1. Douglas Aids Action Group |
Douglas AIDS Action Group (DAAG) is situated in Douglas in the Siyancuma
District, about 200km away from Kimberley. The organization operates
in the offices that were donated to them by the municipality hence
they work very closely with the local municipality. The aim of this
project is to educate youth about HIV/AIDS and to give them information
so that they can make informed decisions. Their activities include
amongst other things information and educational talks in churches,
local prison and schools. They run a special prison programme where
they conduct motivational talks for the prisoners that are about
to be released to prepare them for the world outside especially
on issues around HIV/AIDS.
The AIDS Foundation grant is used to support the
training programme.
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2. Van Zylsrus Support Care Group |
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The Van Zylsrus Support Care Group operates within the Van Zylsrus
Clinic which is about 170km away from Kuruman. This area is very
rural, with very high levels of poverty and illiteracy. and the
infrastructure is very poor. The rate of HIV/AIDS is very high and
the contributing factors are lack of information, poverty &
high rate of illiteracy. The aim of the project is to provide palliative
care, educational talks, door-to-door campaigns and workshops addressing
issues of HIV/AIDS. The organization has taken advantage of the
lack of transport in the area and conduct walk and talk campaigns.
A member of the project will accompany a group of people from the
shop and informally introduce an HIV related topic to them and they
will then discuss it and when they are about to reach their destination
s/he will then tell them about the project and introduce their work.
The AIDS Foundation grant is used to support home
based care and the HIV/AIDS education programme.
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3. Tshepo Ya Sechaba Organisation |
The
Tshepo ya sechaba organization runs a palliative acre programme
targeting the community in Barkly-West and the surrounding farms.
Barkly-West is a town situated 40km away from Kimberly. The aim
of the project is to provide palliative care to the terminally ill
people and to educate family members as to how to take care of the
sick people and their nutritional needs. They also plan to start
a nutritional garden because they believe that people do not adhere
to the medication because they do not have food.
The AIDS Foundation grant is used to support the
palliative care project.
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4. Dingleton Community Health Workers Support |
The
Dingleton Community Health Workers Support organization is situated
within a mining area about 100km away from Kuruman. The community
of this area is multiracial as it consists of Afrikaans speaking
people, Tswana, Xhosa, Sotho and Portuguese from Namibia. There
is a high rate of HIV/AIDS in the area with the contributing factors
being poverty, unemployment, migration and lack of HIV/AIDS information.
The project operates within the local clinic and their main focus
is palliative care, counseling, assisting orphans and vulnerable
children to acquire necessary documents from the local government
departments and alleviating poverty by running a soup kitchen.
The AIDS Foundation grant is used to support home
based care, counselling and OVC work of the organization.
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