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Two Hands Home-based Care Unit

  

   

   

Namibia is one of the most AIDS-affected countries in the world.  Since 1995, AIDS has been Namibia’s #1 killer with 23,3% of all pregnant women estimated to be HIV+.  According to UNAIDS, at the current rate of infection, half of all Namibian teenagers today will die from HIV/AIDS.  One third of all children may be orphaned before they reach the age of 18.

 

With such a stark reality staring us straight in the face, and the increasing helplessness driving many to the brink of despair and hopelessness, we, the Two Hands Home-Based Care Unit, voluntarily dedicate our service to our brothers and sisters in Lüderitz, infected and affected by the AIDS pandemic.

We work under the guidance of and in close collaboration with CATHOLIC AIDS ACTION, as an out-reach volunteer group, catering immediately to the HIV infected and affected individuals and families in Lüderitz.  The Two-Hands Home-Based Care Unit consists of volunteers from different churches and faith-communities, working closely hand in hand, with no discrimination on grounds of colour, race, language or church affiliations, having the singular purpose and goal in mind of serving each and everyone infected and affected by AIDS.

 

Acting in the spirit of Christ, we challenge the AIDS pandemic in Namibia with the Courage to fight and the Strength to care, to inspire and support programmes of HIV/AIDS prevention, home-based care, spirituality, empowerment for people living with AIDS, and support for orphans and vulnerable children.

The Two Hands Home-Based Care Unit renders its services through: Regular house visits by the volunteers Rendering emotional and spiritual support to the clients Counselling the infected as well as the affected families Providing for the basic needs of the infected and affected families through the donations received Annual Christmas meals for the orphans and the vulnerable children Conscientisation of the general public about the AIDS pandemic Organizing awareness-groups among the school-going children Periodic meetings with the clients and their families