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gaetane le grange overview

young men and children making a difference

gaetane le grange overview

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.

Abafana Bebhola Bayanakekela

Melu Ngidi updates

The participating teams wish to have more teams joining the project. Amatsatsatsa FC and Barcelona FC can be their mentor.

willowfontein drugs and alcohol abuse campaign

siphiwe hlongwane updates

drugs and alcohol abuse campaign a success

A successful drugs and alcohol abuse campaign was held at Willowfontein Community Hall on Sunday the 26th of July. The campaign was organised by TAI'S Abafana Bebhola project co-ordinator, Khule Bhengu, together with the team members of Amatsatsatsa Football Club, who do voluntary work as big brothers to vulnerable children in the Willowfontein community.

It is a known fact that alcohol and drug abuse can lead to the abuse of neglect of children by their Guardians or Parents. Since TAI's ABB project focuses on the well being of orphaned and vulnerable children, it is important that they try to create awareness in communities that we operate in about the dangers of Alcohol and Drug abuse.

So Khule and the whole members of the ABB project team must applauded for their effort to create awareness about this. One of the ABB team members Melusi Ngidi said one of the main reason of this campaign was to try and encourage parents not to set a bad example to their kids by using drugs and alcohol. Young children are easely influenced by the behaviour of their parents.

Big ups to the ABB team for a job well done!