abafana bebhola bayanakekela

Social Research Project: based on the enthusiasm of the young men in the Shosholoza and Inkunzi Projects to become involved in HIV prevention work, despite the global perception that men were nearly impossible to engage in this field, TAI decided to tackle the next societal hurdle in our patriarchal society – that caring for children and the ill was exclusively “women’s work”. In the face of the growing numbers of orphans and terminally ill AIDS victims in South African communities, women were being put under tremendous pressure to rise to this challenge, especially as many of them are HIV positive and ill themselves. In response to this need, TAI has piloted the Abafana Bebhola Bayanakekela project to promote the ideal of “men as carers”, that aims not only to promote the meaningful involvement of young men in caring work for vulnerable children, but also to provide additional psycho-social support for vulnerable children.
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sibambiqhaza community project

Social Research Project: the young people participating in the Shosholoza and Inkunzi Projects reported challenges relating to the adults within their communities. For example, health services were not youth-friendly (when accessing free condoms, nurses would harass them) or the adults in their families reacted negatively when they (as “children”) tried to talk to “adults” about sex, condom use and HIV. This was seen as taboo. With the intention of creating an enabling environment for the groups of young peer educators, TAI decided to create a project involving adults within the community to work with the youth groups. The Sibambiqhaza Project was started in the Matimatolo community (deep rural) and saw the meaningful involvement of a broad section of the community through mainstreaming HIV and AIDS activities into the core-functions of their community groups.
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shosholoza aids project

Through its initial work with women, TAI found that 90% of the women were unable to implement their personal HIV prevention strategies as their male partners made all of the decisions relating to sex and sexuality. Some women were even beaten and chased from their homes when they suggested condom use. TAI therefore decided to target men, through the Shosholoza AIDS Project.
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newstart vct franchise

Community Health Service Delivery : TAI has joined the NewStart franchise (www.newstart.co.za)! This will allow us to offer FREE VCT (voluntary HIV counseling and testing) to 5 rural communities in KwaZulu Natal. The service is also mobile which greatly improves the convenience for clients.

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kznpphc hcbc consortium

Community Health Service Delivery : The KZN Department of Health has initiated a primary health care project that sees increased health care service delivery to the community through the training, support and mentoring of Home and Community Based Carers (previously known as Community Healthcare Workers). The KZNPPHC (www.kznpphc.org.za) has been awarded a tender to implement this project throughout the province of KwaZulu Natal. TAI forms part of the KZNPPHC consortium and is responsible for the mentoring and monitoring of 371 HCBCs in Msunduzi, Umgeni and Impendle local municipalities within the uMngungundlovu district municipality.
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