Theresa Bossert of the SACBC AIDS Office visited Newcastle on 8th and 9th May 2012, and for  a meeting involving the  Catholic Church Antiretroviral Treatment, Blaauwbosch,  programme with the Department of Health officials of the Amajuba District.  Great strides have…

Bicycles for Baitlami Ba Sechaba caregivers in Kopela, Klerksdorp Diocese.

On the 28th of May 2012 Kabelo Huma and Nondumiso Jwara went to Klerksdorp to hand over bicycles donated by the Justice and Peace Department  to the AIDS Office for projects doing Home Based Care programmes. The bicycles were ridden…

Vezokuhle Home Based Care, Hazyview, Diocese of Witbank

Sibonakaliso Mkhize and Nondumiso Jwara visited Vezokuhle Home Based Care in Hazyview, which is funded under the Global Fund Programme. A meeting was held with the coordinator, finance person as well as caregivers on the 23rd May. There were no…

Home Based Care Refresher training in King Williams Town, 07-10 May 2012

Kabelo Huma & Nondumiso Jwara were in King Williams town  from 07-10 May 2012 for the Home Based Care Refresher Training conducted by Mrs Gloria Duba of Hospice Palliative Care Association. In attendance were 29 Caregivers. Ten from Sithembele Awareness Program…

Small grants project Supported by Catholic Relief Services Time frame being evaluated: Jan 2009 to Dec 2011 March/ April 2012   Facilitated and documented by Rosanne Shields Rural Development Program Download Here

Capuchin students, Pretoria, May 2012

The SACBC AIDS Office conducted a seminar for Capuchin philosophy and theology students in Pretoria, in May 2012.  The students studying for the priesthood are from Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya, Zambia and South Africa, and will shortly be doing a pastoral…

The Diocese of Manzini, houses for orphans: Bringing Hope, Restoring Dignity.

Johan Viljoen, May 2012 Homeplan’s mission is to build houses for  ”the poorest of the poor”.  In Swaziland this is certainly the case. Burdened with the highest HIV prevalence in the world, one of the highest TB rates, a collapsing…

Home based Care - Refresher training.

Home based Care  Refresher training for Keimoes-Upington, Polokwane and Rustenburg dioceses, at Koinonia, Johannesburg. May 2012, Nondumiso Jwara and Kabelo Huma Participants from the dioceses of Keimoes – Upington, Polokwane and  Rustenburg participated over three days in a home based…

The Bethlehem Career Camp, April 2012

The camp was conducted by Harold Msiza, Avie Cherrington, Kabelo Huma and Lloyd Madzivadondo of the SACBC AIDS Office for grade ten and eleven students. The SACBC has started the legacy of conducting career camps for the high school learners….

Maria Ratchitz Mission

Maria Ratchitz Mission, Diocese of Dundee, April 2012 The SACBC AIDS Office visited Maria Ratchitz Mission, Wasbank, in the Diocese of Dundee where the Franciscan Nardini Sisters oversee several projects assisting people infected and affected by AIDS.  Some of these…

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