Project:

To increase our HIV/AIDS bed capacity from our current 20 beds to 25 beds.

Project objectives:

Primary:
To meet the critical care needs of a medical bed shortage for HIV/AIDS children.

Secondary:
To maintain our quality level of care, along with all the supportive services we provide for the HIV/AIDS infected child and parent.

Impact of project:

• Expand bed capacity by 5 beds
• Maintain Parent housing and meals program
• Expand services to those most in need
• Expanded care will keep children alive

Requested Amount:

R550 000 for full funding of the 5 beds for one year or R110 000 per bed.

Recognition would include:

Naming Rights:
The naming rights to the beds in Sunflower Medical Ward will be offered for the life of the grant.

Updates:
At your request we will send you quarterly updates on the children who are benefiting from your donation.

Annual Report
You will be listed in our SJH Newsletter, in our annual report, on our Facebook page and our Blog.

Gala:
Your support will be recognized at our Annual Gala event.

General information:

St. Joseph’s established the HIV/AIDS Sunflower medical ward in 2002 in response to the overcrowding of HIV infected babies and young children in provincial hospitals. Sunflower’s beds allow provincial hospitals to free up critical care beds, with St. Joseph’s serving as a medical step down facility. Our treatment involves weight gain, reduction and treatment of opportunistic infections, developmental stimulation through Physio-/Occupational therapy, and through the administration of Anti Retroviral medications. HIV/AIDS Sunflower Ward accepts children from birth up to 6 years of age. Older children with HIV/AIDS are cared for in our adolescent medical wards.

Because all of our HIV infected babies and young children have a mother also infected with HIV, some of our children are orphaned as a result of their parent’s succumbing to the AIDS virus or as a result of parents being overwhelmed by the impact of the virus. In each of these instances we work with government to secure a foster placement for the child.

Most children are medically stabilized and ready to return home within 6 months of treatment. Both mother and child will need to be on Anti Retroviral medication for the remainder of their lives. For long term success, we conduct training workshops to teach the parents the skills necessary to live a productive life with HIV. While HIV is no longer a death sentence, it will take dedicated facilities like St. Joseph’s Home to stabilize and save the lives of children born with HIV/AIDS. The government can only support 20 HIV/AIDS beds, although we have a capacity for additional beds. We are requesting your support in assisting us to fund up to 5 additional HIV/AIDS beds over a one-year period.

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