2015 SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS

Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and AIDS

This award recognizes NGOs and CBOs that have done the most to build effective coalitions and networks for the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Gender and development; holding governments accountable; conducting advocacy workshops at the grassroots level, as well as growing the women’s movement in SADC.

Fields marked with a red asterisk (*) are compulsory

Title / Ms
Presenter / Name: Edwinah Mpho / Surname: Nkawane
Mosima
Who you represent / Organisation: Kwakwati / Designation: Finance officer
CHBC
Sex tick / Male / Female: X
Country / South African
Email
Cell phone / 0844749600/0797527138

Quotable quotes*

Kwakwati Community Home Based Care was established to make sure that all our clients receive proper care and treatment.

To identify people who are infected and affected by TB, HIV/AIDS give proper care and administer treatment for those in need

Synopsis*

Kwakwati Community Home Based Care is a non-profit organization operating at Ambergate Village .The organization is under local municipality of Blouberg, Capricorn District. We are registered as non- profit organization and our ref no 047-715.We serve 376 clients on a regular daily basis. The area has more Chronic Diseases and a high rate of unemployment.

Social problems related to this area are more orphans and vulnerable children who are in need of food parcels and grant. We refer them to Social Workers for assistance in getting grants also referring them to Drop-in centres for food support and education assistance. Those who need the birth certificate are referred to Home Affairs and SASSA for social grants.

Sanitation is the major problem in the community where some were provided with free toilets while others were not. Water is also the main problem in the community as we get water in some days of the week. Transport is very scares we get only buses and taxis in the morning and they return in the afternoon. No mountains around this area only one river called Seepabana and enough land for cultivation.

According to our area there is very high rate of teenage pregnancies, substance abuse and liquor stations were youth stay there at night drinking alcohol and consuming substance. After being addicted to all this things they results into unprepared and unprotected affairs. This led youth to STI’s and HIV/ AIDS infections and also transmissions. The community is

Affected by this and need more education and counselling.

Kwakwati CHBC is working very hard to decrease this rate by door to door campaigns, Health educations at schools and awareness campaigns, giving people the information. TB, Malnutrition results due to poverty. We also distribute condoms to high rate areas like Cafe’s, Taverns and Shops.

Key objectives of the network or alliance *

Take care of terminally ill patients at their homes whereby we bath patients and care where is needed. Take care of TB patients as DOT supporters. We make sure that our patients take in food before medication. We give support to those who are HIV/AIDS affected, infected and provide education about STI’ s. Support groups are there to provide education and self-esteem and take their medication properly disclosing to the community so that they can be admitted to the society.

Distribute condoms to high transmission areas more especially where alcohol is consumed and get loose to everything so that they must practice safe sex. Conduct awareness campaigns to educate community about diseases. Each month Health calendar is revised so that Campaigns be held according to the calendar. Door to door campaigns are conducted educating community about illnesses and hygiene.

Identify unregistered patients and refer them to the clinics. Our main aim is to go and visit each and every household whether there are patients or not. By doing home visits we found lot of people who cannot think of going to the clinic and therefore we refer them and advise them on the importance of the clinics.

Beneficiaries and partners*

Please list your key beneficiaries and partners in this table; those you reach directly and estimates of those whom you reach indirectly.

Direct / Indirect
Name of group / Women / Men / Total / Women / Men / Total
Kwakwati
CHBC / 21 / 01 / 22 / 273 / 103 / 376
Kwakwati
CHCB
Total / 21 / 01 / 22 / 273 / 103 / 376

Monitoring and evaluation*

We compile monthly reports reporting about our clients. Report on the achievements and successes we made for the month and these reports are submitted to the donor or funders. We also compile quarterly and annually reports which are also submitted to our donors and funders.

Every single cent received by the organization is monitored and recorded by the financial manager. The funds are used properly according to the allocated budget given by the funders or donors. Financial reports also are compiled on monthly, quarterly and annually and submitted to the funders/donors. In case of National Lottery reports are submitted on six months and annually.

Our financial year ended every march each year and in this period all books recording funds are taken to the registered Chattered accountants to audit our books. We were funded since 2007 and we got unqualified audit opinion. This shows that our organization has proper accountability of funds.

Relationship to the Alliance Secretariat *

We have partnership with schools around our area where we give health education on quarterly basis. Also Crèche’s and Pre- Schools where we make or conduct physical assessment for children of 3months to 6 years from head to toe. We are checking their personal hygiene, Road to Health Immunization Charts and also checking if the children are abused or not.

The organization is also working with Police Station where they assist us when visiting High Schools for Health education and referring addicted people to them. We are linked to two Clinics and one Hospital where we get referrals and also referring clients to. Linked to the headman‘s of our villages and we engage them when conducting meetings or campaigns at their villages they allow us.

Councilors of our villages are also engaged. Drop-in-Centers around and Home Based Care centers around are engaged. Linked to National Lottery, Social Development, department of Health, SASSA and SANCA which is responsible for training us on substance abuse. Ntshirwele Drop-in Center, Leokeng Home Based Care and Diphuthantsheng Drop-in Centers are working with us.

Key activities *

The organization was established in 2002 to render home based care services due to high rate of diseases e.g. TB, HIV/ AIDS and Chronic diseases. Decreasing high rate of teenage pregnancies by doing school health education. Reducing HIV/ AIDS through campaigns and condom distribution. So we saw Home Community Based Care programmes as important to the community and also the expanded hand to the clinics, due to lack of staff and therefore we are there to help them.

We conduct door to door campaigns educating youth at homes and schools about teenage pregnancies and various types of pregnancy prevention and STI’s. There is a high rate of substance abuse and this organization was trained on substance abuse to minimize the intake or usage of Drugs. We identify orphans and vulnerable children and refer them to relevant stakeholders.

To reduce the rate of HID/ AIDS by giving health education and distribute condoms to high transmission areas like taverns. We educate community about personal hygiene and environmental hygiene. Make sure that our patients and clients receive proper care and treatment. We give proper care to them and administer treatment for those in need.

Below is one of our candle lighting hosted at Ambergate Village and our Ambasador lead us to candle lighting?


Resource mobilization *

Please state how you have mobilized for resource allocations for work on gender equality.

Amount local currency (specify) / Amount in Rand / Explanation
Amount contributed in cash or in kind by partner organization(please specify) / Funded by the Department of Social Development, Department of Health Nationallotto / R 3 455 476.10 / Funding was from 2007 to 2015
Was for the Stipend, salary, stationery, the transport, uniforms, catering and rent
Total / R 3 455 476.10

Results

Working with governments *

We are linked to two clinics where we refer our patients and clients. They also refer patients to us for further treatment, support and care. The department of Health helps us as the organizations on funding. They give us money to build our organization on Stipend, transport. They also sponsor us with uniforms, kit bags, name tags, office equipments and stationery to maintain our organization.

Social development helps our organization on registering with non- profit organization so that we can be able to ask for funds. We submit annual narrative report and financial statement to them at the end of each month to avoid our organization being deregistered. It also helps us on food parcels for the needy families.

Municipality also helps the organizations on funding proposals. They host monthly meetings with the organizations to address some issues encountered by the organizations. Support us with catering and accommodation for those meetings and even transport where possible. We work with SAPS in case of domestic violence, drug abusers and crime and health education at schools. Department education gives us chance to give health education at schools.

Evidence*

Working with civil society*

Kwakwati CHBC is working together with other NGO’s. At Mamehlabe village we work with Diphuthantsheng Drop-in Centers which was launched by Kwakwati. We refer orphans and vulnerable children for food support and education assistance. At kranzplaas we work with Ntshirwele Drop -in – Center where we also refer orphans and vulnerable children.

We also helped them on funding proposals through partnership from the National Lottery now we are waiting for the proposal to be approved. We helped Leokeng Home Based Care to be established. By showing them on how to register and report to the social development. Helped them again on asking funding from National Lottery through partnership and was funded for 2012/2013 financial year. They spent the funding properly in our assistance.

Pre-schools and Crèche’s are working with our organization. We visit these pre-schools and crèche’s for physical assistance of children from head to toe on monthly basis and they allow us. They also engage or invite us on their ceremonies like graduation parties.

Evidence*

Working with communities*

When we establish this organization, we firstly contact the headman of our villages to introduce us and the type of work that we ask to render to the community. They allow us by giving us letters of acknowledgement and introduce us to the community. The communities accepted us through the help of our headman and allow us to work within their homes and villages.

When we host the campaigns through this village we ask for allowance from the headman and they allow us. And pass the message to our community. We also invite them and they work with our organizations. Even if we have important messages to pass to the community the headman is the good person to contact and pass it quickly.

Evidence*

Capacity building*

When we establish this organization we were empty handed not knowing what will be done. The department of Health showed us on how to work with the community, patients youth and how to solve various types of problem. Helped us on how to communicate with community and clients. They showed us on how to report monthly, quarterly and annually.

We now know how to handle the patients and their problems.

Evidence*

Lesson learned and innovation *

1.

·  We learned on how to communicate with other people

·  Maintaining confidentiality

·  How to report to the department and donors

·  How to record the incoming and outgoing funds of the organization

·  How to manage a group of people with different knowledge’s

·  We learned on how to ask for funding from other donors

2.

·  We learned on how to manage people with different knowledge

·  The more we work with partners the more we impress our funders and donors it shows that the organization has grown up

3.

·  We were trained on management skills, Project managing, Finance managing, coordinating and Care Workers

·  Trained on HIV/ ADIS, Drug Abuse

4.

·  We now have self-confidence on our work and will be able to sustain even if the department can withdraw

·  We can also help other organization to be established and get funds

·  We learned on how to help other organizations on reporting, recording, asking funds and how they can sustain their organizations

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