Organizational Partners and Video Summaries

NURTURING ORPHANS OFAIDS FOR HUMANITY

Noah (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity) was launched in 2000 by Dr. Greg Ash to confront the 'epidemic of orphans' in the wake of the AIDS pandemic in South Africa. Its role is to build Arks - or sustainable networks of care- to improve the quality of life of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC's) and their families. Noah currently has 82 Arks in Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal, with over 869 committee members, 1238 volunteers and more than 25,000 registered children. Noah's model of community-owned resource centers are designed to be cost-effective and spread throughout South Africa. Primary funders include PEP-FAR.

For more information visit: www.noahorphans.org.za.

MONWABISI

The mission of Monwabisi is to deliver community-based primary healthcare and home-based care services to chronically and terminally ill people living with HIV/AIDS, and severe functional disabilities in the informal settlement of Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay. Monwabisi looks after 110 people in a community of 16,000 people- most of whom live in abject poverty. One in every three pregnant women in Imizamo Yethu tests positive for the HIV virus and many sick and dying have no one to care for them or to help them secure basic foods to stay healthy. Without any budget since its inception in 2004, Monwabisi has brought affordable care to the people who need it most through a caring staff of volunteers.

YOUTHAIDS

YouthAIDS, is an education and prevention initiative of Population Services International that uses media, pop culture, music, theatre and sports to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and to reach 600 million young people in more than 60 countries with live-saving messages, products, services and care. Since 1992, YouthAIDS/PSI has worked via its local affiliate in South Africa, the Society for Family Health, to generate awareness of HIV/AIDS among township populations. Program activities include: peer education programs in schools, clinics and community centers; street campaigns using an edutainment approach; and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services at three centers and via a mobile unit. Primary funders include U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

For more information on YouthAIDS, visit www.youthaids.org.

DESMOND TUTU HIV FOUNDATION

Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation provides holistic treatment programs using antiretroviral treatment, distributed with an emphasis on family care, through community sites and clinics. Sizophila ('We Will Survive') is a cornerstone program of DTHF, comprised of twenty-four lay counselors, whose job is to educate and support patients undergoing ARV treatment. Because they live with HIV themselves, the counselors are able to relate fully to the patients, and offer counseling in nutrition, ARV support, and sexual responsibility. Doris Duke Foundation has funded a pilot for a distance-learning tool to train lay health care workers throughout South Africa.

For more information on the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, visit www.desmondtutuhivcentre.org.za.

AFRICA JAM

Africa Jam is a nonprofit organization that provides youth with knowledge and life skills to develop their artistic talents. Africa Jam supports a variety of grassroots programs in townships to become fully youth-led initiatives through a two-week leadership training camp, on-going support, camps, school programs and holiday clubs. Starting in 2006, they have supported a drama program, Helping Hands, in the township of Khayelitsha, to create a safe space for teens to express and transform their challenges through drama, song, poetry and dance.