US Consul General at Nazareth House, Johannesburg
Christopher the new US Consul General in Johannesburg joined Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield on her visit to Nazareth House to experience first -hand what PEPFAR funding has supported. Photo: Christopher Rowan, US Consul General in Johannesburg, at Nazareth House. Left nursing services…
Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield visits Nazareth House
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a deputy secretary in the US Department of State, visited the anti-retroviral clinic at Nazareth House in Johannesburg which has been supported by PEPFAR, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief since 2004. Several thousand patients,…
Children at Sizumndeni Care Centre See Puzzles and Building Blocks for the First Time
Children at Sizumndeni Care Centre in uMzumbe Ward 9, enjoying their afterschool activities. Some are seeing puzzles, hoola hoops and building blocks for the very first time in their lives. We just had to capture these moments and share with…
South Africa Challenged to Support 3,8 Million Orphans
Projects supporting orphans and vulnerable children and funded through NRASD (National Religious Association for Social Development) and NACOSA, as well as projects of the DSD, were evaluated in a CASE study. The report “Global Fund OVC Process Evaluation and Baseline…
Nazareth House Retreat
Nazareth House Staff from the ART Clinic, the Hospice, the old aged home and the HIV Support Group , Johannesburg, participated in a retreat at Lumko Institute in Benoni led by Father Phina John Mmakola around the theme LIGHT, CREATION…
Children on Treatment at London Mission
London Mission, Tzaneen Diocese sent us the following: At London Mission we are assisting 5 children with adherence support. We monitor their ARV treatment through home visits where we meet and advise the guardians and see the children. In case…
Malumulele Shelter Renovations, Limpopo
Malamulele Yinhla Project gave this report: At Shigalo we renovated 3 houses where we did roofing, plastering, flooring. At Mphakati we renovated 3 houses (roofing plastering, flooring). We helped 12 adults and 17 children in these communities. The families are…
Happy Family in the Diocese of Dundee
Maria Ratschitz Mission serves a remote area of rural Zululand, in the Diocese of Dundee. SACBC AIDS Office funds the orphan housing program there, building 24 square meter, two-roomed houses for destitute orphans. Progress has not been easy – there…
Education for Life Workshops for Child Carer Workers
A number of Education for Life Workshops were conducted for child care workers engaged at different AIDS projects to help them look at their own lives and engage more effectively with children in their care. The SACBC youth team facilitated…
Orphaned youth build houses in Swaziland
BREAKING THE CYCLE OF DEPENDENCY: SWAZILAND SHOWS THE WAY Johan Viljoen In existence since January 2000, the SACBC AIDS Office has frequently had to change its focus and priorities, to adapt to the latest realities of the AIDS pandemic in…