Nzhelele Catholic Parish joins forces with Siloam Hospital at interfaith event to mark World TB Day in Vhembe District, Diocese of Tzaneen Nzhelele reports that an interfaith event to mark World TB Day was planned jointly by the Nzhelele parish…
The local Catholic Priest volunteered to adopt a family for Christmas and he was introduced to the family and they were delighted. We received money for centre renovations and school uniforms in December towards closing time. Centre renovations will be…
Youths in the Free State and elsewhere, all supported in/graduates of the PEPFAR-funded OVC programme, have received opportunities to develop skills. Some have undergone training in building and carpentry, others have learned something about the hospitality industry. One young man…
Catholic Relief Services hosted a meeting in Lusaka , Zambia, of representatives of the treatment programme that was funded by a PEPFAR grant to Catholic Relief Services from 2004. With funding cuts, and with new priorities around the provision of…
Nandi Sithole of the SACBC AIDS Office visited Ngwana swara atla saka in the Diocese of Witbank in February 2013. The site has managed to distribute all the house hold items to the families and has built toilets for 20…
February 2013 Batho Ba Lerato, Thaba Nchu (Vlenter), Bloemfontein Goitsemang is living with her guardian (Makhema Gabaikanngwe) together with other children of her guardian. They live in 3 roomed shack and this shack Mangaung Local Municipality lent them because they…
Catholic Relief Services hosted a meeting in Lusaka , Zambia, of representatives of the treatment programme that was funded by a PEPFAR grant to Catholic Relief Services from 2004. With funding cuts, and with new priorities around the provision of…
On Sunday 17 March and Monday 18 March Johan Viljoen of the SACBC AIDS Office attended the beginning of the week-long training for health workers in the DFID-funded TB program. Training was conducted by the Foundation for Professional Development, for…
The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) through the Centocow Development Programme (CPD) with funds from PEPFAR provides support to the St Apollinaris Hospital for its HIV care and treatment programme. St Apollinaris is the public hospital that serves the…
Archdiocese of Johannesburg and AIDS The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg has made a major contribution to the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. We note here some of the more well-known projects that have left their…