by AdminWRBI | Feb 6, 2012 | All projects, Health & Nutrition
In April last year we started an HIV awareness and voluntary testing programme (see previous Health blogs). The programme was run monthly, throughout the year, in each of the 4 villages of the Xhora Mouth Area, in which the BI operates, namely: Nqileni, Mgojweni,...
by AdminWRBI | Jan 12, 2012 | All projects, Basic Services, Health & Nutrition
The BI is pleased to report that we’ve made big strides on the community profiling project. Since July 2011 Nomsingisi Hopisi, our Community-Based Care Worker, and Kate Rice, a long-term volunteer, have been going house-to-house in Nqileni collecting both...
by AdminWRBI | Dec 5, 2011 | All projects, Health & Nutrition
Most of the children attending Jujurha Preschool come from impoverished homes where a balanced diet is a rare luxury. Thanks to funders such as Breadline Africa, we are able to offer healthy meals on every school day. In lieu of school fees, all parents undertake to...
by AdminWRBI | Nov 23, 2011 | All projects, Health & Nutrition
Nomzingisi and her dedicated team of Community Care Workers have made another small intervention with a big impact. Nomzingisi helps scores of community members every day to access social grants, pension fund payments and report relevant cases to social workers along...
by AdminWRBI | Oct 26, 2011 | All projects, Health & Nutrition
When our first Community Health Day was held in Nqileni in April attendance was mainly by the older people in the village. Because the Health Day workshop focused on issues about HIV/AIDS, Health in Pregnancy and other sexual and reproductive health issues, we needed...
by AdminWRBI | Oct 26, 2011 | All projects, Basic Services, Health & Nutrition
After their initial fact finding trip earlier in the year, the CSIR returned last week to engage members of the community in developing a plan for optimal water resource usage. The CSIR, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, has a lot of clever people who...
