Thafeni Family moves into a new house in Thaba Nchu
February 2013 Thaba Nchu (Motlatla Trust) Batho Ba Lerato, Bloemfontein The Thafeni Family lives in one roomed shack that is not in good condition. Their house is in Motlatla Trust. This family is headed by a child of 20 years…
“AIDSRelief” – a job well done, and with thanks to PEPFAR
Sr Alison Munro of the SACBC AIDS Office and Dr Douglas Ross of St Mary’s Hospital, Mariannhill, participated in a seminar in Lusaka, Zambia, with representatives from Church treatment programmes in Africa, all formerly part of the Catholic Relief Services…
New treatment priorities, technical support rather than direct service delivery
Catholic Relief Services hosted a meeting in Lusaka , Zambia, of representatives of the AIDSRelief treatment programme that was funded by a PEPFAR grant to Catholic Relief Services from 2004. With funding cuts, and with new priorities around the provision…
Ethical issues and Catholic Health Care
At the recent CATHCA Conference Fr Charles Ryan gave a presentation on the ethical issues facing Catholic healthcare workers. Here is an outline of the talk he gave. >Download
New School Uniforms, Phalaborwa and Ofcalaco Parishes, Tzaneen Diocese.
News from Phalaborwa Parish: 71 households/families were helped, and 132 children – 75 boys and 57 girls – received school uniforms. Other families were helped in Ofcalaco parish. We identified the children by visiting the schools to see the condition…
Bakhita, Tzaneen Diocese, gets a face-lift
The Bakhita Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s project next o St Brendan’s School in the Diocese of Tzaneen was able to do some needed repairs at the centre accommodating the children.
SOURCING FUNDING, AND FUNDING SOURCES
Sr Alison Munro presented input on sourcing funding, and funding sources, at the recent CATHCA regional conference held at Willow Park Conference centre near Johannesburg this past week. The major donor funding that was available between roughly 2000 and 2010…
Orphanaid, Caritas, Siphafaneni House, Swaziland
Siphofaneni, Our Lady of Sorrows, Manzini Diocese The xx family has 3 members, [a father and 3 children, 1 girl, 2 boys]. The father is HIV positive and needs to visit the local clinic for his medication almost every two…
The Church and AIDS @ 30
Fr Michael Czerny was the first keynote speaker at the theological conference hosted by St Joseph’s Theological Institute and the SACBC AIDS Office, marking thirty years since the discovery of HIV. He outlined the Church’s response to AIDS globally. >>Download…