Siyathokoza ART Clinic, Botshabelo, Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
Siyathokoza ART Clinic in Botshabelo , supported by the SACBC AIDS Office PEPFAR treatment grant is an example of collaboration in a public-private partnership. Patients have been on treatment since 2005. The project has good collaboration with the Department of…
Light of Hope, Standerton, Mpumalanga, Diocese of Dundee
On the 26th June, Sibonakaliso Mkhize and Nondumiso Jwara delivered office furniture from Catholic Relief Services to “Light of Hope” in Standerton, Mpumalanga. The furniture, and printer and desktop computer, was received with joy and gratitude by “Light of Hope”…
Holy Cross Home, Pretoria signs new agreement with the SACBC AIDS Office
Theresa Bossert and Sr Alison Munro of the the SACBC AIDS Office visited Holy Cross Home in Suiderberg, Pretoria and signed the new agreement for the final year of the PEPFAR funded treatment programme. The Holy Cross Sisters and their…
Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi: Lessons learned
Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia: Lessons learned from the responses of the Catholic Church The SACBC AIDS Office was invited to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in June 2012 to participate in a conference hosted by the German Episcopal Conference to present the findings…
Batho ba Lerato, Thaba Nchu, Archdiocese of Bloemfontein
13 June 2012 The SACBC AIDS Office visited Batho ba Lerato , an orphan and vulnerable children’s project, supported by PEPFAR, in Thaba Nchu in the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein and met Fr Raphael Mothe OMI , and Ms Lerato Moeng…
Models of care for anti-retroviral treatment delivery
– Marisa Wilke is on the far right in the front row in the photo. With her thesis MODELS OF CARE FOR ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT DELIVERY: A FAITH-BASED ORGANISATION’S RESPONSE, Marisa Wilke compared four models of care for HIV-positive patients. The…
Visit to Early Childhood Development programme diocese of Kroonstad
Visit to Virginia, Diocese of Kroonstad , April 2012 The SACBC AIDS Office met with the Kroonstad AIDS Commission concerning after school programmes and early childhood development training programmes in April 2012. The Kroonstad AIDS Commission had organised training for…
Patients at Mtubatuba and Sizanani ART programs transferred to Department of Health clinics
The SACBC AIDS Office treatment programmes at Sizanani (Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng) and Mtubatuba (Kwa ZuluNatal) were among the first treatment sites of the Catholic Church in early 2004, and among the biggest of the PEPFAR funded ART programme of the SACBC…
Inqanawe, St Charles Lwanga parish , Diocese of Mariannhill
By: Nondumiso Jwara, SACBC AIDS Office, June 2012 The SACBC AIDS Office has been able to make a small parkhome available to Inqanawe Project in St Charles Lwanga parish, diocese of Mariannhill. The parish does not have a hall or…
Ndumo house – Vicariate of Ingwavuma
Sibonakaliso Mkhize of the SACBC AIDS Office visited the Vicariate of Ingwavuma and met with various people involved in the oversight of the building of houses in the Ndumo and Hlabisa areas, and with the suppliers of building materials and…