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Bringing HOPE to the people
ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS:
Temba trains from curricula developed largely from its experience in care and support of about more than seven hundred Clients a year. For the past seven years, Temba managed to train, through workshops, more than five thousand (5 000) Community members, people who continue to make a difference within their own Families, Communities and Workplaces. Temba has assisted and continue to assist in the Policy and Programme development and implementation of Amatola Water Board and Meeg Bank, and training of their personnel.
Temba has assisted in workshops ten NGOs on HIV/AIDS mainstreaming, some of which
are partners of Africa Groups of Sweden (AGS). During year 2004 -
In 2003, out of 490 Chronic Clients admitted at the Shelter 350 survived, which means 71% of all Clients handled survived, and able to leave normal lives. This percentage decreased in 2004 to 61% of Clients who survived, and this is due to the fact that most people only seek help during late stages, especially people who have been living in big towns, Migrant workers, and were sent home. From 2005 to 2007, there has been an improvement in the Shelter recoveries, which has been up to 70%, and this is due to the fact that Temba is assisting/supporting some clients to get on the ARV Programme.
In November 2007, during sixteen days of Activism, Temba conducted a two-
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
In October 2003 we were able to attend a Pelum Workshop in Uganda, where Southern and East African Countries were sharing their experiences on HIV/AIDS, Poverty and Nutrition, and learning from each other.
In April 2004 we attended another Regional Workshop in Lusaka, Zambia and Lulu Boxoza was nominated to be a Speaker at Scanian Social Forum and Africa Groups of Sweden Annual General Meeting in Sweden in May 2004. In August 2006 Mike Sodaba was sponsored by Primates and he attended the International HIV/AIDS Conference in Canada. During the same month, August 2006, Lulu Boxoza was sponsored by AGS and attended a two week Workshop on Training of Trainers in Tanzania on Gender and Sexuality.
There are documentaries that have been made out of the work that Temba is doing, one by Swedish students in February 2005, and from 2005 up to 2007 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been making documentaries about Temba which have been shown worldwide, including South Africa.
In April 2008, Lulu and Mike attended a Conference in Tanzania, where Faith-
