Visit of the US Government Accountability Office
The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of the US Government, visited Nazareth house in Johannesburg on 5 June 2012 to get an understanding of how the Antiretroviral Treatment Programme operates. They were particularly interested in how drugs are procured…
Bicycles for Ahanang Caregivers, Archdiocese of Johannesburg
Bicycles for Ahanang caregivers in Sebokeng, Archdiocese of Johannesburg (Submitted by Nondumiso Jwara, SACBC AIDS Office) On the 31st of May 2012 the SACBC AIDS Office presented two bicycles to Ahanang Home Based Care project in Sebokeng Zone 14 donated…
Gender and HIV / AIDS
Fr Charles Ryan was a key note speaker at the Justice and Peace Gender and AIDS Consultation hosted by the Department and the SACBC AIDS Office at St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria on 17 May 2012. The consultation was…
Collaboration in Blaauwbosch, Diocese of Dundee, with the Department of Health
Theresa Bossert of the SACBC AIDS Office visited Newcastle on 8th and 9th May 2012, and for a meeting involving the Catholic Church Antiretroviral Treatment, Blaauwbosch, programme with the Department of Health officials of the Amajuba District. Great strides have…
Bicycles for Baitlami Ba Sechaba caregivers in Kopela, Klerksdorp Diocese.
On the 28th of May 2012 Kabelo Huma and Nondumiso Jwara went to Klerksdorp to hand over bicycles donated by the Justice and Peace Department to the AIDS Office for projects doing Home Based Care programmes. The bicycles were ridden…
Vezokuhle Home Based Care, Hazyview, Diocese of Witbank
Sibonakaliso Mkhize and Nondumiso Jwara visited Vezokuhle Home Based Care in Hazyview, which is funded under the Global Fund Programme. A meeting was held with the coordinator, finance person as well as caregivers on the 23rd May. There were no…
Home Based Care Refresher training in King Williams Town, 07-10 May 2012
Kabelo Huma & Nondumiso Jwara were in King Williams town from 07-10 May 2012 for the Home Based Care Refresher Training conducted by Mrs Gloria Duba of Hospice Palliative Care Association. In attendance were 29 Caregivers. Ten from Sithembele Awareness Program…
SACBC AIDS Office Mid-Term Evaluation
Small grants project Supported by Catholic Relief Services Time frame being evaluated: Jan 2009 to Dec 2011 March/ April 2012 Facilitated and documented by Rosanne Shields Rural Development Program Download Here
Capuchin students, Pretoria, May 2012
The SACBC AIDS Office conducted a seminar for Capuchin philosophy and theology students in Pretoria, in May 2012. The students studying for the priesthood are from Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya, Zambia and South Africa, and will shortly be doing a pastoral…
The Diocese of Manzini, houses for orphans: Bringing Hope, Restoring Dignity.
Johan Viljoen, May 2012 Homeplan’s mission is to build houses for ”the poorest of the poor”. In Swaziland this is certainly the case. Burdened with the highest HIV prevalence in the world, one of the highest TB rates, a collapsing…