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 : / MrsPresenter: / Name ELIZABETH MALEHO / Surname PAPO
Who you represent: / Organisation MASHASHANE HOME COMMUNITY BASED CARE / Designation PROJECT MANAGER
Sex tick : / Male / ü Female
Country : / SOUTH AFRICA
Email : / NONE
Cell phone: / 0848814462
Quotable quotes*
Provide one quote from the organisation, for example the head of the organisation, that sums up what this Network has achieved. Please remember name, surname and designation.
v To date the organization has 6 board members 3 males and 3 females,3 management team all females and 24 carers 2males and 22 females and funded by the Department of Health and has registered with Social Development has NPO.
v The vice chairperson of board appreciates us for the good work done as an organization in our communities at Imbizo with all stakeholders. Name: Ndile Joseph Ledwaba vice chairperson of board.
v Another appreciation was done by the community member at Mandela village for the work done to our communities. Name Helen Kganyago housewife.
Synopsis*
What coalition has been built, what has this achieved and why it has been effective?
300 words.
v The coalition that has been built with our stakeholders is very much effective and exciting.
v The organization is called Mashashane Home Community Based Care.
v It has started in 2001 and registered in 2005 funded by Social development in 2008 to 2010.
v To date the donor is Department of health since 2011 to date.
v We have 6 board members 3 males and 3 females.
v We have 3 management team all females and 24 carers 1male and 23 females.
v The organization has a coalition with 10 stakeholders which are the following:
v Donor Department of health, Capricorn district municipality, Aganang local municipality, NGO”s, Social Development, Chiefkraal Royal house, Businessmen and women men, FPD, police and communities.
v We do campaigns of school programme with police and this is very effective and the chief help us with recommendation letters to ask for the funds to different donors for sustainability and this achieved the organization a lot.
v 24 carers do field work in 15 villages at Mashashane area.
v They do supports visits to our TB patients and defaulters.
v They monitor their treatment on daily basis.
v They do referral system.
v We enter big competition, go trainings, workshop by our municipality of CDM and we are going to achieve so many things with our stakeholders.
v We have 10 carers go to reengineering training.
Key objectives of the network or alliance *
Please list these in bullet form – 300 words
v To provide home community based care
v The NGO of Mashashane Home Community based care started in 2001 and registered in 2005 with Social development and has 19 carers funded by Social Development and has NPO certificate. The carers work at home by all patients and clients. Their work is to bath the ill patients at home and educate the family members to care for the sick ones.
v To render DOT” support.
v Is the duty of the care givers to care for the TB patients at home? We do direct treatment support to our patients. We have to see that the patients have eaten the food before drink the medication on daily basis. We monitor that on daily basis.
v Load our carers with kits bags with all materials inside like goss, bandage for wound, protex, scissors, pumpers for the old age people, torch when there is no electricity to see well. We work as second hands to our nurses.
v The home community based care is working hands in hands with clinic for material assistance to our caregivers.
v Establish and maintain partnership with our stakeholders.
v We as organization we do letters partnership with our royal house of chief for recommendation letters for application of funds for the donors. We also have a relationship with our local municipality of Aganang for monthly meeting held there and enter completion of HIV/AIDS and care work. We network with NGO/s for several information like how you do things to improve in your organization.
v To ensure proper referral system.
v The organization works with all stakeholders by clients and patients .We refer our clients when making door to door on daily basis on clinic and mobile clinic to get their treatment. We again refer our clients to Home Affairs for birth certificate and Id/s .We also refer them to police station when rape has been done to the children and woman and again physical, emotional and financial abuse has been done to woman at home.
v To generate income by gardening, sewing ect.
v We as organization we generate income by doing garden with all different vegetables e.g spinach, cabbage, carrots, beetroots, ounions, and lettuce. We sell those vegetables to the community and to our patients if for free.
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 / IndirectName of group / Women / Men / Total / Women / Men / Total
MASHASHANE HOME COMMUNITY BASED CARE / 172 / 63 / 235 / 32 / 24 / 56
Total / 172 / 63 / 235 / 32 / 24 / 56
Monitoring and evaluation*
What types of monitoring and evaluation methods and tools did you use to measure the impact of the campaign? These may include qualitative and quantitative -300 words
v Do monitoring of treatment on daily basis
v We do monthly reports as management 3 in number project manager, coordinator and finance officer. Manager do narrative reports on monthly, coordinator do statistics and finance officer do finance report and submit those reports to district for verification. We again do annual reports as stated above and submit those to Local municipality of Aganang and Pretoria to get acknowledgement letters..
v Sign attendance register
v Because of villages which are far apart we have to talk to our carers to do daily attendance register and sign their villages and put it on indunas or shops behind them. They also come on Fridays to the main register in the center.
v Quantitative evaluation has been used. This is based on the statistics produced at Mashashane home community based care in 2010 and 2014 .The two sets of stats are compared to show the impact that the organization has had on the community over the years. The numbers provided represent the following categories:
v Support group for the elderly
v TB treatment
v Consultation at the clinic nurses
v HIV/AIDS infection
v The clinic records by 2010the rate of HIV/AIDS stood at 35% of the population in 15 villages. Through the campaigns done by the organization the figures reduced to 10%.People have come forwards to disclose and taking treatment as prescribed by the nurses
v Vegetable garden
v In 2008
Relationship to the Alliance Secretariat *
Please state how your network is linked to the national or regional secretariat of the Alliance; how this support has helped facilitate your work and how this support can be improved. -300 words
v Mashashane home community based care works closely with the Department of Health in Limpopo in 2010. The Department helps the organization among other things with the following:
v Workshops
· The Department organizes monthly and quarterly workshops for the carers, management and board members.
v Trainings
· Our Department of Health help the organization again with trainings of reengineering for carers on CHW.
v Salaries and stipend.
· The Department of Health offers monthly stipend to the carers and salaries for management.
v Operational resources.
· There are funds allocated by the Department to run our organization. The funds is for stationery, office equipment and travel.
v The organization network is linked mostly with CDM and FPD for activities done in the organization.
v This relationship we have with the alliance helps our organization to enter into big competition.
v The relationship with those stakeholders sustains the organization and improve the social life our carers.
Key activities *
Please list at least five. – 300 words.
v Check defaulters support visits to TB patients
v We do daily support visits to check our default TB treatment because others default of moving from one place to another and not having enough money to attend the clinic not having support to the family members.
v Do monitoring of treatment on daily basis.
v We do door to door support visit on daily basis monitor our patients on treatment they get. We mostly check TB patients to do direct treatment to them to be healed for six month. We also check the green card to fill the correct information on it.
v Do referral of clients and patients to different institutions.
v We refer our clients and patients to different institutions e.g clinic for patients to get the treatment they need, clients to Home Affairs for birth certificate and ID and police station for the abuse of children and woman.
v Conduct awareness campaign.
v As organization we do awareness campaign on TB to educate our patients and clients and also people about how TB enters to the person and to treat it. They have to attend the clinic to check if they have the diseases or not. To take sputum to the laboratory. Educate our people on how to care for the patients.
v Conduct door to door supports visits.
v Our clients and patients are mostly at different villages. The villages are far apart. We do door to door visits to those people giving them support on treatment they get and health education to them.
Resource mobilisation *
Please state how you have mobilized for resource allocations for work on gender and ick correct information othtrdequality. N it
Amount local currency (specify) / Amount in Rand / ExplanationGender specific allocation / Rand (Aganang) Department of Health / R110400.00 / Salaries of 3 management
R16272.00 / Travel cost
R5000.00 / Local project cost(telephone, board meetings, equipment
R6000.00 / Audit report
R1000.00 / Cleaning material
R11040 / Stationery, bank charges and UIF.
R406598,40 / 24 carers stipend
R20329.92 / Admin ( stationery and UIF.
Gender in mainstream projects (please specify)
Amount contributed in cash or in kind by partner organizations (please specify)
TOTAL / R556310.40
Results
Working with governments *
What results have been achieved as a result of your work with government to implement the 28 targets of the SADC Gender Protocol? Do you sit on government delegations on regional and international platforms? Please give at least one example of the influence you have been able to exert in these structures? 200 words
v The results that has been achieved for our work with the Department is among other things the following:
v We quote: In article 26 about health provides for the adoption and implementation of policies and programmes that address the physical, mental, emotional and social well-being of women with specific targets for reducing the maternal mortality ratio and ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health services.
v Adopt and implement legislative frameworks, policies, programmes and services to enhance gender sensitive, appropriate and affordable quality health care.
v Reduce the maternal mortality ratio by 75%.
v Develop and implement policies and programmes to address the mental, sexual and reproductive health needs of women and men.
v Ensure the provision of hygiene and sanitary facilities and nutritional needs of women, including women in prison.
v In article 27 that talk about HIV/AIDS:
· This covers prevention, treatment care and support in relation to HIV and AIDS.
v Develop gender sensitive strategies to prevent new infections
v Ensure universal access to HIV and AIDS treatment for infected women, men, boys and girls.
v Develop and implement policies and programmes to ensure the appropriate recognition, of the work carried out by caregivers, the majority of whom are woman, the allocation of resources and psychological support for care givers as well as promote the involvement of men in the care and support of people living with Aids.
Evidence*
Please provide testimonial evidence of the influence you have had by providing at least one quote from a senior government functionary, from a speech or in any other platform, acknowledging the work of your organization. Please ensure that you provide name, surname, organization and designation.
Name: Irene Papo nurse Mashashane clinic
Working with civil society*
What strategies have you used to mobilize support amongst civil society to work on the 28 targets of the protocol? What have been the results. 200 words
v In article 20-25 on gender base violence.
v The target achieved is to enact and enforce legislation prohibiting all forms gender base violence.
v Ensure that Lawson gender based violence provide for the comprehensive testing, treatment and care of survivors of sexual assault.
v Envied and reform their criminal laws and procedures applicable to cases of sexual offences and gender based violence.
v Enact legislative provisions adopt and implement policies strategies and also programmes which define the prohibit sexual harassment in all spheres and provide deterrent sanction for perpetrators of sexual harassment.
v Ensure that laws on gender based violence provide for the comprehensive testing, treatment and care of the survivors of sexual assault.