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Coming
closer …
Welcome to SONDELA’s first 2004 edition.
This is, once again, a double issue, bringing
you news about all kinds of connections, exchanges
and contacts in the multi-sectoral movement against
the spread of HIV and AIDS, both in KwaZulu-Natal
and beyond.
We are delighted to hear from readers who find
SONDELA useful and interesting: Sister Nelisiwe
Mntungwa from Nellies Farm Clinic at Madadeni
Hospital in Dannhauser wrote to ask for more information
about orphan support and access to social grants.
Our mailing list is expanding by the week, and
our team in Bergville reports that the newsletter
is very popular with visitors, both young and
old, to the local Clinic. Remember that we always
welcome not only your requests, but also your
contributions, whether these be about people,
groups, activities, advice or suggestions for
future SONDELA articles.
Special thanks go to the Children in Distress
(CINDI) Network, who produced the “Vegetables
for Health” (“Amaveji ayimpilo”)
poster for you to pull out and keep. This joint
project was sponsored by the Msunduzi Municipality,
and developed by the Valley Trust, the Natal Botanical
Gardens, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s
Centre for Adult Education along with Dr Albert
Modi of UKZN Department of Crop Sciences - true
partnership in action! CINDI’s Nutrition
Working Group has also released a new set of posters
entitled “Living and Eating Well”,
funded by Family Health International and USAID,
which will be made freely available in isiZulu.
For details and more information about urban
food gardening projects and growing indigenous
crops, contact Yvonne Spain at the CINDI Network
by telephone on (033) 345 7994, by fax on (033)
345 7272, or download the posters from the website
(www.cindi.org.za).
Another valuable resource has been updated for
2004: the KZNCAN HIVAN KWAZULU-NATAL HIV/AIDS
DIRECTORY is obtainable from the HIVAN central
offices in McCord Road, Durban – write to
P O Box 37587, Overport, Durban 4067, telephone
(031) 268 5809 or e-mail admin@hivan.org.za.
Take heart! Think about how HIV/AIDS is helping
to heal divisions in our society by making us
work together in the struggle for an AIDS-free
future. Think of all the champions who live with
and in the depths of the epidemic and who show
us all how to value life and love. Believe in
yourself and in others – we all need each
other to make our world whole.
COME CLOSER! CONTACT US:
The Editor – SONDELA
HIVAN (Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking)
c/o Campus HIV/AIDS Support Unit
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041
Tel: (031) 260 2975
Fax: (031 260 2937
e-mail: community@hivan.org.za
Website: www.hivan.org.za
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