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In their shoes?

Children living in poverty need protection from neglect and abuse in all its forms, but as the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic strip away the physical and emotional structures of families and neighbourhoods, we find children, single or in groups, striving to maintain stable and safe households...

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Chatsworth Child Welfare?s HIV/AIDS Unit:
Giving hope and Raising Awareness

Chatsworth Child Welfare (CCW) is located a stone?s throw from the provincial R.K. Khan Hospital and the bustling Chatsworth Centre, and has been at the heart of the community for many years. In 1997, the CCW established its HIV/AIDS Unit as a response to the growing need for education within the greater Chatsworth area, including the informal settlements, about the pandemic...

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Towards a more child-friendly health system

In July this year, a number of activists for children?s rights gathered together in Durban in response to a call to action by the ?Coalition for Children?s Rights in an HIV+ World?: to build a civil society campaign, in partnership with government, focusing on the healthcare rights and needs of children in our country...

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Campaign News And Resources

ACESS: (Alliance for Children?s Entitlement to Social Security) has been working closely with the Department of Social Development to produce an updated Child Grants Booklet. The new and improved booklets will include information on social grants for children and how to acquire Identity Documents. The booklets will be distributed within the next few months and will be available in the 11 official languages...

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Support and strength for vulnerable women and children

Near to Illovo on KwaZulu-Natal?s South Coast, about 300 women and their children gather every Wednesday beneath a large tree to support and encourage one another in their fight against HIV/AIDS. During the past eight years, The Tree has witnessed many stories told by women who were once victims of the epidemic, but today are coping with its effects on their lives...

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Sustaining Children and Families: Views after Bangkok

Two leading women working to strengthen support for vulnerable children and fragile families have published their impressions of the 15th International AIDS Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, during July this year...

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Coming Closer...
like family

Over the past two years, SONDELA has linked readers to a range of men and women whose talents, determination and faith bring hope and healing into their communities...

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