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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | LITSHANI VHANA-VHA-DE FOUNDATION |
| Street 1: | Stand No. 1471, Block J, Ext.1, Zone 4, Muledane, Thohoyandou 0950 |
| Street 2: | P.O. BOX 2556, THOHOYANDOU 0950 |
| City: | Thohoyandou |
| Province: | LIMPOPO |
| Post Code: | 0950 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Phone: | +27(0)72 611 7522 |
| Email: | litshanivhanavhade@gmail.com |
| Web Site: | http://www.lvvf.co.za (Not operational at the moment) |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| Organization Reach: | National |
| Organization Description: | |
| We are the Litshani Vhana-Vha-De Foundation, a grassroots organisation operating ion the rural areas of the Limpopo Province. We render welfare and support services to children, youth and communities affected and infected by TB, HIV/AIDS and other terminal diseases. We are interested to join the TB Partnership due to the high rate of TB in our rural villages where we serve and TB is destroying lives of our community members particularly children, youth and women that are the most vulnerable. We organise some awareness campaigns, information and education workshops where we educate communities in order to prevent themselves and how to prevent the contamination of TB. We sometimes organised some sort of interviews with individual through answering some questionnaires on TB prevention and how to control it. |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: | 26 - 50 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | $1,001-$5,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | World TB Day |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Network with other partners |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| At the moment, we are still a growing organisation, operating with our own little money from the contribution of our members, we are not directly working with the National TB control plan. But as long as we are keen to develop new partnerships, we will also contribute and join the National TB plan by assisting them with statistics and data from our rural areas, reform of some policies on TB prevention, treatment and support, research, advocacy and lobbying. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | South Africa |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: | African |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
South Africa |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization Delivery of health services and care Research and Development |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Advocacy, communication and social mobilization | South Africa |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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Drug-Resistant TB: Through our Home Community Based Care Programme, we assist TB patients to take their medication in order to avoid MDR TB, Our caregivers visit patients and those infectd on daily basis to support them. TB-HIV: On TB-HIV, we have some strategic plans as long as we have the largest number of PLWHA. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: At the moment, we don't have any conflict of interest to present to the Global Partnership Stop TB. | |
| Application date: | March 7, 2012 |
| Last updated: | March 7, 2012 |