TAPOLOGO HOSPICE ACCOUNT

• Establishment of and support to “AIDS” clinics in target areas, such as mines, informal settlements, etc. • Community based Outreach programmes, providing home care and education in the home and in the community using trained home based caregivers and professional nurses that provide physical, spiritual and emotional care and support to the patient and family in the comfort of the home. • Tapologo AIDS Hospice, a well-designed 32+ bed facility to provide the necessary care in an atmosphere of compassion, love, peace and care for AIDS patients in the terminal phase of the disease, pain and symptom control for patient who need to be stabilised before starting ARTs and respite for those patients who’s families are unable to cope with the demands of their ill family member due to progressive illnesses. • Provision of Anti-retroviral Therapy (ARTs), to the poorest of the poor in a resource limited setting as well as the provision of the necessary support mechanisms to support the patients, families and the communities so as to afford a quality of life so the patients can become economically active, provide family support and reduce dependence on others. • The Orphaned and Vulnerable Children’s Programme (OVC) aims at providing a community based framework and capacity to allow these self same communities to deal with the OVC situation prevalent in their communities and assist the communities by providing Family, OVC and Community Capacity Building, Education and Awareness Workshops, Community Foster Care Model, OVC Outreach Programme and Youth Skills Development Programme. • In keeping with the Tapologo philosophy of community upliftment through traditional technology and environmental sustainability, subscribes to the following mission statement: To revive traditional skills in adobe construction. To place the skills of home (and other) construction back into the hands of the family and community. Encourage and enhance the use of green construction methods and green service provision locally with the goal of improved local and global environmental impact. Manages the Operations and Maintenance requirements of the Tapologo Outreach, ART, OVC and Hospice Programmes.