SOUTH AFRICAN LINKS PAGE  The South African Links page provides a list of organisations providing information, help and advice about safer sex and sexual health issues in South Africa, together with a short description of the services offered AIDS Foundation of South Africa http://www.aids.org.za/ Lists all of projects in all South African states Centre for AIDS Development Research and Evaluation http://www.cadre.org.za/projects/ajarabstracts22.htm Children in Distress
www.cindi.org.za
Networking for children affected by HIV/AIDS. Supported by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Welfare & Population and the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Christian AIDS Bureau
www.cabsa.co.za
The Christian AIDS Bureau website, which includes a resource service and information on the programmes the organisation offers. www.durex.com
Condom website. Highway Hospice Association
www.hospice.co.za
Highway Hospice Association - evolves from the vision that every person with a terminal illness deserves quality of life during the time that is left to him or her and that a dignified death is the right of every human being. IPAS An international Reproductive Rights Organisation . Pro choice. http://www.ipas.org/english/where_ipas_works/africa/south_africa/default.asp or http://www.ipas.org/english/where_ipas_works/africa/south_africa/index.pdf (for the Country Report) LoveLife
www.lovelife.org.za
LoveLife is a new lifestyle brand for young South Africans promoting healthy living and positive sexuality. Organised under the auspices of Mrs Zanele Mbeki and other leading South Africans, loveLife combines high-powered media with nationwide adolescent sexual health services, outreach and support programmes. Positive Women Network
www.pwn.org.za
”Positive Women Network is a non-governmental organization [017-011NPO] founded by women who felt alienated from existing HIV/AIDS services that either focused on gay men or were inaccessible to women living in townships. PWN is dedicated to providing care and support for women living with HIV/AIDS, promoting gender equality and respect for people living with HIV/AIDS, mobilizing leadership by people affected by HIV/AIDS, and promoting access to AIDS care and treatment; with commitment to improve their quality of life and restoring their human dignity.” PPASA http://www.ppasa.org.za/ PPASA is the largest and oldest South African NGO providing information, education and sexual and reproductive health services. It is affiliated to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), which works in more than 180 countries around the world. (International planned parenthood federation http://www.ippf.org/ ) 48 Weirda Road, Weirda Valley, Sandown, 2196
PO Box 1023 Saxonwold 2132
Tel: (011) 523 1400
Fax: (011) 523 1401
Email: info@ppasa.org.za PPASA activities
The organisation's three main areas of focus are: -
Adolescent Reproductive Health Services (ARHS), -
Community-Based Reproductive Health Services (including distribution of contraceptives and reproductive health information), and -
Life Skills Education and Training projects. The Life Skills project includes the 'Men as Partners Project', the 'Parent Education Programme', the 'Women's Wellness Project' and the 'Sexual and Reproductive Health Life Skills Project' (SRHL). Project Gateway
www.projectgateway.co.za
Duduza Home, Project Gateway - a church-based, non-profit organisation, located in KwaZulu-Natal. Against abortion, offers alternatives to abortion. They aim to equip and empower local people through their Enterprise, Education and Care activities. They also have a Community Care Project which focuses on caring for, assisting and equipping those affected by HIV/AIDS, especially children and care-givers. Rehoboth
www.rehoboth.org.za
- a Christian foster-care village for orphaned babies and toddlers with HIV/AIDS - located in KwaZulu-Natal some 20 km from Port Shepstone. Rehoboth is a Christian Interdenominational Charity. Reproductive Health Research Unit http://www.rhru.co.za/default.htm The RHRU coordinates research and clinical training courses around HIV/AIDS and reproductive Sexual Health. The unit has trained more than 400 doctors and health professionals from 20 countries in the region. It also coordinates a regional research network with the support of the Afro WHO office and WHO headquarters, and serves as well as co-producing the African Journal of Reproductive Health with partners in Nigeria. SIVAZASAMA PROJECT
www.siyazamaproject.co.za
The project shows how the power of design can help bring social change. As the expert rural craftswomen apply their skills they discuss HIV/AIDS with their children, peers and partners, sharing vital knowledge and raising awareness about the disease, its causes and its consequences. The project provides a fascinating model for the ways in which design might be used as part of HIV/AIDS awareness programmes. Survivors of Violence
www.survivors.org.za
The KwaZulu-Natal Programme for Survivors of Violence aims to assist the individuals, families and communities of KZN through the prevention of all forms of violence and through rendering services which are both healing and empowering. A separate paper from Medical Research Council of South Africa, 2001 -
PO Box 19070, 7505 Tygerberg, South Africa
HO Tel +27 (0)21 9380911 / Fax +27 (0)21 9380200 is available online which explored sexual violence amongst Xhosa speaking young women attending ante-natal clinics in South Africa Thandanani Association
http://www.thandanani.org.za - a non-governmental organisation working in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Thandanani's mission is to motivate for the care and assistance of children in distress in the greater Pietermaritzburg / Msunduzi area by working with the community, child care professionals and state authorities. The mission is to build the capacity of the Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg) and Richmond communities to respond to the basic material, physical, cognitive and emotional needs of their orphans and vulnerable children Triangle http://www.triangle.org.za/ Challenging homophobia, appreciating sexual diversity South African National Anthem http://www.polity.org.za/html/misc/iafrika.wav . TOP | 
