropping off sanitisers at Fereira Hospice and Hertzogville Hospice, doing their part for 67 minutes for Madiba.

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Back: Letlotlo Letuka; Lesego Bahumi, Tshidi Magengenene, John Polisa and Dr Jane Nkhebenyane.

Front: Lehlohonolo Qhanya.