Our Partners
AAF has some amazing partners in Africa. Below are brief descriptions of our partners in South Africa however words can not express the incredible work they are doing.
Philakahle Wellbeing Centre
Philakahle has been operating with the support of AAF since 2005. It aims to reduce poverty in the Okhahlamba Municipality in Kwa-Zulu Natal Province through promoting integrated programs that are primarily focused on caring for people impacted by HIV/AIDS in their communities, and avoiding placing them in institutional care.
The Philakahle project was one of the first in South Africa to begin distributing Government supplied antiretroviral (ARV) medication to people with HIV/AIDS. The program has more than doubled its patient capacity since 2005 with the goal to keep people alive and help them become contributing members in their communities.
Philakahle has many other programs including education on how to live a healthy lifestyle, training for community care workers, establishing community and home gardens, providing counselling services and small business opportunities.
Tabitha Ministries
Tabitha Ministries has a comprehensive range of programs to assist the community and urban areas around Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. These programs include coordinating home-based care services in urban and rural communities, providing school age and adult training on HIV/AIDS, and providing care for orphaned and abandoned children, ranging from babies through to teenagers.
AAF has supported a range of the different programs Tabitha has run over the years. More recently AAF provided funds to purchase food parcels for Tabitha's volunteer team of home-based carers. Home-based carers are African women who walk large distances within their communities to care for those suffering the effects of HIV/AIDS. They do not receive payment for their tireless work.
For more information go to: www.tabithaministries.co.za
Springs of Kartartismos Africa
SOKA is a Non Government Organization whose objectives are to empower persons and their communities in Africa to be mature, well functioning and self sufficient in all areas of life -. Spiritual; Social; Economic; Environmental; Physical and Psychological and to develop quality leadership that is crucial for continuity and quality development of such.
SOKA aims to conduct programs that will enhance the holistic growth of various age-groups, social groups, Seminars, Community Development Projects, Training Workshop, Retreats, Rallies, Leadership Training School, Conferences, Camps, and to establish capacity building including Community Development Centre(s for the empowerment of persons, communities and organizations and their micro and macro context, so as to effectively curb poverty, agro-ecological dilapidation, and any other social-cultural-economic issues that continue to threaten holistic growth.
African AIDS Foundation has supported an Orphans and Vulnerable Children's Project since June 2010 in Ruaka, Kenya under the auspice of SOKA. The project is managed by Rev Bernard Kabaru. It aims to educate 9,000 young people about HIV/AIDS prevention, establish kitchen gardens, family planning and train young leaders in peer support. This project also reaches out to the people of Nyeri who live in slums about five hours from Nairobi.
SOKA is governed by a Board of Directors and provides regular project reports and annual audited financial reports to African AIDS Foundation.
Zamimpilo Training Centre
Zamimpilo is a new project supported by AAF. The centre was unused for a number of years and AAF along with other financial supporters provided funding to renovate the facility and establish a training centre. Currently the centre holds Youth Life Skills camps. The program aims to assist children, as young as 7 years old, to better understand HIV/AIDS and to make healthy lifestyle choices. These vulnerable children are taught to know and respect themselves, value others, know their boundaries, respect others, choose good behaviour and more. AAF provides the funds to employ the program leader and expenses related to the follow-up aspect of the program.
