Following up on child immunisations, Siyathokoza, Botshabelo
Siyathokoza OVC Project in the Diocese helps get immunisation for a sick baby. During home visits our carers found a sick baby in one of the homes. Trying to register the child in our programme we found that the child…
Orphaned and vulnerable children at Rorisang , Diocese of Klerksdorp
Rorisang OVC programme provided an update on its activities in February Educational Support: The aftercare programme is doing well; the caregivers of Rorisang during home visits inform the parents and the guardians about the benefits of the aftercare programme. The…
Report on the New York Commission on the Status of Women
Sr Alison Munro joined a Dominican delegation in New York at the Commission on the Status of Women, CSW58. Here is her report: Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58), 10-21 March 2014 Challenges and achievements in the implementation of…
Food gardening, Swaziland
Christ the King and Good Shepherd parish caregivers participated in the Lima vegetable garden training conducted In Manzini, Swaziland. The training modules covered garden layout and design, planting, tower and container gardens, natural pest and disease control, and nutrition and…
Children receive antiretroviral treatment in the Kurisanani programme, Diocese of Tzaneen
Kurisanani OVC project in the Diocese of Tzaneen reported on some of its activities in February • COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND OTHER COMMUNITY STRUCTURES: We run the project in five parishes in the diocese of Tzaneen: Phalaborwa, Tzaneen, Olifants…
Reitz children learn about TB infection control
St Elizabeth’s, Reitz, Diocese of Bethlehem, reports on some of the TB education in the OVC programme HIV and TB EDUCATION PREVENTION We discussed HIV and TB with the OVC. TB is a high risk factor with regard to HIV….
Art classes for children in Thaba Nchu
Batho ba lerato in Thaba Nchu in the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein provided an update into some of its activities during February Clinical nutritional support:- We invited a professional nurse to educate parents and guardians, especially those who live with children…
Tapologo on track with ART patient transfer
February 2013 Theresa Bossert reports on some of the activities around “transitioning Tapologo’s patients to DoH clinics as PEPFAR funding winds down in the programme: Tapologo has been receiving ARVs from DoH since December 2013, they have also been receiving…
The Love of Christ Ministries, South of JHB, Receives a Car
Theresa Bossert of the SACBC AIDS Office visited the Love of Christ Ministries (TLC) in Eikenhof south of Johannesburg on Wednesday 19 February 2014 and met Pippa Jarvis. Theresa reports that she “was blown away” by the love and commitment…
Drugs and Dignity Key to End AIDS
Sr Alison Munro of the SACBC AIDS Office and Yvonne Morgan of CATHCA participated in the Caritas Internationalis and UNAIDS Consultation on antiretroviral treatment held on 25 and 25 February on Rome. Participants from Catholic Church agencies across the world…