Kidzpositive AIDS Information - South Africa

Children with HIV/AIDS require intensive, committed health care. Kidzpositive, a Cape Town based NGO dedicated to improving the health of HIV-positive children in Southern Africa is providing anti-retroviral treatment and AIDS education for children. Kidzpositive has also created a community of mothers at Cape Town’s Groote Schuur hospital who work together to support each other and generate income through the Positive Beadwork Project.  The beautiful customised beadwork is sold all over the world.  Eighty percent of the profits go back to the women, providing income for over one hundred AIDS affected women and their families.

Regular access to information about AIDS and health is crucial to the mothers, who use Lifeline radios to listen to programmes on AIDS and related health issues. A radio is also permanently located at the hospital, providing news and music to the women while they thread their beads. We have also produced cartoon instruction sheets illustrating how to administer anti-retroviral treatment.