Malumulele OVC Project, Diocese of Tzaneen
On a visit to Malumulel OVC Project in the Diocese of Tzaneen, the SACBC AIDS Office met Eunice (co-ordinator) Caroline (M and E officer) and Emma (caregiver). They described the work of their project which includes monitoring children’s progress at…
Housing Project
Housing Project: Dan Village, Diocese of Tzaneen The SACBC AIDS Office inspected a house constructed in the housing project. Two rooms were added on to an existing one room house and a mud house was demolished. An exisiting shack remains…
Bakhita, Dwars River, Tzaneen
Bakhita Village at St Brendan’s School, Dwars River, Diocese of Tzaneen Twenty seven vulnerable primary school girls from local villages are provided with residential care during term time at Bakhita village next door to St Brendan’s School in Dwars River,…
Child Care Workers Training for OVC care workers
In April 2011, fifteen Child Care Workers from SACBC AIDS Office affiliated OVC projects began an 18 month training under the National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW). Fourteen modules in literacy and numeracy made up the accredited training funded…
Early Childhood Development Training, Kroonstad OVC Project
Early Childhood Development Training, Kroonstad OVC Project, July and August 2012 The SACBC AIDS Office collaborated with Realeboga Bakubung Organisation of Thaba Nchu in the Free State in the training of 39 care workers of the Diocese of Kroonstad OVC…
Catholic Theological Ethics in a World Church
Hope, concrete realities the focus at gathering of African theologians – by Joshua J. McElwee NAIROBI, Kenya – Bring up the subject of Africa at dinner conversation and you may feel like you’ve removed the air from the room. By any…
Sr Emmanuel Nyeka RIP
The SACBC AIDS Office joins the Holy Cross sisters in mourning the death of Sr Emmanuel Nyeka who had been matron at Holy Cross Hospice, Suiderberg, Pretoria, and co-ordinator of the ARV programme run under the auspices of the SACBC…
Maria Ratchitz Hospice Burns Down
The SACBC AIDS Office joins the Franciscan Nardini in prayerful support after the Maria Ratchitz hospice near Wasbank in the diocese of Dundee was razed by fire after it was struck by lightning. All patients were moved to safety and…
Diocese of Kroonstad
On Tuesday 4 September 2012 Sibonakaliso and Johan Viljoen visited the Diocese of Kroonstad and met with the management team of the Diocesan AIDS Committee. The SACBC AIDS Office was able to announce that Lotto funding has been approved for…
Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona meets SACBC staff
Sr Hermenegild Makoro (the Secretary General of the SACBC ), Bishop Jose Luis Ponce de Leon (SACBC liaison bishop for AIDS) and the heads of SACBC agencies supported by funding from Catholic Relief Services for programmes in HIV and AIDS,…