PROJECT GOELAMA
The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (NMCF) is embarking on a pilot project aimed at integrating the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and young people. The project addresses the socio-economic needs of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC).
The project is implemented in the provinces most affected by HIV/AIDS – KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Province, and Gauteng.
ACTIVITIES include :
Community support initiatives – to build the communities’ own capacity to plan, mobilise resources and implement support and care activities for OVC according to their own priority concerns about their children.
Micro-Finance initiatives – to provide business support services to targeted individuals, households, and/or communities.
Advocacy – based on the experiences of this project, the NMCF will utilise its present network of partners and stakeholders (in the community, government, donor organisations and among NGOs) to lobby and advocate for changes in policies/procedures that impact on the well-being of OVCs.