Rorisang Men and Youth Development Project, Klerksdorp, February 2014
Early in 2014 Priscilla Rakhetsi of the SACBC AIDS Office visited Rorisang Men and Youth Development Project which runs an OVC project for children affected by AIDS. She noted that Rorisang is supported by the Department of Social Development as…
Update on the SACBC AIDS Office, June 2014
June 2014 The SACBC AIDS Office began its final year of its PEPFAR-funded treatment and orphan and vulnerable children’s programmes on 1 June, having been granted an extension for one year. Two of the Church’s treatment sites, of the original…
Antiretroviral treatment continues at Tapologo and Nazareth House
Anti-retroviral treatment continues at Tapologo (Diocese of Rustenburg) and Nazareth House, Johannesburg for another year as a result of the no-cost extension granted by the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) to the SACBC AIDS Office. The two centres were among…
Hennenman gets new orphan drop in centre
The SACBC AIDS Office managed to secure funding to support the orphan and vulnerable children programme in the Diocese of Kroonstad. A new hall where the children can gather was constructed in Hennenman. A shortfall in the building costs resulting…
Dutch visitors from Homeplan report on their trip to South Africa
The entire trip from South Africa On Saturday we gather at the airport for check-in. Most of the group did not know each other, so here are introduced. It is a fun and diverse group, with more women than men….
Savannah Lodge guests support vulnerable children programmes
News from the Tiyimiseleni Orphanage project [May 2014] Winter has arrived and the early mornings and afternoons are already getting chilly. It is so wonderful to see how everyone at the Tiyimiseleni Centre is enjoying the new building. The ladies…
TB programme working in rural Swaziland
Swaziland Visit Highlights Dire Rural Poverty Johan Viljoen, 16 May 2014 The SACBC’s “Early Detection of TB” program has been implemented in two sites in Swaziland (Good Shepherd Siteki and Regina Mundi Piggs Peak) since August 2013. In these few…
Chief Expresses Gratitude for New Houses for Orphan and Vulnerable Children
Maria Ratschitz Mission, PO Box 194, Wasbank, 2920 We are writing to thank you for amazing support you have given us in this past two years since the beginning of the Orphans and Vulnerable Children housing project under…
Tiyimiseleni Orphan Care Workers Showing Off their Brand-new Uniforms
15 members of staff at Tiyimiseleni, Diocese of Witbank, showing off their brand-new Tee Shirts! The care workers are part of the orphan and vulnerable children programme funded by the Global Fund.
Pomeroy excels in Zulu hospitality
HOUSES FOR ORPHANS: POMEROY RISES TO THE OCCASION Johan Viljoen SACBC AIDS Office has been in partnership with the Dutch NGO Homeplan since 2010, building two-room brick houses (with corrugated iron roofs, 2500 litre rain water tanks and pit latrines)…