Nazareth House children’s home in Johannesburg currently has 33 babies and children in their care. The National and Provincial Social Welfare departments, the Children’s Court and the South African Police refer abandoned babies and children to Nazareth House on a…
The Diocese of Aliwal North reported on its February activities General Education Support: Sites monitored school attendance and performance, assisted with homework, writing and reading skills. Children received school uniforms and stationery. Child Protection: A Children’s bill of rights workshop…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
23 March 2014, Third Sunday of Lent Sr Alison Munro, OP Director, Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference AIDS Office Today’s reading from the Gospel of John 4:5-42 focusses on the relationship of Jesus and the Samaritan woman he meets quite…