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Psalm 82:3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
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“The Aids Orphans in sub Saharan Africa is a looming threat to the future and will reach 25 million by 2010 with 30,000 children dying every day”.
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Community-based care:
AMCARE cares for over 200 patients infected with HIV & AIDS and/or TB and their families in their communities.
- As part of AMCARE’s home-based care programme, social workers and caregivers take care of the basic needs of patients and their families, including medication management, bathing, dressing wounds etc.
- Caregivers accompany patients to the clinic or hospital or hospice as needed.
- Individual counselling meets the psycho-social needs of those infected and affected.
- Support groups assist people to develop positive, healthy lifestyles.
- Social workers assist in the application of disability grants.
Food parcels are distributed to those in need.
- Food gardens meet nutritional needs and create income-earning opportunities the event of death, AMCARE assist with funeral arrangements, legal processes and counselling family members.
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Specially committed AMCARE workers also meets the specific needs of more than 300 orphans and vulnerable children, supplying school clothes and shoes, assisting with registration for and providing psychological counselling,
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VCT (Voluntary Counselling and Testing) and Wellness Clinic
In partnership with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, a VCT and Wellness Clinic, based at AMCARE’s premises, is dedicated to the prevention and early detection of health problems such as HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Mother to Child Diseases.
Over 1000 community members have benefited from the VCT and Wellness Clinic over the past two years.
The clinic employs a full-time occupational health nurse and a counselor.
The clinic offers a full range of services to provide holistic care from testing, diagnosis, pre- and post-test counselling, advice about self-care and medical care, and arranging transportation to hospitals and clinics for treatment.
Patients are referred to AMCARE’s social workers when they require Social Work counseling, food parcels, home-based care or other assistance. |
2007 figures |
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| Number of Patients seen and tested |
911 |
| Number found positive |
741 |
| Number referred for ART |
64 |
Outreach done by the Counsellor to different Companies requesting education and awareness and clients benefited from this service found the presentations valuable
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295 |
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