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Simunye Initiative “We Are United”

Simunye Initiative “We Are United”. Supporting the Hillcrest AIDS Centre. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal. One of the highest HIV infection rates in the world : about 36% of adults are infected Majority of the population living in extreme poverty

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Simunye Initiative “We Are United”

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  1. SimunyeInitiative“We Are United”

  2. Supporting theHillcrest AIDS Centre KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  3. HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal • One of the highest HIV infection rates in the world : about 36% of adults are infected • Majority of the population living in extreme poverty • Government policy is a decade behind – advocate garlic and olive oil rather than anti-retroviral drugs

  4. What HACT is Doing about it Nursing and Home Based Care • 53 volunteers from the community care for sick patients in their community • Rudimental primary care training • Supervised by 5 nurses • Home-based carers each look after 5-15 patients • Receive monthly food parcel from HACT • WERE receiving R500 ($100) stipend from Department of Health, but this has been discontinued

  5. What HACT is Doing About It • Nutritional assistance • 37 families supported by emergency feeding program • Weekly food packages • Horticulture project • Assist families to grow vegetables, providing resources such as seeds, fencing and training;

  6. School Fee Fund • 109 children who otherwise couldn’t afford it were sent to school this year • Funeral Fund • Assist families who cannot afford a funeral for their departed. • Education and workshops • Go to schools, workplaces, to educate about HIV & AIDS • Voluntary Counseling & Testing (VCT)

  7. Hillcrest AIDS Centre Statistics April – June 2005

  8. Income GenerationWoza Moya – “Come Change” • Currently providing an income for 89 women and men affected by HIV/AIDS and their families Nokothula’s Bauble Necklaces

  9. What YOUcan do • “Little Travellers” are made by women as part of a Woza Moyaincome-generation scheme • We are selling them for a donation of $5. Part of this amount will go to pay the women who made them, and the rest will go to fund HACT’s Home-Based Care programme. • Get involved: • Please HelpSell Them!’ • Pitch it to your families, church group, anyone!

  10. For More Info Simunye: simunye.united@gmail.com Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust: www.hillaids.org.za

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