| Project Gateway is a church based charity that has been tackling the HIV and AIDS problem in South Africa head on with practical projects for more than 16 years. The Community Care Project has been working to empower impoverished and oppressed people, focusing particularly on:
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Voluntary Counselling and Testing
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Social development with a focus on Family
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Peer Education Programmes- a sustainable method of educating young people.
The HIV/AIDS situation in KwaZulu-Natal is the worst globally.
Since the Community Care Project began 8 years ago, more than 1500 home based carers have been trained and basic HIV/AIDS training has been provided for more than 11,200.
The vision of Project Gateway is to see churches mobilised in the areas of education and training, care and sustainable livelihoods, and to provide a model and resource base for the city of Pietermaritzburg and its surrounds. Project Gateway has always been intended as a ‘Gateway’ both in and out for projects and individuals and in line with this, the Community Care Project, a ministry of Pietermaritzburg Christian Fellowship believes that now is the right time for it to establish itself as an independent project and leave through the ‘Gateway’ to allow others in so that they can also be mentored and developed through Project Gateway. Therefore, in 2008, the Community Care Project moved from the care of Project Gateway to the sole care of Pietermaritzburg Christian Fellowship who have been leading and overseeing the project since its inception. It is a prime example of a project that has grown, been nurtured and is now fully under the leadership and oversight of a local church, thus freeing up space for a new project to be developed.
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