Child care workers learn behaviour change skills
The SACBC AIDS Office organised an Education for Life workshop for the KZN AIDS project sites at St Philomena’s in Durban. A total of nine projects, and 23 participants, took part in this training, facilitated by Sr Victoria, Sr Busisiwe…
Sicelimpilo Children, celebrate Heritage Day
Sicelimpilo children, Port Shepstone area, Diocese of Mariannhill, celebrated Heritage Day with fun and games, enjoyed by all.
Recommendations that Tapologo and Nazareth House treatment programmes continue beyond PEPFAR funding
The SACBC AIDS Office commissioned SEAD (Strategic Evaluation, Advisory and Development Consulting) to undertake a study of the antiretroviral treatment programme’s remaining two sites, Nazareth House in Johannesburg, and Tapologo in Rustenburg, and of the surrounding Department of Health clinics….
Good Governance doesn’t just happen
Training in the demands and expectations around good governance was provided at Good Shepherd Retreat near Hartbeespoort by Rural Development Support Programme for a number of AIDS projects supported through the SACBC AIDS Office. Participants learned about managing projects openly…
Catholic Responses to AIDS in Southern Africa
The SACBC AIDS Office and St Joseph’s Theological institute launched “Catholic Responses to AIDS in Southern Africa” during the plenary session of the bishops of the SACBC in January 2014 in Manzini. The book looks at the response of the…
Careworker and Children, Reitz
The Sisters of St Paul run the St Elizabeth’s AIDS programme for orphaned and vulnerable children at Reitz in the Diocese of Bethlehem. The inspiration for its founding was the late Sr Elizabeth who saw the needs of people in…
Ledig faces concerns of malnourished children
Priscilla Rakhetsi of the SACBC AIDS Office reports on her visit to Ledig one of Tapologo’s satellite sites in the North West Province, Diocese of Rustenburg. Ledig (sub siteof Tapologo) has five carers and 192 children registered in the…
Catholic Relief Services Supports Work With Children in South Africa and Swaziland
Catholic Relief Services has supported orphans and vulnerable children in both South Africa and Swaziland over the past year, with children receiving educational and health care interventions, and people assisted with training in project management, fund-raising and the development of…
How to raise funding to support programmes is challenging
The SACBC AIDS Office organised training in fund-raising and proposal writing conducted by Rural Development Support Programme for participants from orphan and vulnerable children’s projects looking at long term options for their projects in a climate where fund-raising is a…