Counseling South African youth with HIV+ parents
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SummaryWomen sew traditional dresses to raise funds for a peer-to-peer counselling program for children whose parents have HIV/AIDS. Additional sewing machines will expand this self-sufficient program.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,200 was raised for this project. |
Received $2,200 from 62 donations from people like:
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Zwelethemba, where the only source of income is from seasonal work on fruit farms, is one of the poorest areas of the Western Cape. Unemployed women, who have been trained to use sewing machines, make traditional Xhosa dresses to sell to both tourists and women who wear them for family ceremonies. The proceeds to fund local peer-to-peer counseling for youth whose parents have AIDS. Five sewing machines are needed to expand this outreach.
Activities
In the African tradition of "Ubuntu" (supporting one's community), the local women gather at the Zwelenthemba Center where their children are fed and looked after, and they can sew undisturbed.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,200
Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,200 as of Jun 9, 2004. The original project funding goal was $2,200.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Additional sewing machines will increase output, providing more funding for youth counseling program. Youth counselors range live with parents with AIDS, hand out pamphlets on safe sex, talk to peers & perform plays for local children about HIV/AIDS.
Project Message
It is important that children living with very sick parents have a peer to talk to, someone who is living in a similar situation and has first-hand knowledge of their challenges and their pain
- Nomvuyo Badi, Project Coordinator
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Nomvuyo Badi
Project Coordinator
Zwelethemba Center
518 Africa Road
Zwelethemba, Worcester
South Africa
011-27-23-345-1888
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Women's Hope Education and Training (WHEAT) Trust
P.O. Box 13641
Mowbray 7705
Cape Town,
South Africa
011-27-21-447-3366
http://www.wheattrust.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
South Africa
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about South Africa, read the Human Development Report on South Africa or the Wikipedia entry for South Africa.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on December 17, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 22, 2003
