Help Siyakholwa Support Care Centre by DONATING CHRISMAS FOODPARCEL FOR OVC,ELDERS,HIV for FOODPARCEL IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES

Help Siyakholwa Support Care Centre by DONATING CHRISMAS FOODPARCEL FOR OVC,ELDERS,HIV for FOODPARCEL IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES

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1. The majority of children (0-9years) and their Primary care givers(Youth,Women,Grannies and their siblings) at Rondebult Low-Income houses and surrounding underpriliged communities live precariously as a result of many issues high levels of poverty unemployment, HIV/Aids which have been exacerbated by the global economic and financial crisis and little industrial growth, high incidence of disease, primarily HIV, Aids, Tuberculosis and skin disease due to malnutrition, social and political conflict recurring natural disasters such a draught and floods. 2. 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.