The Clermont Community Resource Centre is a community-based centre in Clermont Township which is near Pinetown. Pinetown is a highly industrialised area and, as a result, there is an influx of people (working and job seeking) in industries that are in close proximity to the centre. The majority of Clermont residents utilise the centre for information and advice on HIV/AIDS, counselling and para-legal services. This year it is supplying food parcels to needy clients through the assistance of the Department of Social Development.

The AIDS Foundation Grant is being used to support the HIV/AIDS counselling services, run educational workshops and pays the AIDS Educator.

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This organisation was formerly known as Friends of Mosvold as it was established by staff members of Mosvold Hospital at Ingwavuma (a very remote rural part of KwaZulu- Natal). It has operated within the hospital since inception but this year moved to new offices. It runs four HIV/AIDS projects: Home-Based Care, School Support, Poverty Alleviation and Orphan Response. In its core values, the organisation stresses that children come first.

The AIDS Foundation grant is being used to support the work of the orphan care and school support programmes.

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Kathleen Voysey is an Outreach Project of the Musgrave Methodist and Presbyterian Churches in Durban. It operates from the premises of the Berea Presbyterian Church. The project provides medical care and a soup kitchen for the destitute (people living in the street). It has also assisted them with securing identity documents so they can access social grants.

The AIDS Foundation grant was used to buy medical drugs and other minor items that assist in running the project.

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The KZN Network on Violence against Women is a provincial organisation that creates awareness around gender-based violence and its link to the spread of HIV/AIDS. It provides training - on relevant legal issues such as domestic violence, maintenance and abortion - and support to its network members. It also coordinates advocacy campaigns for network members.

The AIDS Foundation grant is being used to support core organisational expenses.

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This project is located in the rural area of Nqutu, close to Dundee. It runs a drop-in centre in partnership with the Department of Social Development and Health through the National Integrated Plan, and offers pre- and post-test counselling, HIV testing, home-based care, HIV/AIDS awareness targeting youth out-of-school, food parcels and a play-centre for children in distress.

The AIDS Foundation grant is used to support home-based care by paying caregivers’ stipends.

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This organisation operates in the KwaDukuza area north of Durban and runs a drop-in centre in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Development through the National Integrated Plan. The centre offers pre, post and ongoing counselling to HIV/AIDS infected and affected people; HIV testing; and food parcels to children in distress and people waiting for social grants to be approved.

The AIDS Foundation grant is used to support the home-based care project.

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This organisation operates in the KwaDukuza area north of Durban and runs a drop-in centre in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Development through the National Integrated Plan. The centre offers pre, post and ongoing counselling to HIV/AIDS infected and affected people; HIV testing; and food parcels to children in distress and people waiting for social grants to be approved.

The AIDS Foundation grant is used to support the home-based care project.

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This organisation is situated at Ixopo, a very remote rural area. The project assists the community in caring for the terminally ill, orphans and vulnerable children. A team of caregivers provides palliative care and assists affected families to access relevant social grants. Caregivers also conduct educational workshops to highlight the plight of vulnerable children in the community.

The Foundation’s grant is mainly used in supporting home-based care services and other core expenses.

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This project is based at Umlazi, a township in southern Durban and was established by a group of retired nurses with the aim of improving the health status of the people in the area. It offers home-based care, advocates churches caring for the sick and attends to the plight of orphans.

The AIDS Foundations grant is used to support the home-based care and the orphan response projects.

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Or “I Have a Destiny”, is an organisation based in Cato Manor Township, Durban. iThembalethu has adopted an early prevention-intervention approach to address the high HIV/AIDS prevalence there. Other programmes include rescue of abandon and vulnerable children, family re-unification, men’s workshops, young leaders’ support and school-based awareness and HIV/AIDS education. AFSA’s grant was used to support HIV/AIDS prevention programmes.

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St. Philomena’s was established in 1895 at St. Augustine’s Hospital in Durban. They provide residential care, create community houses and provide permanent family placements for OVCs through the community care programme. AFSA’s support was used for the OVC programme.

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Umthombo Wempilo serves a rural Zululand community that is severely affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty. The organisation facilitates HIV/AIDS education workshops to address the spread of the disease while providing home based care to those already ill. Food parcels and counseling are also available for OVCs and PLWHA. The AIDS Foundation grant was used to support the OVC and home based care programmes.

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Working as a close association of CBOs in the Umdoni and Vulamehlo municipalities of the South Coast region, UVHA focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention and care of PLWHA. Their activities include; fundraising for local organizations, design of new development programmes, food security and nutrition for OVCs, and working with the local hospital to roll-out ARVs. The have recently began their “Road to Recovery” Programme which covers the taxi fare for rural HIV-positive mothers to enable them to travel to the ARV treatment site for check-ups and to collect medication. AFSA’s support was utilized to finance the organisation’s operating costs related to HIV/AIDS programmes.

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This organisation was started in 2004 in Bhekuzulu location near Estcourt. Their main activities include home based care for PLWHA, food security as well as care and support of OVCs. Much of their work with OVCs is done through two local half-way houses. BSSP is also active in assisting beneficiaries to secure government grants to reduce poverty. The funding from AFSA was provided in support of the OVC programme and the Drop-in Centre.

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Mpilonhle is located in Ladysmith and means “holistic health” in IsiZulu. The organization engages in care and support of OVCs, home based care and support groups for PLWHA, community outreach and mobilization, training, income-generating activities and food security. Mpilonhle Project acts as the community component for the ARV roll-out at Ladysmith Provincial Hospital. The AFSA grant was used for the OVC programme.

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Based near Pietermaritzburg, Siyaphambili works to decrease the effects of the HIV/AIDS on the surrounding community through the implementation of OVC support, home based care and food security programmes. They assist those in need to access grants as well as anti-retroviral treatment. AFSA funding was used to strengthen the work of the Drop-in Centre through our NIP Programme.

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Sicelimpilo provides services to those highly affected by HIV/AIDS in a rural area not far from Ladysmith. They have established a Document Desk to assist OVCs to secure grants from the government as well as a gardening programme for children in need. The Centre’s outreach programmes raise awareness on issues of child abuse, domestic violence and AIDS prevention. The AIDS Foundation funding was directed towards strengthening the work of the Sicelimpilo through our NIP Programme.

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Umvoti AIDS Centre was established in Greytown in 2001 but also conducts projects in several nearby isolated rural areas. They provide home based care, food security/gardening, grant access and income-generation. The organization works extensively with OVCs, striving to identify and reach child-headed households. The AIDS Foundation’s grant was used to.

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This organisation is based in Osizweni Township and informal settlements near Newcastle. Their programmes seek to assist OVCs and vulnerable families, the aged and to alleviate the widespread poverty in the community. Outreach campaigns are conducted to raise awareness around HIV, violence and domestic abuse. They also run an early childhood education centre, soup kitchen and food security programme. The AIDS Foundation funding was directed towards strengthening the work of the Drop-in Centre through our NIP Programme.

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Dududu Centre can be found in the South Coast region where it works in the Vulamehlo and Umdoni areas. The Drop-in Centre provides support to orphans and vulnerable children and the terminally ill in the form of food parcels and home based care. Local beneficiaries are also assisted to register for government grants. The AFSA grant was used to strengthen the work of the Drop-in Centre through our NIP Programme.

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Located outside of Jozini in Ukhanyakude District this organization works to support with disadvantaged groups and youth. They have joined AFSA under the Kwa-Zulu Natal Grants Programme.

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SAPOHR was formed in 1989 by political and common law prisoners due to gross human rights violations on the part of prison warders and police during the time of arrest and detention. After 1994 the focus changed and the organisation began to concentrate on fighting HIV/AIDS in and outside of prisons. The KZN office offers counseling for inmates HIV infected inmates and advocates for the rights of prisoners to access treatment. It also provides home based care and psychological support to infected former inmates. The grant from the Foundation was used to support SAPOHR’s HIV/AIDS work in KZN.

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