Denzil Jonas from De Aar heading off to Washington DC
Sixteen year old Denzil Jonas from Nightingale Hospice Children’s Center in De Aar, Northern Cape has been chosen to participate in a learner exchange program in the USA. After filling in many application forms, writing essays and attending a panel…
Potato Donation
A local farmer in Reitz donated several bags of potatoes for the children at St Elizabeth Children’s Programme in Reitz, Free State. The Centre, established eight years ago to serve the township of Petsana, believes that its strength lies in…
St Elizabeth’s, Reitz, Free State
Avie Cherrington (SACBC) visited St Elizabeth’s Orphan and Vulnerable Children Project in Reitz (Bethlehem Diocese) in the Free State on 22 March 2012, and met with Deborah Makake (Financial officer); Paulina Mofokeng (M&E); Sr Lioba (Project Manager) and Care givers:…
CATHCA Conference Report
Nondumiso Jwara and Kabelo Huma of the SACBC AIDS Office attended the CATHCA Annual Conference at Good Shepherd Retreat near Haartebeespoort north of Pretoria from 31 March to 01 April 2012. CATHCA is an associate body of the SACBC and…
“A house. A home. A future.” – Homeplan visits Zululand
– Johan Viljoen, April 2012 They came. They saw. And they conquered the hearts of the people of Hlabisa. They were a group of 18 Homeplan members, who spent the week of 26 March to 1 April in remote villages…
SACBC AIDS Office – Tapologo Project Video
The AIDS Office of the SACBC funds the Tapologo Project in Rustenburg. We meet Vusi, an 18 year old boy who is HIV positive and got helped by the Tapologo Project. Tapologo means “Place of Rest”.
Ixopo District: Transfer of Ethembeni Clinic/ St Apollinaris
Ixopo District: Transfer of Ethembeni Clinic/St Apollinaris patient data to new Department of HealthSystem, Creighton, KZN Tony Linden of Catholic Relief Services met with Department of Health officials in the IXOPO Sisonke District Department of Heath Offices on 26th…
Home Based Care Refresher Training, Mariannhill
Kabelo Huma and Nondumiso Jwara from the SACBC AIDS Office were in Mariannhill from 26-29 March 2012 for the Home Based Care Refresher Training conducted by Hospice Palliative Care Association. In attendance were 31 Caregivers. Ten from Ithembalethu Outreach Project (Estcourt) and 21…
Sithandi’zingane Children’s Programme
The SACBC AIDS Office visited SITHANDI’ZINGANE CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME on 28 MARCH 2O12 and met Tankiso, Mafa, Mathapelo, Tobello, Jabu and Millisent. The site has organised a monthly work schedule outlining themes for each week. This month included topics such as…
Remote sensing of HIV care programmes using centrally collected laboratory results; Can we monitor ART programme effectiveness?
This paper describes a population level monitoring system of patients on antiretroviral therapy using centrally collected laboratory data. We demonstrate an analogous process of remote sensing using a large set of laboratory results and illustrate the tremendous density of information…