HIVSA has released some of it's new hi4LIFE services in Soweto, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The mission of the hi4LIFE project is to allow South Africans to access trusted health information on their cellphones.

More households now have cellphones than have radios in South Africa and the nature of various cellphone technologies make them ideal for getting public health information into peoples hands.

hi4LIFE is initially focusing on pregnant women, new mothers and young women through giving information on ...

The Orange Babies Foundation was established to help pregnant women infected with HIV and their babies in Africa. Orange Babies also provides support for children infected with the virus or otherwise indirectly affected. Orange Babies also works to raise awareness not only in the Netherlands but throughout Europe for the HIV/AIDS problem in Africa.

Orange Babies raises money by organizing creative events such as exhibitions, fashion shows, music and sports events. Although only a small organization tackling an immense problem, Orange Babies is of the conviction that doing nothing is not an option.

Glen Mabuza, project coordinator for HIVSA attended one of their fundraising “ GALA EVENTS” in Amsterdam on the 25th June 2011. To read more about how they support HIVSA click here

photo credit Adrian Kuipers

In the community my son is known for all the bad things. Most people would say he will never be like others: they would go as far as saying like father like son, because I have also served time in jail and had done a number of things that I am not proud of. My community has not given my child to make his own mistakes but has forever said he will grow up and be like me. Yesterday he told me that at camp they taught him how to dream with his eyes open. I don’t know what that means but the look on his face showed me that he knows exactly what he is talking about. Sizanani has given me hope. Thank you.

(This was said by a father of one of the children attending the camp during the Easter holidays)

For our first camp this year, we piloted a day camp model which was a change from our residential setting. The results were beyond our expectations!

We held the 8-day day camp at the Thusa-Setjhaba Secondary School in Poortjie, about 40 km from Soweto. There are some 4,000 homes and a population of 25,000-30,000 people. There is very high unemployment, high crime and drug use, and no apparent infrastructure for job creation or economic growth. Most people live in squatter-type housing, although there were about 100 units of government housing built near the school. This is the only Secondary School that caters for over a thousand students, more than 50 children in each of the classrooms.