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FIRELIGHT FOUNDATION
Annual Report First 4 Years:
2000–2003 Text-only Version
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GRANTS 2000 – 2003
South Africa
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Population
Population under age 18
HIV adult seroprevalence
Orphans as percent of all children
Total number of orphans
Percent of orphans due to AIDS
Total Firelight funding
Number of grants given
Number of grantee-partners
Percent of grantees regranted
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43.8 million
17.6 million
20%
10%
1.53 million
43%
$200,100
18
16
13%
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ASSOCIATION FRANÇOIS-XAVIER BAGNOUD (AFXB), Johannesburg |
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2003 – $12,000 |
This organization works in two of
the largest townships around Johannesburg, offering after-school programs
for children who normally would go home to an empty house or ill parents.
AFXB offers homework help, recreational activities, and pen pal programs,
and in addition, assists families with home-based care. Grant funds are
helping AFXB expand its after-school tutoring and bereavement art program
for 30 children in the Alexandra Township.
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BELABELA WELFARE SOCIETY, Warmbaths |
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2003 – $3,000 |
Belabela operates in a rural underserved
area, providing home-based care, orphan outreach, and support groups for
vulnerable children and people living with AIDS. Through their bereavement
program, Belabela is using grant funds for school fees and recreational
activities for children. Funds are also covering staff training in psychosocial
counseling and administrative costs.
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BOTSHABELO BABIES HOME, Kyalami |
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2002 – $16,600 |
Botshabelo Babies Home provides
short- to medium-term shelter and care for abandoned babies and HIV-positive
babies and children. They work closely with the local community, government
agencies, and adoption services to place children in long-term homes. The
grant is providing salary support for in-house and satellite caregivers
and helping cover project administration costs.
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2001 – $8,700 |
Grant funding supports the shelter
and covers the salaries of a social worker and two caregivers, as well as
administrative fees.
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CHILDREN’S RIGHTS CENTRE (CRC), Durban |
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2002 – $14,000 |
CRC was founded during the apartheid
era to address the rights of children in prison. Now focusing broadly on
child rights, CRC is using grant funds to develop a Mobile Play Pack for
children in institutional settings, such as police stations or hospitals.
They are providing training and support to service providers in these settings
on how to reach children under stress through play. The Play Packs are also
raising awareness among these frontline workers about all the basic rights
of children, including the right to and the psychosocial importance of play!
The Mobile Play Packs are being used to reach 5,000 children in difficult
circumstances.
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EMPILWENI PROJECT, Khayelitsha/Cape Town |
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2003 – $7,800 |
Operating in one of the largest
townships around Cape Town, Empilweni implements a Children’s Support
Group Program that addresses the lack of emotional support for children
affected by HIV/AIDS. With this grant they are assisting 40 children in
coming to terms with a parent’s and/or caregiver’s illness and
approaching death. Empilweni is also facilitating workshops for parents
and caregivers so they can understand and support their children during
this difficult time. Finally, they are providing skills training and development
workshops for teachers and community leaders, exploring the psychosocial
effects of HIV/AIDS on children and addressing stigma reduction.
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FIKELELA CHILDREN CENTRE, Khayelitsha/Cape Town |
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2003 – $4,000 |
Fikelela operates in the high-need
township of Khayelitsha. Due to the displacement of families and the breakdown
in traditional community caring structures, families living in these areas
are often isolated and left without the traditional resources to help with
childcare. Fikelela Children’s Centre provides outreach services to
families, plus daycare, medical care, temporary shelter, and foster family
placements for orphans and vulnerable and HIV-positive children. This grant
is helping the Centre continue its foster care program, which provides both
emergency care and supervised placements with long-term parents. It also
provides comprehensive screening, training, and supervision to foster parents
as well as outreach and support to the children and the surrounding community.
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GREATER NELSPRUIT RAPE INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (GRIP), Nelspruit |
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2002 – $20,000 |
GRIP is one of the only organizations
in South Africa dealing with the issue of child rape. It supports children
through the legal and social work process ensuring that their rights are
upheld and that they receive the support they need. With the grant, GRIP
provides safety and aftercare services to over 1,300 rape survivors, 85%
of whom are children under the age of 16, including infants and young children.
GRIP is acting as a liaison between the victims and the medical and legal
systems (i.e. hospitals, social welfare, and police departments), ensuring
that the basic survival and security needs of these vulnerable children
are met. GRIP field workers also administer HIV tests to rape survivors
and provide medical and psychosocial referrals and support to those who
test positive.
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IKAMVA LABANTU, Khayelitsha/Cape Town |
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2003 – $8,000 |
Under the umbrella organization
of Ikamva Labantu, Khumbulani Day Care provides daycare and urgent overnight
care for children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Specifically, this
grant pays for the construction of a building that will house the daycare
facility for 40 children.
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KAKARETSO DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING TRUST, Phuthaditjhaba |
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2003 – $7,000 |
This organization has formed clubs
for local women who come together to work on income-generating activities.
The women also bring the children that they care for (many of whom have
lost their parents to HIV/AIDS) to the meetings. This grant is allowing
the clubs to improve the services for the children by training two women
from each club in early childhood development skills and by providing follow-up
support.
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MILLENNIUM HOME OF HOPE (MHH), White River |
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2003 – $9,000 |
The Millenium Home of Hope, a transitional
shelter for orphans, operates in Mpumalanga, the province with the second
highest HIV prevalence rate in South Africa. MHH focuses on moving orphaned
babies and children out of their shelter and into foster care (called ‘mini
Homes of Hope’) within the community and providing monthly follow-up
support to foster families. With this grant, Millennium Home of Hope is
increasing their impact in this province by expanding to 40 fully functioning
mini Homes of Hope. They will enhance their outreach in the community, screen
and train potential foster parents, and provide ongoing training to current
foster parents/families and staff.
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THE NCEDULUNTU SANCTUARY TRUST, Cape Town |
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2003 – $4,000 |
Based in the Nomzama settlement
outside of Cape Town, Nceduluntu was started by Maureen Lumka, nicknamed
the “Wheel Barrow Saint,” because she used a padded wheelbarrow
to pick up the disabled and often HIV-positive children who attended her
preschool. She now provides residential care to 14 orphans, daycare and
a meal program for more than 60 vulnerable children, and a vocational skills
training program for caregivers. With this grant, Nceduluntu is training
four teachers in their pre-school and providing one staff person with management
training.
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PIETERMARITZBURG CHILD WELFARE
COMMUNITY CARE PROJECT, Pietermaritzburg |
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2003 – $8,000 |
This project focuses on placing
HIV-positive children with extended family members or in foster care within
their community. Due to substantially increasing demand, the Special Needs
Placement Unit is using this grant to expand the pool of screened and trained
foster parents, as well as to increase awareness among community leaders.
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SAKHISIZWE/GRAHAMSTOWN FOUNDATION,
Grahamstown |
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2003 – $4,000 |
This program provides training to
principals, teachers, parents, and students in rural primary schools to
empower families affected by HIV/AIDS. Training includes: HIV/AIDS facts,
writing skills, management and governance, and crop and vegetable farming.
With Firelight funds, Sakhisizwe is expanding its outreach program to 44
rural schools across 4 districts.
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SINOSIZO HOME BASED CARE, Chatsworth/Durban |
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2003 – $10,000 |
Sinosizo Home Based Care provides
care to terminally ill AIDS patients in 10 townships and informal settlements
around Durban. They also serve children whose parents can no longer care
for them due to illness or death. With this grant, Sinosizo is developing
16 training modules to train 50 children and 100 volunteers who work with
orphans and vulnerable children. Sinosizo will then replicate this program
in at least five other areas.
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FOUNDATION FOR HOSPICES IN SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA/SOUTH COAST HOSPICE, Port Shepstone |
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2001 – $48,000 |
After working with terminally ill
adults, South Coast Hospice realized that when their patients die they often
leave behind children who also need help. Grant funds provide 200 rural
children about to be orphaned with a memory box. The box contains a letter
from their parent describing their hopes and dreams for that child, along
with photos and other small mementos. The process of creating the box with
a community health worker provides psychosocial support to the parent as
well as a sense of family history for the children.
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VULEKA, Durban |
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2003 – $10,000 |
Vuleka is a local media production
company that has made videos on the condition of orphaned and vulnerable
children. With this grant, Vuleka is developing and producing audiocassettes
and CDs with songs that encourage the development of vulnerable children’s
self-esteem. They will distribute the music to local radio programs, media
outlets, and home-based care programs.
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Please note that this Annual Report covers the period from December 1,
1999 through September 30, 2003.
If you are interested in receiving a copy of this report, please send
an email to Cheryl Talley-Moon at Cheryl@firelightfoundation.org.
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