Help Siyakholwa Support Care Centre by DONATION OF OVC CLOTHING for OVC CLOTHING DONATION

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Help Siyakholwa Support Care Centre by DONATION OF OVC CLOTHING for OVC CLOTHING DONATION
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1. With an estimated 3.5 million South African people in disadvantaged communities living with HIV/AIDS epidemic is creating large number of children growing up without adult protection or financial support of 3million are children nearly 92% have lost one or both parents. More than 448,000 children have lost both parents, while 122,000 children are estimated to live in child-headed household. Whereas most OVC live with and cared by grandparent or a great-grandparent, others are forced to assume caregiver and provider roles without adequate protection and care. These OVC are more susceptible to child labour and to sexual and other forms of exploitation increasing their risk of a acquiring HIV infection. 2. 90% of children living at Rondebult informal settlement are orphans and vulnerable and where not attending ECD, no primary care giver and secondary care giver, no mobile clinic library ,nutrition, food security, no support and parental lack of knowledgement since most are ill due to up mentioned issues . Effective beneficiaries’ participation is practically indispensable to render a project successful 3. Monday to Saturday child support and developmental support with 9 full time employees and 21 volunteers (getting monthly stipend) (Job creation and sustainability plan} since there is no income from these families.Siyakholwa reached through services directly (mobilizing plan) targeting the poor household to collect these children using Home-visiting with capacity building training (Community Support structure) In so doing we promoted the creation of large number of jobs for these underprivileged communities( empowerment).We do not get any support and funding from Gauteng Government. We have infrastructure deficiencies and this impacts our ability to access support and funding from government for OVC department. 4. 99% of our beneficiaries are HIV positive ,Siyakholwa Support Care Center interfaces between HIV/AIDS beneficiaries and infectious diseases supporters and addressing their needs most effective responses to the HIV pandemic in disadvantaged communities.The organisation purpose is to directly address the HIV/AIDS pandemic by providing access to education,debate,information,treatment refferral , nutrition,food security ,job creation projects and families on-going support . All our Mobile programmes are in disadvantaged communities where HIV/AIDS, poverty are in high level and death rate is high due to lack of knowledge .We have played a central role in mobilizing an affective,multi-sectoral response to poverty and HIV/Aids VISION AND MISSION : To see a South Africa where malnutrition and poverty no longer undermine the nation’s health and economic state. The Mission statement :
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