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Cultural
action
Sekugile
Youth Organisation
Sizakancane
AIDS Programme
Economic
empowerment, income generation, occupational skills
Blessed
Gérard's Care Centre
HEARD
Hillcrest AIDS Centre
Ingwavuma Orphan Care
Nobhule Project
Project
Gateway
uMngeni
AIDS Centre
Vusimpilo
Farming,
natural resource management
Farmer Support Group
Housing
Built Environment Support
Group
Legal
Clermont
AIDS Desk
Lawyers
for Human Rights
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DEALING
WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
CULTURAL
ACTION
Sekugile
Youth Organisation
Activities
Multi-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
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
ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT, INCOME GENERATION, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS
Blessed
Gérard's Care Centre
http://bbg.org.za/carecentre/
Activities
Vocational training for the unemployed. Care and counselling of children
in need. Care and counselling for those with HIV/AIDS and their families,
and for poor people over 60. HIV prevention and information provision.
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
fax:
(032) 456 7962
Health
Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of Natal
www.und.ac.za/und/heard
Activities
Academic and applied research into economic development and social impacts
of HIV/AIDS. Training workshops for professionals planning for HIV/AIDS
impact.
Expertise to share
AIDS Briefs and Toolkits available from website or in hard copy form,
offering sector-specific guidelines for professionals, commerce and industry.
Mobile Task Team provide expert advice to Ministries of Education in African
countries.
Would like contact with
Funders. Other researchers.
Contact:
Lucinda Franklin, Research Fellow
freeman@nu.ac.za
or franklinl@nu.ac.za
9th floor, Shepstone Building
University of Natal
Durban 4041
tel: (031) 260-2592
fax: (031) 260-2587
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
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
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
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
FARMING,
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Farmer
Support Group
Activities
Assistance to farmers and land-users, especially women, the poor and development
practitioners. Also productive natural resources management, institutional
development and entrepreneurship. Education, training, advice, technical
support, networking and partnerships using participatory and innovative
methodologies.
Would like contact with
NGOs working with farmers and land-users and which are involved with HIV/AIDS
issues affecting their client communities. Specially interested in hearing
how other NGOs which do not have AIDS as their main concern are responding
to the situation while still focusing on their main purpose.
Contact
Monique Salomon, Director
salomon@nu.ac.za
zumakd@nu.ac.za
University of Natal Pietermaritzburg
P\Bag X01
Scottsville 3209
tel: (033) 260-6278
fax: (033) 260-6281
HOUSING
Built
Environment Support Group
www.usn.org.za
Activities:
Housing and habitat projects in disadvantaged communities.
Expertise to share:
Technical housing and habitat services.
Contact:
Cameron Brisbane, Operations Manager
cameron@besg.co.za
Suite 4, Protea House
187 Berg Street
Pietermaritzburg
P.O.Box 1369
Pietermaritzburg 3200
tel: (033) 394-4980
fax: (033) 394-4979
Nina Saunders, Senior Project Leader
saundersn1@nu.ac.za
Hut 8
University of Natal
Princess Alice Ave.
Durban 4041
tel: (031) 260-2267
fax: (031) 260-1236
LEGAL
Clermont
Community Resource Centre AIDS Desk
Activities
Human rights, literacy, paralegal services; community awareness; education;
support for PWA; lobbying government and private sector.
Expertise to share
Support group formation and sharing positive living experience; running
workshops on HIV/AIDS and human rights.
Would like contact with
Other members of KZNAIDSLINK, possibly through workshops and meetings.
Contact
Nyami Mbhele, AIDS counsellor/educator
P.O.Box 836
Clernaville 3602
tel/fax: (031) 707-1653
Lawyers
for Human Rights -
HIV/AIDS Project
www.lhr.org.za
Activities
Protection and promotion of people living with HIV/AIDS and children affected
by the disease. Legal advice clinics for NGOs and the public. Capacity-building
workshops for NGOs, CBOs and the community.
Expertise to share
Legal issues related to HIV/AIDS, e.g. informed consent, confidentiality,
emnployment rights, children's rights.
Would like contact with
Children's rights organisations.
Contact
Thuli Zuma, Co-ordinator
lhrpmb@lhr.org.za
P.O.Box 388
Pietermaritzburg 3201
tel: (033) 342-1130 or (033) 342-1180
fax: (033) 394-9522
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