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HIV/AIDS Social Services
DESCRIPTION:
 The provincial Department of Social Development, in partnership with various non-governmental organisations, provides developmental social services for children and families affected by HIV/ AIDS:
  • Early identification of children and families in need, and alternative placements of such children in foster care, with adoptive parents, or residential care.
  • Community based care and support.
  • Poverty alleviation projects, such as soup kitchens and providing nutritional supplements, in high impact communities.
  • Community workshops, peer education and research.
  • Capacity building and training of volunteers and caregivers.
INSTRUCTIONS:
  • Placement of children
  • Community projects
    • PLACEMENTS

    For information on foster care and adoption, see the relevant service pages. There are also shelters for children who are homeless.

    COMMUNITY PROJECTS
    For information on specific community based care projects, contact any of the department's district offices.
    PROVIDED AT:
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    PROVIDED BY:
    GOVERNMENT BODY:
    		 Department of Social Development (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
    The content on this page was last updated on 19 July 2007
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