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| HIV/Aids |
| Ikamva Labantu,
Western Cape |
The Trust’s approach
to HIV/Aids focuses on alleviating suffering,
restoring human dignity of people infected and
affected by HIV/Aids and contributing to the rehabilitation
of orphans into the community. The funding allocated
to Ikamva Labantu was utilised towards the support
of a home-based care programme in Philippi on
the Cape Flats, which benefited more than 100
people. This programme included providing services
such as counselling, administration of medication,
bathing of patients and occupational therapy.
Some of the achievements include the formation
of an HIV/Aids support group, the trauma workshop
for the care-givers was held involving psycho-education
around trauma (death, illness and poverty) and
the food garden project which continues to benefit
more than 20 patients and their families. |
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| Case study
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| HIV/Aids |
In South Africa, Alexander Forbes contributes
to a confidential, voluntary HIV/Aids programme
for all employees. The programme provides
awareness, education, counselling, voluntary
testing, medical and related therapy as
well as a 24-hour call centre available
to support and counsel employees and their
families. The ultimate aim of the programme
is for employees to know their status and
take responsibility to prevent infection.
If an employee is HIV positive, through
the programme, his/her lifestyle, longevity
and productivity can be improved.
During the period under review 1 741 employees
in South Africa were tested, of which 41
are HIV positive. Ten employees are on anti-retroviral
therapy and fourteen employees are on the
clinical management programme, as they do
not yet require the drug therapy treatment. |
| The HIV/Aids management
solution is available to all employees in
South Africa on the intranet. |
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| Alexandra Children’s
Haven, Alexandra, Gauteng |
| Alexandra Children’s
Haven, also known as Abangani E’Nkosini
is a community-based organisation established
in 1995 to provide an afternoon care facility
for children affected or infected by HIV/Aids.
More than 250 children benefit from the services
provided, which include the following: |
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Life skills |
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Bible lessons |
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Drama and singing |
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Drawing and poetry |
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Meals |
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Assistance with homework
for school-going children. |
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There are 15 active volunteers
as well as 15 part-time members who have volunteered
their services on a daily basis. These volunteers
have received various training which includes
HIV/Aids Care and Parental Education Programme
(PEP).
The Trust contributed towards the day-to-day running
of the centre. Through the Trust’s intervention,
Abangani was able to enlist the services of a
professional social worker to assist with the
screening of the children to fast-track applications
for social grants and the placement of vulnerable
children in places of safety. |
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| Mpilonhle, Ladysmith |
Mpilonhle is a halfway house
for orphans in Matiwane village about 45km from
Ladysmith. It is a place where orphans receive
care, food, training on basic life skills, counselling,
assistance with school work and extramural activities.
The age of these children ranges between 6 and
16.
The children receive food and other forms of care
from the halfway house in the morning and afternoon
on their way to and from school. The halfway house
runs for five days a week and the children also
receive food parcels for the weekend and on school
holidays.
Since the intervention of the Trust, two halfway
houses have been launched with 30 children per
house. The Trust supports the day-today running
of the houses.
All of the 60 children supported by the programme
passed their grades in 2005. |
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| Sun City Day Care
Centre, Mpumalanga |
| Sun City is an afternoon care
centre for orphans and vulnerable children in
Kwa-Mhlanga, Mpumalanga. The centre operates seven
days a week providing much needed care to 75 children
between the ages of 6 and 18 years old. The services
provided by the centre include breakfast, lunch,
assistance with school homework, counselling,
Bible study, basic life skills, medical assistance
and extramural activities. The caregivers also
provide home visits as part of rendering holistic
care to the children. The Trust supports the day-today
running of the centre. |
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| Case study
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| Mapetla Day Care
Centre, Soweto |
The Mapetla Day Care
Centre, under the auspices of the Wits and
Soweto Hospice was established in 2001 to
provide care to needy children. It is housed
at Phenyo Secondary School in Soweto, a
disused school that had been closed for
a while before the day-care centre started
operating on the premises.
The centre provides supervision, nourishment
and a pre-school programme to the children
of the patients of the Soweto Hospice, who,
due to ill health, are unable to care for
them. More than 50 children benefit from
the services provided by the centre. Previously,
the centre operated for two days in a week
due to financial constraints. The funding
received from the Alexander Forbes Community
Trust has enabled the centre to run effectively
for five days catering for more children.
The Mapetla Day Care Centre
is fully run by ancillary care workers who
have been trained by the Wits Hospice, and
have also successfully completed an Early
Childhood Development Course. |
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| John
Robins and Mark Nicholls visit the Mapetla
Day Care Centre in Soweto. |
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