Umcebo Trust

Umcebo Trust is a non-profit organisation that believes that marginalised people have within them the creativity necessary to make a difference, and aims to establish a studio workspace for people to use and develop their artistic talents as a means of personal and creative development, as well as to generate income. Umcebo is an isiZulu word meaning "treasure".

"Contentious Issues" - HIVAN/WCRP Religious Leaders and HIV/AIDS Researchers Forum - March 2004

“Questions you always wanted to ask your religious leader about HIV, but were too afraid to ask …? was the focus of a forum co-convened by HIVAN and the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) at the first session of their 2004 series on 3 March at the Durban Jewish Centre in KwaZulu-Natal.

Proposal Call - Rapid Appraisal of Good Practice within the CINDI Network

Interested researchers/journalists are invited to submit proposals for the above research project. It is envisaged that CINDI Members (over 50 organisations) will be given the opportunity to contribute details of creative and replicable projects to a Good Practice Document that will be included on the CINDI Website - to encourage the sharing of innovative and practical projects by national and international organisations working with children affected by HIV/AIDS.

School enrolments down as HIV/AIDS takes its toll

A major new study undertaken on behalf of the government has found that South Africa is in the midst of an HIV/AIDS crisis even more devastating than feared.

Things take a positive turn for KZN's youth

HIV/AIDS infection rates of people aged between 15 and 24 in KwaZulu-Natal have dropped, according to the Medical Research Council.

Speech by the Minister of Health at the Million Men March

This is a transcript of the Minister of Health's, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, speech at the Million Men March, held in Durban on 27 March 2004.

Gauteng hospitals get the ball rolling

Staff at hospitals where free HIV/AIDS drugs will be available from Thursday are excited.

Stephen Lewis speaks to the Microbiocides 2004 conference

Below is a transcript of the speech delivered by Stephen Lewis, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, to the Microbicides 2004 conference in London, on Tuesday, March 30, 2004.There is, I will admit, a touch of amiable irrationality in racing across the ocean for a half hour speech. I want to assure you that I don’t do it as a matter of course. But in this instance, it seemed to me that your kind invitation to address the Conference could not possibly be forfeited. I’m here because I think the work in which you’re collectively engaged … the discovery and availability of microbicides … is one of the great causes of this era, and I want to be a part of it. It is in this room that morality and science will join together.

A "House of Life" cares for the dying

A TV music channel blares as a passing nurse swings her hips to pop rhythms, cheered on by patients in rickety hospital beds. At first glance Ikhaya Lobomi ("House of Life") seems to do its name justice but, on closer examination, it becomes clear that this is a place for the rejected and the dying.

Special report on a decade of democracy - HIV/AIDS

In May 1994, a month after being sworn in as the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) drew up a National Health Plan, with technical assistance from the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children's Fund.