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Community Projects - HIV/AIDS InfectedOur success in helping the AIDS infected/affected has been very encouraging but the lack of resources is limiting our efforts. Many people suffering from the HIV/Aids pandemic are too ill or weak to work. Many of them are just lying in their houses, waiting to die. Our aim is to give them and their families basic Home Care support through the help of the Community Home Based Care Workers (CHBC Workers). Food and clinical services could be supplied with proper funding. These people can in the end die with dignity, instead of being forgotten and thrown away. The HIV/Aids pandemic has hit the Lesedi municipal area just as hard as in any other part of South Africa. Unfortunately there are very few NGOs operational in the Lesedi municipal area. Many people who are HIV/Aids positive need home based care. At Indawo Yosizo we have Home Based Care Givers (HBCG) who visit the homes in the townships. With 16 HBCGs at ten households per Care Giver and an average of five people per household, we are looking at 800 people that would need care at some stage. From this figure approximately 25 - 30% (± 240 people) will be adults. The balance are already Orphan & Vulnerable Children (OVC), or about to become OVC. Many people infected by the HIV/Aids virus are too weak to fend for themselves and to visit clinics. These people are dependant on NGOs for support regarding food, clinic visits, etc. A breakdown of costs per adult is shown in the table.
INDAWO YOSIZO has already started to use the food packets manufactured by Pro Africa. More information is available on the website of Hunger and Thirst. We are also investigating soursing food from RuCare Health, but unfortunately we only have very limited information. RuCare Health also distributes a health product with apparent great success stories regarding improved CD4 counts with people that are infected by HIV/Aids. For more information, please visit Sutherlandia. Due to the fact that most people infected by HIV/Aids are too weak to work and/or to walk long distances, transport is needed to take these people to visit clinics. We need a 15 seater mini bus urgently. The mini bus will be branded with the logo(s) of the company(ies), and the logo of Indawo Yosizo, that contribute to the funding of such a vehicle. This will enable visible advertising of the donor's business. Our target is to take care of the basic needs of 240 terminally ill HIV/Aids infected people by the end of 2010 and approximately 750 terminally ill HIV/Aids infected people by the end of 2012. To enable us to reach these goals we need to train CHBC Workers. They will be equipped through capacity building to take care of the basic needs of the infected people and the children in the OVC program. We have already trained our first 9 Care Givers. During the basic Home Care support by the CHBC Workers, children are identified who are about to become orphans when their parent/s die of HIV/Aids. The parents can be assured that their children would be cared for. The children will then be enrolled in the OVC program. To convert South African Rand (ZAR) to your country's currency, use the currency calculator on this link: x-rates.com
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