RCZ CBAP

The REFORMED CHURCH IN ZIMBABWE COMMUNITY BASED AIDS PROGRAMME (RCZ CBAP)

Introduction

The RCZ Community Based AIDS Program was started in March 2003.

It is active in 5 wards of Masvingo District South. A ward normally has over 500 households.

Read the annual report for 2007, 2009 and the January to June 2006 Report below.

The CBAP trained several volunteers from each village in the wards in HBC/ Orphan Care. In each ward the programme works with a minimum of 20 volunteers and a maximum of 25 volunteers where the communities have villages far apart. The largest ward is 70km in radius. There are Area Supervisors in each ward to ensure an effective monitoring and evaluation of the programme activities. These are part of the volunteers but report to the CBAP office once every month. The CBAP is not so close to the communities it serves. The nearest ward is 50km from Morgenster mission where the CBAP is housed.

CBAP has supported HBC through training of volunteers and district nurses as well as placement of a HBC box at each clinic in the wards. Currently a total number of 282 HBC patients are benefiting and are the updated registered beneficiaries. Volunteers in both Orphan Care and Home Based Care train caregivers on holistic care as well as offering it themselves to both the patients and orphans.

CBAP has supported Orphan Care through training of volunteers and giving practical support for the orphans such as jerseys, blankets and school stationary. The programme is greatly involved in psychosocial support for orphans and children in general so that they are resilient when they face some of life’s adversities. Total number of orphans registered in all the wards under the programme is 1206.

CBAP is sponsored by Oikonomos Foundation, The Netherlands.  Prisma is greatly assisting in capacity building of the staff. The Programme also receives a lot of moral, spiritual and financial support from The Netherlands friends, (Bleiswijk) and The Religion Mission League. Organizational Structure

The CBAP is a department of the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe. The RCZ manages the program via the Board of Advisors. The CBAP is managed on a day to day basis by the program coordinator; Mr. Samuel Mhungu.The financial administration is done by the Accounts Clerk Gladmore Manemere.Tamari Zishamba is the Typist for the Programme. Currently a student from the Midlands State University, Tivaone Matambo is on attachment in the programme since August 2005 for a year. Several nurses of Morgenster Mission Hospital assist in the training of community volunteers. Huibke ten Hove, a Psychologist from Netherlands also assists greatly as a volunteer in psychosocial support training.

Samuel Mhungu