Affiliates

Thami Ncombo

Meadowlands Community Development Project (MCDP)

MCDP is a community development project aimed at upgrading the development of the community of Meadowland. Offers training on HIV/AIDS and drives various awareness campaigns. Operate in and around Meadowlands - Soweto
This organisation manages of the first AIDS Consortium HIV/AIDS satellite library, situated in Lamula Jubilee, a secondary school in Meadowlands (Soweto).

Carol Dyantyi

Ikageng Itireleng AIDS Ministry

Established in 2002, Ikageng has made its mark in Soweto – caring for over 1000 orphaned and vulnerable children and assisting child headed households. Operate in and around Orlando West – Soweto

Rose Thamae

Let us Grow

Since 1996, this organisation has been specialising in Home-Based Care for people who are terminally ill because of HIV. Support groups are also an essential part of the services offered by this organisation. Their services also extend to networking and HIV/AIDS education. Operate in and around Orange Farm – Gauteng

Khopotso Nakin

New Life Centre

This organisation was established in response to the level of gender inequalities and violence in our society. They offer rehabilitation services to sexually exploited people, paying particular attention to sex workers. Operate in and around Berea – Johannesburg

Naniki Bapela

Mary’s Community Centre

This organisation provides HIV/AIDS education and support to the community around HIV/AIDS and social issues. Operate in and around Berea – Johannesburg.

Nomkhubulwane

Sounds of Edutainment

Through the creative use of art and poetry, Sounds of Edutainment mobilise people in the inner city of Johannesburg on social issues and HIV/AIDS. Operate in and around Yeoville – Johannesburg.

Minnie Themba

Vosloorus AIDS Training Education Counselling and Home-Based Care (VATECH)

The name of this organisation says it all! They offer HIV/AIDS education, counselling to families of their clients (terminally ill), whom they offer Home-Based Care services to. They operate in and around Vosloorus – Gauteng.

Maria Khambule

Leratong Home-Based Care

Leratong, meaning a place of love – this organisation, like many, works directly from the heart (place of love). They offer Home-Based Care and counselling to families of terminally ill patients. Networking with other affiliates, it is easy to make sure that they cover the ground not covered by our other affiliates – they operate in and around Vosloorus – Gauteng.

Pastor Eddie Nxumalo

Bethesda Care Givers

These are providers of Home-Based Care and various Orphan related projects. Learning and sharing ideas with our other affiliates in the area has become very easy for Bethesda, this is continually promoted by the AC. They operate in and around Dobsonville – Soweto.

Independent Council of Churches Ministers (ICCM) in partnership with Sinqobile

This is a partnership project between the Independent Council of Churches Ministers and Sinqobile. The support group initiated an income generation project in order to generate income for the support group members and to provide something therapeutic for the group. Sustainability of the group is the ultimate vision. This project operates in and around Simunye Location (Westonaria)
Contact: Rev. Nehemia Pheto
Address: 4094 Botega Street, Ext. 2, Phase 4, Simunye Location, Westonaria.

Siyanqoba Service Foundation Projects

Established in 2002, and bringing to life Nosipho’s (the founder) vision to instill hope and a sense of purpose to the infected and affected. Siyanqoba runs various projects that aim to restore hope to orphaned and vulnerable children.
Their projects include: soup kitchen, food parcels, clothes distribution, community and home based care, job creation and many more. Siyanqoba operates in and around Honeydew and Zandspruit.
Contact Number: 011 476 3643/1700
www.siyanqoba.org.za

Basadi Ba Tokollo

Basadi Ba Tokollo means ‘women of liberation’ and it was established in 2002 by women from Dube, Soweto. The establishment of this organisation was motivated by the lack of information, skills and employment opportunities. This organisation therefore aims to empower community members via community based projects, engaging in programmes dedicated to create awareness and promote prevention of HIV/AIDS and domestic violence. They also provide arts and culture training for community members in the quest of promoting self sustenance. Some of their achievements include; recruiting and placing unemployed community members in jobs, facilitating training and development courses in Home Based Care, distribution of food parcels to 300 families in the community They operate in and around Dube in Soweto.
Address: 19 Mcube Drive, Dube Village, Soweto.

Mokone-Maruping Care Giving Project

Mokone-Maruping means going back to your place of origin. This name was inspired by the fact that this is an initiative led by senior citizens who are at the epicenter of the epidemic and are now playing the role of sole guardianship of their grandchildren and other orphans. Some of the orphans being cared for by this project have lost their parents to AIDS related illnesses. Their programmes include: care giving, soup kitchen, youth programmes and job creation projects such as those displayed at the AGM. This is the project that aims to sustain the organisation and it provides job opportunities for the community and relevant beneficiaries.
Mokone-Maruping operates in and around the area of Meadowlands in Soweto.
Contact Number: 011 988 1733
Address: 188 Ingedezi Street, Zone 7, Meadowlands.

Thusanang HIV and AIDS Project

Thusanang was established in 2001 by a group of concerned people who realized the desperate need for support groups in which people living with HIV and AIDS could talk and share experiences of their journey. Instead of sitting and twiddling their thumbs waiting for something to happen, this group decided to make things happen by training in flower arrangement and beadwork projects which have become a source of income for many others independent of Thusanang. They provide wreaths to comrades who have passed on. The income generated from such projects is used to buy food parcels for their clients who are poor and needy, and by so doing, the vision of this organisation is being realized. They operate in and around Rosettenville.
Contact Number: 011 435 1045
Address: 1 Mabel Road (Cnr. Rose), Rosettenville

Pumla handicapped sheltered workshop

In February 2002, a team of dynamic volunteers from the Soweto Info Centre decided to start this project. This was encouraged by a motivation session on community development, where one of the Pumla student governing body (SGB) members was present. Driven by the vision that all disabled people need to be treated with dignity and respect, this group initiated projects which would expose the talent and ability of the disabled. Today, this group makes glasses out of recycled cider bottles, Xfurniture, beads, clothes etc. The generated income helps improve their workshop and also serves as an incentive to those involved in the project. They operate from Orlando West in Soweto
Contact: Mabel Phiri
Address: 9307 Armitace Street, Orlando West, Soweto.