Indawo Yosizo

Proud Owner of a NEW BEANY

Indawo — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:46:55 +0000

Indawo Yosizo has an empowerment ministry teaching the ladies how to knit and sew.

Liesbet has just completed her SECOND Beany (warm woolen hat).

Liesbet wearing her NEW beany....

Lay Counsellors visit our factories

Indawo — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:40:50 +0000

The good work that our Care Workers and Lay Counsellors are doing in Ratanda Section 23 is often overlooked.

Here are some facts:

In early 2011 we were assisting approximately 200 children and 200 adults. We have embarked on a full scale registration drive and the following statistics have been received:

Number of houses in Section 23: 3097

Number of houses surveyed to date: 1199

Total number of Adults registered: 2623

Total number of Children registered: 1371

Here are the shocking results from our survey to date (as at 20 February 2012):

Out of the 1371 children we have identified 713 vulnerable children and 144 orphans.

Out of the 2623 adults we have identified 231 who are HIV+.

Out of the 713 children we have identified 20 who are HIV+.

Out of the 1371 children we are giving special care to 4 disabled, 2 rape victims, 1 blind, 2 epileptic, 3 mentally disturbed, 1 diabetic, 1 deaf and 1 asthmatic child.

To summarize as at the 20 February 2012 we have the following figures available:

We now caring for 334 adults of which 236 are HIV+

We are now caring for 713 children of which 20 are HIV+ and 15 under special care.

Our Lay Counsellors went on our first visit to a factory near our centre. They spoke to the workers about HIV/AIDS and they had an opportunity to chat to the counsellors. We also invited the workers to come to our centre and be tested to see what their HIV status is. We were blessed with our first person coming to the centre that same afternoon.

Lay Counsellors, our nurse and Jenny preparing to go out on our first factory visit.

Christmas Function

Indawo — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:17:07 +0000

Indawo Yosizo ended the year with a Christmas braai (barbecue) where everyone enjoyed themselves and had a time to chat with each other on a casual basis. We were joined by some members of the board and some volunteers. 2011 was a good year and the Care Givers and Counselors can be proud of what they achieved. The number of people being helped increased to just on 500 and we know that this number will grow in 2012. This is sad to think that more people will become ill but a blessing to know that we can make a difference in their lives. Here are some pictures taken at the function.

Having a chat...

Our competent chefs....

Queuing for some good meat...

All the staff received shirts, a dry mac and umbrella

Great fun was had by all and we are looking forward to a great 2012

NEW HOUSE IN DUDUZA

Indawo — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:47:50 +0000

The story began in our previous article on Duduza and the story continues here. This is the house that we bought for Christopher and his wife. It is impressive to see how Christopher and his wife have cleared up all the rubble and the clean and open slab is waiting (hopefully) for the Government to build a new RDP home for them. The sad news is that when I spoke to them about the new home they did not know that this was promised on TV and so there has obviously been absolutely no effort from the Government or Local Municipality to visit the sites and tell the residents what is happening. If the Government does not come to light with a new home we plan to raise funds and build it for them.

The cleaned up slab waiting (hopefully) for the Government to build a new home.

Christopher (second from left) and his wife (to his left) in front of their new home. It is not much but they are happy to have shelter

CARE WORKERS GET SHIRTS

Indawo — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:32:41 +0000

We at Indawo Yosizo are very proud of our workers and we like to show them that we are proud of them and at the same time show the community that we are proud of what we are doing for God. One of the ways to do this is to is to supply our Care Workers and Lay Counselors with golf shirts with our logo and identifying that we care for those suffering from HIV/AIDS by adding the HIV/AIDS ribbon. Here we see some of our Care Workers in their new shirts.

Really smart.....

INDAWO GIVES AID TO DUDUZA

Indawo — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:14:03 +0000

DEVASTATING…..

Everybody is aware that a tornado struck the Duduza Township but not many of us are aware of the trauma experienced by the people caught in this devastation. We received a call from our Bishop Zipho Siwa asking if we could help. Indawo Yosizo immediately went into action and this is what we have managed to do so far:

Supplied food (donated by AMCARE and Heidelberg Pick and Pay).

Food delivered to Duduza Methodist Church and ready to be distributed

Rev Sondlile and two helpers from Duduza

Transport of food was supplied by Nigel Methodist Church and Indawo Yosizo.

Supplied blankets (donated by Indawo Yosizo and AMCARE).

Heidelberg Methodist Church is giving over R7000-00 towards rebuilding a house.

Christopher Nxumalo stands in the ruins that was once his house...

Heidelberg Methodist Church is applying to the MCSA relief fund for more assistance.

The plan is to not only build Mr T Nxumalo’s a new house but to raise enough funds to help others as well. If you would like to help with this project please contact Ray on 082 656 3123.

God has called us to help those who are struggling and it is a great privilege to have the resources to carry out the calling.

Here are a few pictures…..

GOGO NELANE’S STORY

Indawo — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:35:34 +0000

Gogo Nelane’s house was burnt down in March 2011. Gogo Nelane and her adopted children (all Orphan and Vulnerable Children – OVC) are one of the over 200 families who we at Indawo Yosizo support and care for. As soon as we heard of the incident our coordinator Elvera Troskie and her Care Workers got to work and went and helped her clean up her house.

Beams were burnt beyond use....

We soon realized that she could not continue to live in the home in this state and so we started renovating (just about rebuilding) her home.

Burnt insides of the house

New beams (donated by Pages Timber) were installed.

New Beams

The house was re-painted (paint donated by Hot Pot Paint).

Newly painted walls

New window frames and windows were installed (donated by Calypso Glass and Suikerbos Hardware).

New windows

Furniture and clothes were put into the house (donated by Heidelberg Methodist Church and the community of Heidelberg).

Furniture and clothes

Planning and labour was donated by Tony Burisch

Tony (Executive Member of Heidelberg Methodist), Lisa (Indawo) and Gogo Nelane

The Indawo Yosizo Team who helped with all the work.

The Indawo Yosizo Team

A very happy Gogo Nelane says THANK YOU.

A very Happy Gogo Nelane

CARE WORKERS WORKSHOP

Indawo — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:33:22 +0000

The Indawo Yosizo Care Workers attended a “Healing the Wounds of Ethnic Division” course that aims at helping people restore relationships across colour, ethnic, cultural, language, traditional, emotional and personal barriers. The course was presented by Mercy Ministries SA (they can be contacted on 082 377 0087 – Fanie).

CARE WORKERS IN TRAINING

This course has been presented to and enjoyed by the ladies of Heidelberg Methodist Church on a weekend camp.

The course is presented by four facilitators (Fanie, Mada, Maria and Elvera (from Indawo Yosizo)). There is no charge for the course but the people hosting the course must provide meals and tea/coffee (and accommodation if needed). The course can be done over five mornings or one weekend.