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We were extremely encouraged to hear of all the wonderful ministries that are taking place throughout the Diocese Out of the 42 churches in the Diocese , 39 are involved in HIV& AIDS ministry CHURCHES INVOLVED IN HIV/AIDS MINISTRY IN THE DIOCESE OF CAPETOWN 1. St Georges Cathedral Ø Sandwiches for mothers from the Red Cross HIV ward. Ø Support for the children’s homes: Fikelela Children’s Centre and Heaven’s Nest Ø Celebrating special days : World AIDS Day, Candlelight Memorial , TB day Ø Special mass for those living with HIV (Tue 7.15 am & 1.15 p.m.) Ø Youth HIV education in confirmation class Ø Education and awareness through their board and notice board, they also send information out to libraries Ø Voluntary Counselling and Testing and condom distribution for homeless who come for lunch at the Arch Ø Retreat for care givers Ø Christmas thank you lunch for Fikelela Children’s Centre and Heavens Nest staff Ø Fundraising from second hand shop and overseas links.
Ø They support the HIV ward Lentegeur hospital, with knitting Ø Did HIV testing in church, and would like to make it an annual event.
Ø Literature is distributed at church Ø AIDS ribbons Ø Monthly silver collection (in a red bag!) Ø MU and AWF do knitting.
Ø Weekly soup kitchen on Mondays. Ø Do AIDS awareness with the soup Ø Christmas parties and parcels. They got a donation from tourists for this. Ø Collect children’s clothes for orphans Ø HIV+ speaker in church.
Ø They run a thriving support group for people living with HIV, which is very active in income generation Ø Second hand shop for fundraising and to allow people to access affordable clothing Ø Home based care: (nurse and 9 carers) Ø Community advice office Ø Food garden Ø Sewing bags, sold in pick and Pay 6. St. Marks District Six. Ø Awareness program for World AIDS Day and Candlelight memorial Ø Non perishables for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (care for kids) Ø Annual fundraising potjie for Heavens Nest and Fikelela Children’s Centre, Christine Ravell & Red Cross Hospital 7. St. Andrews Newlands. Ø Logistical support for Fikelela activities e.g. registration Ø Awareness raising in church (AIDS watch information bulletin) Ø Regular prayer and candle lighting Ø Fundraising , they also have overseas contacts for funds Ø Bingo evening Ø Donations of food Ø Fikelela Children's Centre, nappies and duvets etc Ø Heavens nest specific needs Ø Love pack once a month, 1st Sat of the month , they pack 300 food parcels Ø Warehouse – take collect good second hand clothing, Ø School jerseys for orphans knitted by parishioners Ø Hygiene packs for orphans
Ø Annual stationary drive for Baphumelele home in Khayelitsha Ø Ø Prayers for orphans and clothing collection Ø St Josephs home, they support them with clothing Ø Lunch for grandmothers from Gugulethu looking after orphans Ø Easter eggs to AIDS homes.
Ø They have 10 members and have been running for 5 years. Ø Fundraising, they sell old clothes once a month with this they buy food parcels twice a year, and visit the clinic Ø Place of hope: shelter for abused mothers and children, they visit and support 10. Ø They support Yamnkelani support group in Ø They collect 400 hygiene packs for orphans quarterly Ø Educational outings Ø They have formed a ‘friends of Yamnkelani’ Ø Annual jersey week Ø Annual blanket week Ø Christmas hampers Ø Support for Margaret’s House. 11. St. Saviour’s Ø They collect –love packs, 20 per month Ø Heavens Nest – the Sunday school collection goes to heavens nest Ø They donate R250-00 monthly directly to Fikelela for food parcels 12.. Ø Support group (Uncedo Loluntu) being run at Imizamo Yethu. Ø It was started by members of Ø The church also donate food parcels Ø They have just started with an awareness service Ø They support Mowbray maternity with knitted booties and caps etc Ø Busy finding their feet in mobilizing their congregation 14. St Mary’s Woodstock Ø Counselling - Sheila Stoffberg is a registered counsellor Ø Donation box Ø Support kitchen on a Wednesday 12-30 - 14-00 (homeless people in and around Ø They are planning a dance- fund raising would like this to be an Archdeaconry event 15 St, Luke’s Ø Love packs Ø AIDS ward at Lentegeur, monthly visits Ø Care for kids orphan support project (stationary and outings) Ø Sweet homes farm support group, they support in various ways 16.. Holy Nativity, Hazendal Ø Sandwiches for mothers at Red cross Ø Sandwiches for HIV+ people in our own community Ø Youth awareness Ø Clothing collection Ø Love packs to Mowbray maternity & fikelela 17. Retreat, St Cyprian Ø Food parcels Ø Fundraisers e.g. choral evening Ø Pollsmoor prison visits to do aids awareness, take baby clothes and toiletries Ø DP Marais Hospital Ø HIV programmes at schools 18. Emmanuel Wynberg Ø Support Heavens nest Ø Prayer /ministry Ø Comfort packs Ø Link with Red Cross and Ø Food parcels 19.St. James Sea Point Ø Food parcels Ø Ø Ward at Ø Overseas link with a church , from also fundraise 20. St, Martins Bergvliet Ø Link with 21.St Georges, Silvertown Ø Love packs to Ø Rape and abuse packs Ø Visits to HIV+ people in the area Ø Red Cross Children's Hospital 22 Ø Ø Food parcels Ø HIV ministry in lavender Hill Ø Christmas in July fundraiser Ø Support for Fikelela Children's Centre Ø Women's day celebration 23 Christ the Reconciler Manenberg Their ministries all fall under one umbrella (prison, AIDS, abuse) Ø Support Themba care in Silvertown, with food and clothes Ø Food parcels to the poor (these also go to those the priest is aware are HIV) Ø The food comes from parishioners for these parcels. 24. St Mary Magdalene Gugulethu Ø They run a support group with about 30 members. The group meets weekly on a Wednesday at 3pm .Activities - sharing of stories, offering support to each other, invite guest speakers, do crafting, sewing, beadwork – physical exercises. Ø They are running an orphan support program through care for kids, currently supporting 157 orphans. 25 Eluvukweni, Crossroads Ø They are currently initiating a care for kids orphan support program. They are supporting 22 orphans 26 Holy Cross , Nyanga Ø They are supporting 54 orphans through the Care for Kids Program Ø Support group 27 St. Johns Wynberg (six churches make up the Parish AIDS task team – PATT, and each have a MAP – ministry to the poor – team)Together the churches collect 100 food parcels per month. Ø Food parcels once a month Ø They knit and crochet blankets, jerseys etc Ø They assist at the Warehouse in packing clothing packs 28. Ø Food parcels per month Ø Support the HIV support group at Sweet Home Farms Ø They do prayers and support for traumatized victims at Ø Support and do AIDS education at Sisters Incorporated 29. St Philips, Kenwyn Ø They collect children from Heavens Nest every Sunday to attend Sunday School Ø They are involved with the homeless children from Lansdowne, they wash the children, feed them, offer spiritual and emotional support Ø They assist with the fostering of children – (finding place of safety) Ø HIV & AIDS education and caring 30 Church of the Holy Spirit, Kirstenhof Ø They offer assistance and support to Ø Food parcels 31 St Marks Athlone Ø The group hands out sandwiches on the 2nd Saturday of the month to the moms at Red Cross Hospital Ø They distribute grocery parcels to 5 – 6 families in Gugulethu Ø They distribute baby clothing to Red Cross & Gugulethu 32 St Thomas Rondebosch Ø They collect Food parcels Ø They knit blankets & toys Ø They provide sandwiches to the Red Cross Children’s hospital Ø They have a close link with the grannies who are looking after orphans in Gugulethu and arrange events for the grannies. Ø They assist both Fikelela children’s centre & Heavens Nest 33 Holy Redeemer Sea Point Ø Although the parish is small , they support two HIV+ people Ø They also collect goods & foods parcels for the warehouse 34 Church of the Holy Spirit Heideveld Ø They collect clothing, stationary items, toys, toiletry items Ø A counseling room is available at the church but they would love it to be used more regularly 35 Ø They collect food parcels Ø They collect stationary & toiletry items for orphans Ø They collect sandwiches for Mums of children at the Red Cross Children's Hospital Ø They are involved in fundraising events 36 All Ø They collect knitted blankets, jerseys, caps, bootees Ø They collect with toiletry items Ø Some awareness raising takes place 37 Church of the Ø They collect food parcels Ø They collect old clothing 38 St Faith Plumstead Ø The parish collects nappies for the Fikelela Children's Centre on a monthly basis Ø They also collect clothing for support groups & the children’s homes Ø They have ongoing awareness services , focusing on highlighted days for the year 39 St Columba’s Gugulethu : Ø The church is linked with Care for Kids. They are currently supporting 74 orphans in the Gugulethu area. Ø The support group has had some internal issues, including venue problems and is currently not running, but they are keen to try to start again.
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