| World AIDS
Day collection for iThemba Lethu Transition Home
 In
recognition of World AIDS Day, the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Durban Campus HIV/AIDS Support Unit
hosted a money-drive to raise funds for the iThemba
Lethu Transition Home. The UND branch of the Treatment
Action Campaign (TAC) joined in with an information
table alongside the collection point outside the
main library.
iThemba Lethu is a voluntary association, established
in November 2000, and the Transition Home is located
in Cato Manor, Durban, providing a temporary home
for babies either abandoned by HIV-positive parents
or orphaned by the epidemic. The organisation
has a Christian base, rooted in Glenridge Church
International in Durban. While the children are
in the Transition Home, they are protected, loved
and prayed for, as the caregivers have a vision
for them being healed of trauma. Any medical conditions
presented are treated, and the children are educated
as appropriate for their age.
iThemba Lethu helps these children regain a
meaningful destiny by recognising the value of
their lives and their spiritual inheritance, and
being part of a secure family or relationships.
The Home can take up to six children at a time
into their care, from newborn to 18 months old.
As soon as children arrive at the Home, a process
of foster placement begins.
The Campus HIV/AIDS Support Unit team thanks
all those University students and staff who donated
money for this worthy cause and so helped to give
hope to the children of iThemba Lethu. A grand
total of R643-96 was raised.
To find out more about iThemba Lethu:
Tel/Fax: 27 (0) 31 261 7723
Write to: PO Box 41138, Rossburgh 4072,
KwaZulu-Natal
Email: info@ithembalethu.org.za
Visit the website: www.ithembalethu.org.za
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