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Lulisandla - reaching out with love and reverence for life

When Sondela responded to an invitation to visit the Albini Catholic Mission’s Lulisandla Social Outreach Project near Hammarsdale, it was an important day for the LUSOP team. The co-ordinator, retired nursing sister and HIV/AIDS counsellor, Mrs Anastasia Kweyama and her colleague, Sister Patricia, were interviewing a new intake of 20 volunteers for certified training in home-based care.

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In Their Shoes: Coming closer to children and youth

HIVAN”s commitment to providing children and youth with a platform to express their experiences of the world, and to gain the skills to do so, was advanced by two forum sessions held during the last several months.

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Know Your Child's Health Problems

Perhaps your child does not seem to be gaining weight and is staying small and thin? Perhaps your baby is not trying to sit up and crawl, not trying to talk, not even smiling as young babies usually do? Perhaps your child has a cold, a runny nose and a cough, that last for weeks and weeks, with ear problems too? Perhaps your child seems to catch every illness going round the neighbourhood?

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Campaign News And Resources

Starfish Greathearts Foundation works to bring life, hope and opportunity to orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa. Updates from two wonderful child-centred projects in KZN....

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Coming to life: Sinikithemba/UKZN Vegetable Garden Project

The Sinikithemba Support Group vegetable garden was initiated by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s student project volunteers in December 2004, and it began with nothing except a patch of ground – not even the money or supplies needed to plant the garden.

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Hope and help for healing:
ARV treatment and home-based care in Bergville

The national Department of Health’s HIV/AIDS treatment programme was launched in November 2003, with enrolment for free anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs beginning in July 2004. However, by the end of the first quarter this year, many people in KwaZulu-Natal, from both large and small towns, could not gain access to the therapy.

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Seeing beyond the secrets

Greetings to all our loyal readers, and a warm welcome to those who have recently joined Sondela’s circles of contact.

Those who are most aware of how HIV and AIDS affect all of us - through our work, our families, our neighbourhoods, or in wider public spaces – are finding ourselves having to speak louder, and for longer, in order to strengthen prevention, care and treatment efforts.

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