Ndumo Schools Project, Vicariate of Ingwavuma
September Report The Ndumo Schools project reported that the caregivers are now working hand in hand with the Department of Social Development. They are conducting home visits with them to identify more OVC in need of housing. Sr. Lidia from…
Kopano Lerato, Archdiocese of Pretoria.
The SACBC AIDS Office visited Kopano Lerato, Archdiocese of Pretoria. The programme takes care of 305 orphaned and vulnerable children, providing psychosocial services, access to health care and education services, assistance with access to identity documents and social grants, and after…
SACBC AIDS Office Retreat, Good Shepherd Retreat, Haartebeespoort
Staff of the SACBC AIDS Office participated in a two retreat at Good Shepherd Retreat overlooking Hartebeespoort Dam In October facilitated by Fr Vincent Mkhabela, vice provincial of the Comboni Missionaries Staff took time out to reflect on their lives…
Visit to Freedom Park ARV clinic, Diocese of Rustenburg
PEPFAR is overseeing the transition of its treatment programme to the South African Department of Health, and officials from Washington and their Pretoria colleagues ( representing the Centres for Disease Control, UAAID and the Office of the US Global AIDS…
Kids Care, Bronkhorstspruit, Archdiocese of Pretoria
September report. In September, Kids Care reported that there were no food parcels given during the month; this is always because we only offer food parcels as an emergency relief service. Those in need of food parcels are taken into…
Siyathokoza, Botshabelo, Motheo District, Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
The project reported in September: Children were taken on an educational tour to the Kimberly big hole; this was a really exciting experience for them. This tour was conducted in collaboration with Batho ba Lerato, Thaba Nchu in order to…
Ngwana Swara Atla Saka, Sekukhune, Diocese of Witbank
Ngwana reported on its programme in September. We were assisting children with preparations for their school examinations, particularly the secondary school students who needed assistance with revision. The children come on Saturdays for assistance at our library. The children were…
Practical, low-cost interventions can reduce the spread of TB infection.
The SACBC AIDS Office and Catholic Relief Services made a poster presentation on reducing the spread of TB among at a conference in Durban at the end of October 2012. The conference focussed on work with children orphaned and made…
Mercy OVC, Kopano Lerato OVC Program, Winterveld, Archdiocese of Pretoria
Twelve households benefited from the shelter project, 6 houses were renovated, six houses had broken doors and windows replaced. Six houses were in a bad condition, they were built of mud and we could not repair them, but we managed…
Shelter Renovations, Diocese of Kroonstad Development Agency
The housing project to renovate the houses of the families of our children has been a very helpful one to the OVC families. The conditions of the houses have now been improved from a dilapidated state to a better condition. …