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Blessed Gérard's Care Centre

Diocese of Natal HIV/AIDS Programme

Doctors for Life

Duduza Care Centre

Hillcrest AIDS Centre

Holy Cross AIDS Hospice

Ingwavuma Orphan Care

Isisekelo Sempilo

Lethimpilo Youth Organisation

Life Line, Pietermaritzburg

Mduduzi Wethu

Mgwelezana Hospital AIDS Unit

Nobhule Project

Project Gateway

Roman Catholic Church, Madadeni

St Mary's Catholic Mission Hospital

Salvation Army

Sekugile Youth Organisation

Shalom Training

Sizakancane AIDS Programme

South Coast Hospice

uMngeni AIDS Centre

Vusimpilo

PROVIDING CARE, COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT

Blessed Gérard's Care Centre
http://bbg.org.za/carecentre/

Activities
Care and counselling for those with HIV/AIDS and their families, and for poor people over 60. HIV prevention and information provision. Care and counselling of children. Vocational training for the unemployed.
Expertise to share
Experience of working in HIV/AIDS field for more than ten years.
Would like contact with
Possible funders
Contact
Rev Father G T Lagleder O.S.B.,
Director
bbg@smom-za.org
61 Anderson Road
P O Box 440
Mandeni 4490
tel: (032) 456 2743
f
ax: (032) 456 7962

Diocese of Natal, HIV/AIDS Programme
Activities
Compassionate ministry to all affected by HIV/AIDS. Building networks and partnerships with government and NGOs to fight AIDS. Running home-based care services and drop-in centres.
Expertise to share
Developing HIV/AIDS role of inner-city churches. How to start a drop-in centre.
Would like contact with
Others involved in dealing with HIV/AIDS.
Contact
Fr. Thando Zungu, Co-ordinator
rphillip@cpsa.org.za
P.O.Box 47439
Greyville 4023
tel: (031) 309-1334
fax: (031) 309-5481

Doctors for Life
www.hbc.dfl.org.za
Activities
Industrial interventions to reduce HIV infection. Provision of orphan care and quality home-based terminal care.
Would like contact with
Others involved in orphan care and home-based terminal care.
Contact
Heinrich Botes, Co-ordinator: AIDS Projects
heinrich@dfl.org.za
P.O.Box 1647
Kloof 3640
tel: (011) 764-0443
fax: (031) 764-0440

Duduza Care Centre
Activities
Restoring human dignity by hospice and home-based care for the terminally ill. Mobilising youth in peer-to-peer education programme. Life skills and AIDS information programme for school children.
Expertise to share
Home-based and hospice care. Youth work.
Would like contact with
Anyone involved in similar activities, including counselling and orphan projects.
Contact
Dr. E. Thalmeier, Project leader
Maria Ratschitz Mission
P.O.Box 194
Wasbank 2920
tel: (034) 651-1722
fax: (034) 651-1096

Hillcrest AIDS Centre
www.hillaids.org.za
Activities Holistic compassionate home- and community-based care for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in the Embo, Kwa Nyuswa, Molweni and Hillcrest areas of the Valley of a Thousand Hills. Activities include education and awareness (including producing materials); counselling (including VCT rapid testing and HIV/AIDS counsellor training in Zulu); home-based care (provided by registered nurses and volunteer caregivers); material support (including food and clothing); and income generation.
Expertise to share
Mobilising churches to respond to HIV/AIDS in their home communities, as well as how to provide a holistic response to HIV/AIDS to meet the needs of clients.
Would like contact with
People providing care for children, with educational materials and experience to share, or with time to offer helping us in our income generation project
Contact
Coordinator: Allison Myeza
Manager: Julie Hornby
hillaids@iafrica.com
8 Morningside Crescent
5 Nqutu Road, Hillcrest, 3610
P.O. Box 2474, Hillcrest, 3650
tel: 031 – 765 5866
fax: 031 – 765 8781

Holy Cross AIDS Hospice
Activities
Hospice care and home-based care. Day care, creche and preschool for HIV affected children. Training of health-care workers and caregivers. AIDS counselling. Networking with other organisations.
Expertise to share
Bereavement process with families. Natural family planning. Orphan care in the community.
Would like contact with
Government departments.
Contact
Sr. Priscilla Dlamini
P.O.Box 142
Gingindlovu 8800
tel: (035) 337-4118 or 083 725-5918
fax: (035) 474-4644

Ingwavuma Orphan Care
Activities
Support in the community for AIDS orphans and children living with terminally ill parents. Activities include assistance with school fees, food parcels, advocacy to access grants, food gardens and income generating projects.
Expertise to share
Mobilising community resources. Intersectoral collaboration.
Would like contact with
Companies who could donate food.
Contact
Dr. Ann Barnard, Treasurer
mosvold@lantic.net
P\Bag X2211
Mosvold Hospital
Ingwavuma 3968
tel: (035) 591-0122 or (072) 242-4782
fax: (035) 591-0148

Isisekelo Sempilo
Activities
Qualified HIV/AIDS trainers work with volunteers in visiting homes. Activities focus mainly on children, counselling and networking.
Would like contact with
Local organisations (Ladysmith area) dealing with HIV/AIDS, including first aiders, churches, adult education etc.
Contact:
Mrs B.M. Sithebe, Chairperson
P.O.Box 20805
Wasbank 2920
tel: 083 612-9596

Lethimpilo Youth Organisation for HIV/AIDS
Activities
Training of educators; community education and awareness training including legal rights. Home-based care.
Expertise to share
Training of educators. Home-based care.
Would like contact with
Organisations involved in HIV/AIDS work. Funders.
Contact:
S.D. Mbatha, Project Co-ordinator
P.O.Box 135
Emondlo 3105
tel: (034) 933-2425 or (083) 538-6086
fax: (034) 933-2060

Life Line, Pietermaritzburg
Activities
Providing qualified, free counselling for anyone, any time.
Expertise to share
Lay counsellor training.
Would like contact with
Anyone working on maintaining health by holistic methods.
Contact:
D. Harrison, Director
lifelinepmb@wandata.com
14 Princess Street
Pietermaritzburg
tel: (033) 342-4447
fax: (033) 345-3946

Mduduzi Wethu
Activities
Home-based care; counselling of HIV+ people and their families; awareness workshops; school visits.
Expertise to share
Counselling skills.
Would like contact with
Others involved with home-based care.
Contact
Fr. Herman Giraldo
g.giraldo@southafrica.com
P.O.Box 1069
Pongola 3170
tel: (082) 704-1543
fax: (017) 826-1043

Mgwelezana Hospital AIDS Unit
Activities
Home-based care, training of care-givers, AIDS counsellors, support groups for PWAs, support for death and dying, orphans and affected families, HIV/AIDS clinic.
Expertise to share
Knowledge of counselling, home-based care and running HIV/AIDS clinic. Training skills.
Would like contact with
Human rights, legal, advocacy, treatment action and lobbying groups. Support groups and care-givers.
Contact
Mrs Momusa Mkhomza, AIDS Community Services
phaselau@mweb.co.za
Mgwelezana Hospital
P\Bag X20021
Empangeni 3880
tel: (035) 901-7105
fax: (035) 901-7105

Nobhule Project
Activities
Care, support and counselling for HIV/AIDS clients, and teaching of occupational skills such as sewing and gardening. Working against discrimination and stigamtisation through education and interaction. Drop-in centre.
Expertise to share
Sewing skills, especially decorative scatter cushions with animal motifs.
Would like contact with
Those with knowledge about teaching life skills and information on HIV/AIDS disease.
Contact
Mrs P.F. Ngcobo, Administrator
P.O.Box 363
Edendale 3217
tel: (033) 399-5219 (h) or (033) 398-0043 (w)
fax: (033) 398-2876

Project Gateway
www.projectgateway.co.za
Activities
Empowerment of the local community through enterprise, education and care activities. Services include preschool and primary schooling, enterprise development, pregnancy crisis centre, overnight shelter, Duduza Home for infected/affected babies and toddlers, suppoorting caregivers and children in the community. Project Gateway operates under the leadership of the Pietermaritzburg Christian Fellowship and works in partnership with other churches in the city.
Expertise to share
Community care, eductaion and training, business and job skills development.
Would like contact with
Others invloved in similar AIDS work.
Funders.
Contact
Di Milford
pg@futurenet.co.za
dmilford@3i.co.za
P.O.Box 101071
Scottsville 3209
tel: (033) 394-3342
fax: (033) 345-4838

Roman Catholic Church, Madadeni
Activities
Spiritual support, home-based care and counselling for all those all those affected by HIV/AIDS. Youth programme of peer education aimed at Christian life choices.
Would like contact with
Others involved in similar work.
Contact
Fr. Jose Luis Ponce de Leon, Priest in Charge
F2045 Madadeni
P.O.Box 22375

Newcastle 2940
tel: (034) 374-9515 or (082) 789-9795
fax: (034) 374-9515

St Mary's Catholic Mission Hospital
smnhmhill@iafrica.com
Activities
Delivering holistic quality health services in the context of gospel values and Catholic ethics, participation in the district health system, and a mutually supportive relationship with local communities. Services include community outreach work (home based care), and inpatient and outpatient hospital care. St Mary's is also developing innovative finance controls to balance a sustainable state subsidy.
Expertise to share
Training of home-based care workers. Holistic approach to health care, including hospital, hospice and community development. HIV/AIDS training for traditional healers.
Would like contact with
NGOs doing HIV/AIDS-related work. Funders willing to donate goods or fund community projects. Businesses requiring HIV/AIDS training for staff.
Contact
Toni Acton, Human Resources Manager
toni@stmarys.co.za
P\Bag X16

Ashwood 3605
tel: (031) 717-1000
fax: (031) 700-3375

Salvation Army
Activities
Working with children. AIDS counselling.
Expertise to share
Caring for AIDS babies.
Would like contact with
Those with experience in helping people living with AIDS.
Contact
Lt. Colonel Noreen Mzenda
251 Uitlander Street
tel: (034) 982-3113
fax: (034) 983-2882

Sekugile Youth Organisation
Activities
Mulit-disciplinary educational and community development programmes, focused especially on sports, arts, culture and entertainment. Care and support for all those infected and affected. Counselling, home-based care and advocacy.
Expertise to share
PWA support, home-based care, counselling, advocacy.
Would like contact with
Any organisations working with HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal.
Contact
Ms Dolly Zulu
P.O.Box 141477
Madadeni 2951
tel: (083) 664-4244
fax: (034) 315-1093

Shalom Training
Activities
Children's home (Beth-Hatlaim), AIDS awareness and home-based care. In process of setting up a network across the local area and becoming a provider of services, information and training materials.
Expertise to share
AIDS awareness training.
Contact
Edge Oellermann
Marc Poree
training@shalomtrust.co.za
P.O.Box 373
Greytown 3250
tel: Edge Oellermann (033) 417-1425
Marc Poree (082) 786-7121

Sizakancane AIDS Programme
Activities
Home-based care; virgin-testing (children); HIV/AIDS and STD awareness; training and supporting institutions dealing with HIV/AIDS; promotion of cultural activities and moral values.
Expertise to share
Virgin-testing. Working with rural societies.
Would like contact with
Those involved with support groups, counselling, education, legal/human rights and working with children.
Contact
Inkosi V.I. Ngcobo, Co-ordinator
P.O.Box 111
Tugela Rail 4451
tel: (082) 644-0685

South Coast Hospice
Activities
Specialised palliative care for patients with severe progressive diseases, and care for families. Care is provided in the patient's own home, backed up by an inpatient unit and local health facilities. The hospice also trains care workers and volunteers, and provides counselling and medical services for adults and children.
Expertise to share
Mentoring on capacity building.
Training for HIV/AIDS counsellors.
Home-based care volunteers.
Networking.
Would like contact with
Groups involved with organising and providing care counselling.
Donor and funder organisations.
People interested in empowering women and children.
Contact
Mrs Kath Defilippi, Executive Director
schospkz@venturenet.co.za
29 Connor St
Port Shepstone

P.O.Box 504
Port Shepstone
4240
tel: (031) 682-3031
fax: (0319) 682-5391

uMngeni AIDS Centre
Activities
Holistic care and support in a christian context for families and communities affected by HIV/AIDS. Interventions cover all stages: education; pre-diagnosis; diagnosis; critical stages; bereavement; rebuilding family life and social and economic activity.
Expertise to share
Knowledge about relationship between the church and practical HIV/AIDS work. Planning assistance to churches wishing to set up and AIDS programme. Child bereavement counselling through child therapy. Research impact of different approaches to education and to health service mediation. Strategic planning and registration for CBOs wanting to become NGOs.
Would like contact with
Other church-based organisations. HIV/AIDS networks of all kinds (e.g. HIV+ support, education and training, counselling and home-based care, researching medical interventions and their social/psychological impact). Organisations involved in skills development and entrepreneurship training.
Contact
Ms Daniela Gennrich, Director
pddg@hilton.kzn.school.za
Shop 2
Jacaranda Centre
Hilton
P.O.Box 388
Hilton 3245
tel/fax: (033) 343 5137 or (033) 343-0017

Vusimpilo
www.kabissa.org/kznaidslink/vusimpilo (under construction)
Activities
Community-based health-care and rural development, including HIV education, home-based care, creches, youth programmes, income generation, development projects.
Expertise to share
Fundraising, evaluation/monitoring, home-based care, income generation, HIV education.
Would like contact with
Anyone.
Contact
Kelly Patterson, Development Executive
kellypatterson@futurenet.co.za
P.O.Box 270
Hlabisa 3937
tel: (035) 838-1120
fax: (035) 838-1120

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