Programmes
The Anglican Aids and Healthcare Trust runs four Programmes: Siyakha (We are Building); Siyafundisa (Teaching Our Children); Vana Vetu (Caring for Our Children and Sikhula Ngolwazi (Growing Through Knowledge).
Siyakha
The DFID funded Siyakha Programme seeks to strengthen understanding among church and community leaders on HIV and AIDS, with a particular focus on the reduction of stigma, through care and impact mitigation and marginalization and to reduce the further spread of HIV.
Siyakha is building on the skills and capacity developed in the Isiseko Sokomeleza Programme and supporting and expanding projects initiated at each diocese.
This Programme unfortunately came to an end in September 2009. A best Practice Model Tool, sampling out a few projects carried out through the Siyakha Period has been developed and is available on request.
Siyafundisa
The Siyafundisa Programme – funded by PEPFAR is an HIV and AIDS Prevention Programme that has Peer Education and Life Skills Education as its approaches to HIV prevention. The programme addresses the avoidance of unhealthy and risky behaviors affecting the safety and well-being of youth in the Southern African Province of the Anglican Church. Siyafundisa aims to help young people make responsible decisions and also to empower adults to become positive change agents and role models of healthy behavior. Siyafundisa also promote the discussion in the wider community around the factors fuelling the HIV and AIDS pandemics whilst also promoting and providing Voluntary and Testing opportunities and service though partnerships in order to encourage people to know their HIV status.
Vana Vetu
The Vana Vetu, focuses on orphaned and vulnerable children. It is currently funded by DFID and PEPFAR. The programme seeks to ensure that frameworks for the protection and promotion of the rights of children are implemented at all levels.
The programme’s vision is to ensure that orphaned and vulnerable children receive appropriate care and support to grow to their full potential. It provides counselling, education, care and support to communities and also trains people to respond to their needs.
Sikhula Ngolwazi
The Sikhula Ngolwazi, funded by the Canadian International Development (CIDA), is a Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) programme whose purpose is to create awareness to project staff about the importance of MER systems as an important planning and management tool.
