Province

Budget allocated during 2000/01

Status of programme

Amount to be transferred during 2001/02

Partnerships/ NGO’s/FBO’s/ CBO’s.

Short description of programmes/projects

Resources

Personnel

Funds from own budget/Poverty funds/donors

Comments on how HIV/AIDS programmes are integrated with other services within dept.

Eastern Cape

R950 000

The funds are committed to a business plan for the Tsolo area. Vulnerable children including child-headed households have been identified and provided with services such as alternative care and support. New programmes have been established in Libode and Queenstown. Technical assistance is being provided to communities to establish HIV/AIDS programmes. The Tsolo project is strengthening from day to day. In March 2001 the volunteers were screened, recruited and trained. In May 2001 they began visiting localities where they are identifying orphans, children in need, families that need social relief and clients who need care and support. Three localities within the Tsolo district have been identified. These are Mhlakulo: 18 Orphans, 23 families who need social relief and 5 clients who need extensive care and support, Mngceleni: 21 orphans, 7 families who need social relief, and 4 families that need care and support, Sidwadweni A/A (Nkanini locality): 8 orphans, 7 families that need social relief and 4 families that need care and support. There are currently 41 volunteers providing service to the Tsolo project. They volunteer as caregivers, foster parents, educators and VCT counsellors.

Total number of children: 50

New sites : Mhlakulo and Butterworth

 

1 500 000

  • Have held a two-day workshop on 21 and 22 May with F.B.O. Will enter into S.L.A with FBO’s on HIV/Aids projects.
  • Subsidizing NGO’s who deal with hospices and HIV/Aids to fund of R5m in 2001/2002
  • Have held two workshops in March 2001 and July 2001 with NGO’s. This included empowerment, and bereavement support.

 

  • Have a dedicated Provincial coordinator at Chief Social Worker level. None at district level. Will upgrade HIV/AIDS into a unit 2002/2003.
  • No funds from donors

 

HIV/Aids programmes are integrated into the poverty alleviation programmes and the welfare services programme. Presently looking into integration with social security programmes.

Free State

R910 000

Final appraisal of business plans and signing of contract with service providers in Welkom was effected in 14/3/2001. All funds were committed and transferred to the project’s account before the end of the financial year (March 2001).

Around Welkom, the services are provided in the following communities:

Thabong , Bronville, Kutlwanong, Odendaalsrus, Riebeeckstad, Meloding, Rheeder Park, Phomolong Village, White House and hostels

The following services are provided to the children and their families:

Home (institutional) and Family care-giving.

Counseling and support

Identification and placement of orphans.

Awareness and Information giving.

Workshops and condom distribution.

Recruitment and Training of Foster Parents.

TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN RECEIVING SERVICES: 210

 

New Sites: Qwaqwa, Sasolburg, Odendaalsrus, Virginia, Theunissen and Bultfontein

1 500 000

The Executive Committee is not in place yet. The Consortium briefed the local authority.

The Consortium is in place. It was established from CBO and NGO service providers existing in the community that had expressed an interest in participating in the programme. It is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the programme. The name of the structure is "Goldfields HIV/AIDS Consortium".

Clusters are in place. These are groupings of service providers according to the service they provide to ensure sharing of resources and cooperation, namely Information and Awareness cluster, Care-giving cluster, Counseling cluster, and so on.

An audit of local committees on childcare has been completed. The structures have not been finalised yet.

The Department is also funding and working with the following programmes in the communities.

Lebone Care Centre: Established by the Methodist Church Mission, this centre

Utilizes mothers to provide care and accommodation to children who are HIV positive 5 days a week. The centre has been funded to expand their services to include an outreach care-giving programme to surrounding informal settlements.

Early Learning Training Centres: 5 Centres for the training of teachers for Early Childhood Development centres were funded to provide training on HIV/AIDS awareness to this sector and also to prepare this sector to participate in the Integrated Strategy programme.

Kakaratso Development Trust: A community based organisation operating in the rural areas was funded to provide training, home visits as well as care giving services to people infected with HIV/AIDS in the Qwaqwa area.

Thaba Nchu One-Stop Centre: A community based organisation providing home and community based care, information and education services to benefit children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Covers the former homeland of Bophuthatswana in the Bloemfontein and surrounding areas.

 

  • Have a dedicated Provincial coordinator presently at Chief Social Worker level. None at district level. In process to upgrade HIV/AIDS into a unit headed by a deputy director
 

Mpumalanga

R960 000

The province experienced difficulties initially in accessing the allocated funds from the provincial treasury, this has now been addressed. The programme is running well in Tonga which has been chosen as a site. There is a record number of 34 Home based care projects that are being supported. The following indicates the number of children identified and assisted:

Masoyi home based care: 500

Tembalethu home based care: 1,110

Thembalithle home based care: 206

Total number of children: 1 816

New sites: Matibidi, Mmamthlake, Kwa Mhlanga and Eerstehoek

1 500 000

Governance structures

  • Provincial Aids Council
  • District Aids Council
  • HOD’s Social cluster forum
  • Consultative structures in the identified communities

An official has been appointed as the Provincial Co-ordinator, but not on a full-time basis. A Deputy Director will soon be appointed to head the HIV/AIDS unit.

No funds are being utilised from the department’s budget.

 

Northern Cape

R1 000 000

The site for the programme is De Aar. Identification of children is the various regions are been undertaken and so far, the following vulnerable children have been identified and assisted.

Namaqualand Region: 188

Upington Region: 211

Diamond Fields Region: 86

Most children have been placed in fostercare and others adopted

Total number of identified vulnerable children: 485

 

New sites: Diamond fields and Namaqualand

1 500 000

The Department is in partnership with NGO’s, CBO’s in terms of the integrated plan in the Department.

All programs in the Department are committed to work together and deliver a holistic service to their clients including PWA’s and their relatives.

In specialized social services, NGO’s are also involved in the fight against HIV/Aids.

NGO’s, CBO’s, CFO’s are also involved in training people and delivering support services.

Training for caregivers is done by NGO’s and CBO’s.

Support and monitoring services are rendered by FBO’s, such as the RDP of the Soul Committee.

The Department functions with very limited human resources.

Only one official is responsible for the program.

However, an investigation into the establishment of permanent unit is currently underway.

The unit envisages the appointment of 6 officials, 3 field workers, at least 1 Deputy Director, 1 Assistant Director and one Admin Clerk.

In the Northern Cape the HIV/Aids program is totally integrated.

Monitoring and evaluation meetings are held monthly with the Program Managers in order to integrate the different programs, also to create new efforts to deliver a sustainable program.

Northern Province

R800 000

The entire amount was committed to a business plan and will be rolled over to 2001/2. Implementation taking place includes provision of food parcels to families, R225 per month per family of 5. Provision of school fees, books and uniforms for children. Volunteers have been trained and are operating. Faith based organisation are being involved in service delivery undertaken. The province has allocated R1 500 million in order to strengthen community base care programmes

  • Full amount has been committed
  • Activities as follows:-

- Food parcels

- Training volunteers

- Outreach

- School uniforms

- School fees

- Catering

  • Faith Based organization involved in home visit & care, support, counseling & outreach
  • Roll – out of programme of 2001/02 – six sites identified. Present number of orphans – 1120 identified
  • Activities – training of professionals, volunteers, Ministers of religion & counselors
  • Provision of material assistance
  • Strengthening of CHBC programmes

Total number of vulnerable children identified: 1120

New Sites: Dwarsloop, Acornhoek, Dzanani, Messina, Nylstroom, and Potgiertersrus

1 500 000

FBO’s

- assist with outreach

counseling care

& support (very

supportive)

Home visits

NGO’s

- distribute food parcels

- assist in training of

volunteers & Care,

- organise support

programme for

PLWA’s

 

CBO’s

- Outreach

programme

- Traditional

leaders

- assisting in the

establishment of

committees

  • No separate unit
  • Provision made in new staff establishment – to advertise post
  • 2 provincial coordinators (not specialising)
  • Funds from own budget

R1025000 -

2001/2002

  • All VEP centres to accommodate HIV/AIDS patients that are victimised as an over – night shelter
  • CSG & Foster Care Grant to be accessed
  • Funds allocated to establish income generating projects

North West

R1 000 000

The province has engaged the services of an NGO-Life line to manage the HIV/AIDS programme in Jouberton, Klerksdorp. A business plan and service level agreement was signed and the amount of R700 000 was transferred to the NGO (Lifeline) before the end of this Financial year. Volunteers have been trained and are operating. 110 needy families have been identified and will receive material support at the value of R510 per family. The poverty relief funds will be used to support 8 existing projects in the Klerksdorp area. There are a total of 17 volunteers providing a service to the Klerksdorp project. 115 children both infected and affected with HIV/AIDS are benefiting from the grant system. The Potchefstroom University conducts monitoring and evaluation of the project.

Total number of children that are benefiting from the grant system: 115

New Sites: Brits, Zeerust and Vryburg

 

 

1 500 000

  • Operation Blanket funded by R50.000 for the 2000/2001 financial year in Mafikeng.
  • National Council for Child & Family Welfare – Vryburg region funded to the tune of R900.000.00 for piloting the Kingship Foster Care to include orphans due to HIV/ AIDS.
  • The Good Hope Place of Safety in the Odi District funded for R60.000.00 and it even provides for children affected by HIV/AIDS abandoned by their mothers.
  • To avoid duplicate funding there is consultation with the Health Department in funding NGO’s, as a result Health is funding Life Line and Hospices around the province.
  • The Helping Hands a CBO in the Mafikeng District is also in the process of being funded.
  • The HIV/AIDS programme is located in the Special Needs Sub directorate where disability, Older Persons and Sub stance Abuse are located.
  • The MEC has approved that a special sub-directorate for HIV/AIDS be established. The proposed structure: 1Dep Dir, a Assistant Directors, 1 Senior Admin Clerk
  • Poverty Relief Funds: Projects funded:
  • Khuma Outreach Project: R80 000
  • Tumelong Mission and Kids Haven : R500 000
 

Gauteng

 

A strategy around community-based care programmes for infected and affected families has been developed. Full implementation is planned for 2001 and 2003. Training of service providers is in progress. Guidelines for dealing with children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are being developed. An amount of more than R1 million of the National Poverty Relief Fund has been spent on HIV/AIDS. A further R1 million from the NIP will be made available this financial year. Carletonville project is well on its way. A visit to the project was conducted on 18 July 2001.

Sites: Carltonville, Alexander, Sebokeng, Bronkhorstpruit/Cullinan

1 000 000

The following projects are funded:

Percy Mabote

Care Programme

( study site ) in Carltonville

Services

Orphans Care Programme

Poverty Alleviation

Community Mobilisation and Capacity building

Advocacy

Support programmes for affected families

R 250 000.00

Khanya Family Centre in

Katlehong, Thokoza, Vosloosrus, Rutanda/

Heidelberg

Services

Orphans Care Programme

Poverty Alleviation

Community Mobilisation and Capacity building

Support programmes for affected families

R 238 500.00

Thabong Educare

Resource Centre in Daveyton

Services:

HIV/AIDS training for pre-school teachers

Mentoring programmes for trained teachers

Training of Foster parents

Situation Analysis

R 235 000.00

Sparrows Ministries in Roodepoort

Services:

Provision of Disposable Nappies for Sparrows as well as for other similar programmes or Community Care Programmes

R 53 344.23

Institute Primary Health Care in Alexandra

Situation Analysis

R 190 000

The National Association of African Women was identified as a site. They were visited by a delegation of Health and Welfare officials on the 5th August 2001 to discuss the proposed programme. They have been asked to prepare a business plan for the programme. Mission care Society has been identified as another project to be funded. A visit to this project will be conducted on 3rd September 2001

   

KZN

 

R230, 000 was spent from the National Integrated Plan (NIP) allocations. A further R1,5 million of the NIP will be spent this financial year on HIV/AIDS community base programmes.

Sites: Ndumu, Ngwavuma,-Northern Moyeni, Ngingindlovu-Zululand Nseleni, Mpangeni-Zululand, Nduduzweni, Durban-Lower, Bhambayi, Durban- Khanyiselani, Portshepstone/Kokstad, Mpendle,Pietermaritzburg/Midlands

1 500 000

 

R1,409 million of the National poverty Relief Fund has been spent on projects addressing HIV/AIDS.

The following NGOS were funded:

AGAPE, LEMBOBO SDI, Claremont Women’s Organisation and Babanango

The province spent R1 084,390 of their Poverty Relief Funds on HIV/AIDS.

 

Western Cape

 

The Department renders the following services:

  • Support to Children’s homes focusing directly on children /babies affected by HIV/AIDS.
  • 64 children are being cared for in two children’s homes namely Beautiful Gate and Nazareth House.
  • NGO’s rendering services to people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS
  • Development of community based care and support programme
  • Provision of social assistance
  • Support to Projects is augmented through the Poverty Relief Programme.
  • Financial support for volunteers
  • Placements of identified children with families in the communities
  • Beaufort West and Khayelitsha have identified as the focal sites. Audits of existing service providers have been done in both districts.
  • Khululeka Women’s Group in Beaufort West and Child and Family Welfare has been funded thus far. Both projects are progressing well. The Minister for Social Development visited the province on 24 August 2001 and has identified a project in Mitchells Plain for funding.

Other targeted areas as sites:

Nyanga and Langa

Plettenberg bay

Grabouw and Caledon

Atlantis

Bonteheuwel

George

Worcester

Bonteheuwel

George

Worcester

Total number of children: 64

1 000 000

Partnerships exist with the following additional organisations: Child Welfare, Cape Town, Beautiful Gate Ministry, Joan Cousins Mission, Wola – nani Community organisation and Nazareth House.

The two projects, Khululeka Womens Group and Child and Family Welfare have been allocated R100 000 and R304 000 respectively. These funds have been allocated from the National Integrated Plan. -