 Awards every year are made to two South African women who are studying for a Dipoma or Degree in any discipline.After completing school, Sonia Machanick enrolled on the medical course at Cape Town University.While a student, she initiated a vacation scheme for medical students to provide medical support at a mission hospital in the Transkei and she was a member of the team that inaugurated SHAWCO, a student-run NGO based at the University of Cape Town, that seeks to improve the quality of life for individuals in developing communities within the Cape Metropolitan area.