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A place of rest in the depths of despair
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Posted: Monday, November 07, 2005
Jillian Green. 04 November 2005. The Star. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd.
Catholic bishop Kevin Dowling, a native of Pretoria, has been working in the Rustenberg area since 1991 and has personally experienced the pain and suffering of the people he serves.
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Do you know your HIV status?
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2005
HDN Key Correspondent Team. 09 June 2005. A posting from Af-AIDS (af-aids@eforums.healthdev.org)
Do you know your HIV status? Many people are still unable to answer 'yes' to this important question. A pioneering South African programme called 'New Start' sets out to change that.
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Halala! CINDI - Looking Back Living Forward
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Posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2005
CINDI Press Release.
CINDI Members have been working together for 10 years to address the needs of vulnerable children in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Intersect Coalition Womens Festival: Linking Hands for Change
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Posted: Friday, May 20, 2005
May 2005. Republished from the Agenda Website.
The 9 August is National Womens Day in South Africa. The KwaZulu-Natal Intersect Coalition which is being spearheaded by the KZN Network on Violence Against Women plans to host a womens celebration taking place at the Kings Park Soccer Stadium in which women will engage each other (and men) in activities like live musical, drama, poetry and story telling and etc.
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A place for men to talk about HIV/AIDS
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Posted: Thursday, June 02, 2005
Solly Maphumulo. 02 June 2005. The Star. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd.
It's a South African first, a place where men can talk to other men about HIV/AIDS and other sexual problems.
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Reaching church leaders and congregations
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Posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
11 May 2005. IRIN PlusNews. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
When Millicent Phewa discovered that her local church in Umlazi, a township near Durban in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal, did not have an HIV/AIDS community support programme, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
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Project empowers rural communities to shape own HIV/AIDS programmes
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Posted: Monday, May 09, 2005
03 May 2005. IRIN PlusNews. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
A new project by South African NGO, the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), will enable rural communities across the country to develop their own programmes to deal with the impact of HIV/AIDS.
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Getting tested: A New Start
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Posted: Monday, May 09, 2005
06 May 2005. Bizcommunity.com. Republished with kind permission of Bizcommunity.com
The Society for Family Health (SFH) has launched a social marketing campaign for Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) aimed at changing the perception that HIV testing is only for the sick and encouraging all South Africans to regularly test for HIV.
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A circle of giving
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Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2005
Dudu Zondi. HIVAN Campus HIV/AIDS Support Unit .
Community Outreach volunteers attached to HIVANs Campus HIV/AIDS Support Unit at the University of KwaZulu-Natals Howard College campus held a fundraising event over two days in May 2005. Over R1 500 was collected from the sale of raffle tickets for patients and families at McCord Hospitals Sinikithemba Care Centre, and more than 15 bags of clothing were donated to the Hillcrest AIDS Trust Centre for their income-generation scheme.
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Hospice helps patient come to terms with HIV/AIDS
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Posted: Monday, May 09, 2005
Jaime Griesgraber. 05 May 2005. Cape Times. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd.
Fifteen years ago, Masindy Apie went to the doctor for what she thought was a sexually transmitted disease. Her doctor tested her blood and told her that she had HIV/AIDS and three months to live.
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