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Lerato's Hope 
PO Box 264 
Howard Place 
7450 

Director: Rowan Haarhoff 
Office: +27 21 531 3922  
Cell: +27 84 615 1617  
Fax: +27 86 540 8793  

info@leratoshope.org.za 
 
 
   Supporting Families Affected by HIV    
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Helping You to Support Children and Families Affected by AIDS

Lerato, whose name means ‘love’, is the inspiration behind Lerato’s Hope. She is living proof of the fact that with love, nurture and anti-retrovirals, an HIV positive person can live a happy and fulfilled life. Lerato continues to enjoy a good quality of life, and has become an integral part of our community.

Leratos Hope, founded and based in 2002 in suburban Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa, is a Christian NGO which builds meaningful partnerships with existing grass roots organisations who care, treat, support and empower poor families affected by HIV and AIDS in the Cape Town areas of Gugulethu, Nyanga, Crossroads and Philippi.

 
   The Facts:
  The areas of Gugulethu, Nyanga, Crossroads and Phillipi is home to about 500 000 people.
Here are some facts:
Average household earns less than $8 a day
40% unemployment – The average age is 24 years old
409 Christian places of worship
819 liquor outlets
more than 30% of all deaths are AIDS related
Over 50% of people live in shacks
 
 Our Impact:

Lerato’s Hope seeks to bring support to all the organisations represented on this site in some or other form – be it financial, the provision of food and clothing, the mobilization of volunteers or capacity building – through building bridges with other like-minded churches, communities and organisations.

 Our Vision:

TO GIVE A VOICE to the plight of poor families and communities affected by HIV and AIDS, and the organisations that support them.

TO INSPIRE churches and the urban community to connect meaningfully with grass roots organisations who are working with families and communities affected by HIV and AIDS

TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING grass roots organisations in the prevention of HIV and the care, support, treatment and empowerment of families and communities affected by HIV and AIDS

TO SHOW THE LOVE AND COMPASSION of God for the poor and sick by serving families affected by HIV and AIDS

 Our Objectives:

1. Helping CBO’s raise funds for their projects by approaching potential donors on their behalf;
2. Sourcing and delivering material resources like food and clothing, and other useful items to CBO’s
3. Encouraging and recruiting volunteers from more privileged areas and churches to assist CBO’s in their work
4. Exposing the work of CBO’s to other possible resource networks or opportunities
5. Assisting CBO’s to increase their capacity to function effectively through different levels of mentoring relationships
6. Provide HIV Community Workers with both monthly financial as well as psycho-emotional support.

 Our Supporters:
 
 
  Willow Creek Southern Africa: Donor
  Standard Bank: Donor
  This Way Up in the United Kingdom: Course Material for Lost and Found
    Pinelands Baptist Church: Donor, Volunteers, Food and Clothing
    Pinelands Congregational Church: Donor
  Pinelands North Primary School: Food
  Pinelands High School: Volunteers
  Tristar Technologies: Web-Site Hosting
  browncow design studio: Web Site Design
  www.dellfoundation.co.za: Computer and Digital Hardware
    Stellenberg Community Church: Food and Clothing
  Breadline Africa: Donor
  Pick n Pay: Donor
  CAP Chartered Accountants: Auditing Services



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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