• General Education Support: During the end of the term children were assisted with examination preparation and revision for subjects including mathematics, science, English Xhosa and Sotho. Group and individual discussions were done with the use of study guides. Some…
Visitors from Homeplan in Holland and South Africa, and from the SACBC AIDS Office visited the Makhundu Christian Centre Malelane in the Inkomazi District, Witbank Diocese, on a Homeplan building trip. It was a great experience to share in the…
Br Philippe Denis from Pietermaritzburg presented research findings of a study conducted in KwaZulu-Natal illustrating how faith is changed by HIV. He was one of the speakers at the joint conference hosted by St Joseph’s Theological Institute at Cedara, and…
The SACBC AIDS Office began its ARV treatment programme in 2003 with funding from CORDAID which laid the foundation for the PEPFAR funded programme begun in 2004. The PEPFAR grant is ending in May 2013, with six sites having been…
Children in Modjadjis Kloof, Diocese of Tzaneen were assisted with new school uniforms at the start of the new school year. The AIDS project in Modjadjiskloof is supported with funding from The Global Fund. Sr Theresa Byrne is seen with…
The SACBC AIDS Office “Houses for Orphans” program has, to date, built nearly 200 houses for destitute AIDS orphans, either in orphan headed households, or living with elderly grandparents. A further 80 houses are currently under construction, or planned for…
February 2013 New house built by Batho Ba Lerato Thaba Nchu (Ratlou Location), Archdiocese of Bloemfontein In the Sealoma household, there are nine people living under the same roof. The head of the household is a granny of 67 years…
February 2013 Thaba Nchu (Motlatla Trust) Batho Ba Lerato, Bloemfontein The Thafeni Family lives in one roomed shack that is not in good condition. Their house is in Motlatla Trust. This family is headed by a child of 20 years…
Sr Alison Munro of the SACBC AIDS Office and Dr Douglas Ross of St Mary’s Hospital, Mariannhill, participated in a seminar in Lusaka, Zambia, with representatives from Church treatment programmes in Africa, all formerly part of the Catholic Relief Services…
Catholic Relief Services hosted a meeting in Lusaka , Zambia, of representatives of the AIDSRelief 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…