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Children, HIV in SA and what I can do

Children, HIV in SA and what I can do. Voluntary session. The current situation:. Bloemfontein: 30% infection Ladysmith: 34% Pongola & Makatini flats: 60-80% infection rate Some towns in Makatini Flats: No adults alive, only children and couple of grandmothers

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Children, HIV in SA and what I can do

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  1. Children, HIV in SA and what I can do Voluntary session.

  2. The current situation: • Bloemfontein: 30% infection • Ladysmith: 34% • Pongola & Makatini flats: 60-80% infection rate • Some towns in Makatini Flats: No adults alive, only children and couple of grandmothers Consequence: traditional support systems cannot cope any more.

  3. What do these children have in common?

  4. Ladysmith: • Mpilonhle project cares for 900 children, 4000 on waiting list. • This is 4000 children with nobody to look after them, no guaranteed food.

  5. Dr’s cannot put AIDS as cause of death • No formal information collected • ARV’s not available to all

  6. Poster title: Isn’t it sad when children do not play house-house, but funeral-funeral?

  7. Major cause of AIDS spreading amongst children & women: • Sex as income: • Rich people have sex for pleasure, poor people (specifically women and children) have sex for survival, to obtain food or for protection. • Response of young girl when challenged by teachers for selling sex at truck stop: “I’ll die of hunger long before I die of AIDS. I have brothers and sisters to care for, where else will I get food?”

  8. What is being done? • State failing society • Difference between legislative, political and ground level:

  9. Halfway Houses:

  10. Halfway houses • Volunteers, NO income, many of them from families where nobody has an income • Provide meals: Pap; vegetables, • Help with home work • TLC • Memory Boxes • Getting children to talk to one another > do not want to talk to grown-ups

  11. Problem with halfway houses: • Soup kitchens halfway houses hiding bigger problem • Abuse of carers by Govt.

  12. How do you get care in community? • Specially in rural areas: Stigma of AIDS, nobody willing to admit it. • Denial of Govt of reasons for AIDS • AIDS seen as White man’s disease. • Conflict between traditional and Western Medicine • Unemployment • Other problems….

  13. Staff shortages & Resources

  14. Traditional values & Grandmothers

  15. Long distances

  16. Lack of hope

  17. So what works? • Children talking to one another • Getting people who are inspired • Giving hope > Medication often inroads to hope

  18. AIDS Buddies

  19. Not a singular approach • Various approaches: Persistence, time variety • Each community unique, utilise uniqueness • Coordination of services

  20. Volunteers: • Support: Family & community; Emotional support • Training • Supervision

  21. So, what can you do from here? • Group discussion:

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