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Affilliates |Profiles 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 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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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