Defaulting from AIDS treatment is still a serious problem in South Africa

FOCUS (Faith Based Organizational Capacity Strengthening Universal HIV Treatment Program Funded by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) South Africa has an estimated 7.1 million people living with HIV (PLHIV), with a projected increase to 7.5 million by 2020. In 2017, PEPFAR…

SACBC AIDS Office House Projects

  Despite South Africa being a middle income country it has huge disparities between the rich and the poor, the reality which is evident in both rural and urban areas. Many poor people from rural areas migrate to the cities…

Catholic Church Embarks on Care for Creation Project

August 2018 Dear Brother Bishops and Archbishops, PREPARATION FOR THE CELEBRATION OF DAY OF CREATION (01 SEPTEMBER 2018) At the recent Plenary in Mariannhill I reported briefly on the work of the Laudato Si’ Sub-Committee in preparing for the celebration…

Catholic Church Aids Office Builds Houses for the Disadvantaged People in South Africa

SACBC AIDS Office August 2018 A new house Over the past ten years the SACBC AIDS Office has included among its programmes a house-building project.  There is nothing elaborate about the two-roomed, very simple houses that are constructed for poor…

SACBC AIDS Office Networking for Social Impact   Offering Signs of Hope Sr Alison Munro OP, Former Director, SACBC AIDS Office, Pretoria, South Africa July 2018 Read more…….

http://aidsoffice.sacbc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Faith-Based-Organisations-Bring-Hope.pdf  

Catholic Church Partners with the Government to Combat TB in South Africa.

SACBC Staff Working in the TB Project. TB is one of the killer diseases in South Africa. When it has been discovered early, and one adheres faithfully to the treatment, a person can fully recover from TB and be completely cured. …

Job Opportunity in the SACBC Aids Office

  Sizakele Zwane – One the of SACBC Aids Office Staff Member http://aidsoffice.sacbc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DATA-Capture.pdf

SACBC AIDS Office Teambuilding and Spiritual Retreat, January 2018

SACBC AIDS Office in one of the biggest Offices under the SACBC Department of Social Action. For many years the office has been running different projects related to HIV/AIDS, and it has been doing exceptionally well; therefore winning the confidence of funders and sponsors. It has also remained…

Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Award for Sr Alison Munro

Sr Alison Munro received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award at the end of a celebration of the Eucharist during the plenary session of the Southern African Catholic Bishop’s Conference (SACBC) in recognition of her work in the AIDS Office…

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