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Hillcrest AIDS Centre
Trust
Dear HACT Friends, Donors &
Partners
Today is World AIDS Day an opportunity for
reflection and solidarity, particularly in the wake
of what has been a very challenging year for so
many, HACT included!
However, as our beloved Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, (who recently celebrated his 89th birthday)
said;
"Hope is being able to see the light
despite all the darkness."
And so, in the midst of this year's many hurdles and upheavals, our team would
like to share with you some of our positive stories, in the hope that they uplift
you and serve as a reminder to us all that the most challenges times often present
the most empowering lessons!
Thank you to all those who have and continue to support us.
With much thanks,
The HACT Team
HACT Celebrates 30
Years Of Unconditional
Love
HACT Staff and patients gathered
on the 1st December 2020, for an
extra special candle lighting
ceremony to mark World AIDS
Day as well as 30 years of
providing unconditional love and
hope to people impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Click here to read more...
Zamekile's Story Of
Gogo Home Gardens
Project Continues To
Flourish
HACT Welcomes New
Adopt-A-Bed Donor
Hope
For the past five months,
Zamekile Ngcemu has been
fighting for her life in HACT’s
Respite Unit. The 48 year-old
mother of two who hails from
Kwadengezi was suffering from
advanced stages of AIDS and TB
having defaulted on her
antiretroviral treatment (ART).
“The doctor at the clinic told me I was going to die” says Zamekile, Click here to
read more...
HACT Helps Give
Unemployed Youth
The Edge
Over the past year, HACT has
mentored and supported 15
young people who have
fulfilled various roles and
positions across our
organisation through the
nationwide YES (youth
employment service) initiative.
With over 5.9 million unemployed youth (pre-Covid) across our country, our team
was very happy to play a small role in offering these local youth the opportunity to
gain valuable skills and workplace experience and to offer several of them
ongoing employment where possible.
In celebration of all they have achieved, all our YES candidates (pictured above)
were treated to a delicious bunny chow lunch in our Ubuntu Ground Cafe last
week.
Locally-based food & beverage
company, Kerry International recently
sponsored the start-up of 10 new
vegetable gardens in Hammersdale in
support of HACT's Gogo Home
Gardens Project.
The COVID-19 emergency relief project
has now equipped over 230 local
grannies with vegetable seedlings,
tools and other essential supplies in an
effort to help improve their families'
long-term food security. 66 year-old,
grandmother of 12, Nomusa Mshebe
(pictured middle) said;
“I don’t have much, but I have a small
piece of land and I know how to grow
vegetables. This is all I need to make
sure my grandchildren don’t go
hungry...” Gogo Nomusa
The HACT team were recently thrilled
to welcome African Bullion on board as
its latest Adopt-a-Bed sponsor.
With HACT's 24-bed Respite Unit
currently functioning as the only
facility providing free inpatient respite
and palliative care to children and
adults suffering from advanced stages
of AIDS or terminal cancer in the
region, we are challenging all local,
national and international companies
and groups to consider helping us fill
our board and secure sponsors for ALL
24 of our Respite Unit beds!
Click here for more details on HACT's
Adopt-a-Bed programme or contact
HACT's Marketing & Fundraising Team
HACT Stands United
For 16 Days of
Activism Against
GBV
Wearing black armbands,
members of HACT's Respite Unit
team heeded our nation's call to
kick-off this year's 16 Days of
Activism for No Violence Against
Women and Children" with 5 Days of Mourning in memory of all those who have
lost their lives over this past year as a result of COVID-19, gender-based violence
and femicide. In the words of our President:
"The unacceptably high levels of gender-based violence and femicide in South
Africa are a blight on our national conscience and a betrayal of our constitutional
order for which so many fought and for which so many gave their lives."
How Will You Give Back?
In addition to World AIDS Day, today
happens to be #GivingTuesday - a
global generosity movement
unleashing the power of everyday
people to help transform their
communities for the better!
Pledge your support and help HACT
continue its life-saving projects over
the next 30 years...
Be it R30, R300 or R3000...every act
of generosity counts, especially in
these difficult times! Click here to
donate now...
Be a Christmas Lifesaver
Christmas is just around the corner
and with your help we can ensure
our Woza Moya crafters can celebrate
this year!
The COVID 19 pandemic has left
hundreds of our vulnerable crafters
without work, many of whom are the
sole supporters of multi-generational
families and rely heavily on Woza
Moya for a basic income.
Click here to order one of our beautiful
Christmas Lifesaver gift boxes packed
with handmade goodies today...
Make a Donation via
Zapper
Donate via Zapper, it's quick and
easy!
Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust
A registered Non Profit and Public Benefit organisation (NPO No. 005-800 & PBO No:.13 000
1231)
26 Old Main Road
Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)31 765 5866
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hillaids.org.za