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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
‘The delighted team of Nazareth House staff receives a Memorandum of Understanding from the Gauteng Department of Health representatives, in which the Department undertakes to provide anti-retroviral drugs, and laboratory testing for persons enrolled in the Nazareth House ‘Clinic of…
Siphithemba caregivers providing services to people with AIDS switched off their phones, and spoke and listened to the Lord instead, at a retreat facilitated by Br Pressure Mbatha in Elandskop, Archdiocese of Durban. There was time for reflection on their…
Johan Viljoen Swaziland has the highest prevalence of both TB and HIV in the world. The SACBC’s “Early Detection of TB” program has made a difference in reducing morbidity levels. Patients are detected during the early stages of the disease,…