Hay House NOAH : Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity
Sonia Choquette, one of Hay House's author, describes Hay House's initiative called NOA: Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity, in South Africa. They give all their profit to NOAH (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity). http://www.hayhouse.co.za/ R5 million in 4 years and counting! Thank you for helping us help the children of South Africa! Visit NOAH at http://www.noahorphans.org.za From the NOAH website: Noah (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity) is a registered not-for-profit organisation with the sole focus of building the capacity of communities to care for their orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC). The Crisis It is anticipated that by 2050, the AIDS pandemic will be the most significant factor to have shaped humanity in this century. South Africa is one of the most severely affected countries in the world, with over 5 million people infected with HIV/AIDS in 2005. Parents are dying before their children are adults, severely impacting the number of orphans that are left behind as a result. This means that South Africa is, and, to an increasing extent, will be, a country populated by a large number of orphans. There are currently estimated to be 1.8 million orphans in South Africa (Actuarial Society of SA), This number is predicted to rise to over 2.5 million by 2015 (in a population of 50 million), creating a humanitarian challenge on a scale that no nation has ever faced before. The Solution In response to the realisation that we face an epidemic of Orphans, Noah, Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity, was conceptualised at the end of 2000. The sheer number of orphans ruled out traditional charitable or institutional models of care. Our model is designed to reinforce the communities who are already caring for the orphaned children in their midst. Noahs model is one that starts with an approach by a community to Noah to assist them to care for their Orphaned and Vulnerable children. Noah assists in mobilising the entire community to this challenge resulting in the formation of a committee of community leaders to focus on the children. They are trained in the needs of children and in turn recruit a volunteer group. This group are trained and then find and register the orphan children in their community. They assist these orphan children to obtain birth certificates and apply for child support grants. Volunteers then continually check up on the circumstances of the children and refer them to the appropriate agency as needed. This functioning web of community support is an Ark. Noah currently cares for over 33 000 orphaned and vulnerable children within 107 Arks in the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal in South Africa.
Sonia Choquette, one of Hay House's author, describes Hay House's initiative called NOA: Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity, in South Africa. They give all their profit to NOAH (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity). http://www.hayhouse.co.za/ R5 million in 4 years and counting! Thank you for helping us help the children of South Africa! Visit NOAH at http://www.noahorphans.org.za From the NOAH website: Noah (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity) is a registered not-for-profit organisation with the sole focus of building the capacity of communities to care for their orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC). The Crisis It is anticipated that by 2050, the AIDS pandemic will be the most significant factor to have shaped humanity in this century. South Africa is one of the most severely affected countries in the world, with over 5 million people infected with HIV/AIDS in 2005. Parents are dying before their children are adults, severely impacting the number of orphans that are left behind as a result. This means that South Africa is, and, to an increasing extent, will be, a country populated by a large number of orphans. There are currently estimated to be 1.8 million orphans in South Africa (Actuarial Society of SA), This number is predicted to rise to over 2.5 million by 2015 (in a population of 50 million), creating a humanitarian challenge on a scale that no nation has ever faced before. The Solution In response to the realisation that we face an epidemic of Orphans, Noah, Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity, was conceptualised at the end of 2000. The sheer number of orphans ruled out traditional charitable or institutional models of care. Our model is designed to reinforce the communities who are already caring for the orphaned children in their midst. Noahs model is one that starts with an approach by a community to Noah to assist them to care for their Orphaned and Vulnerable children. Noah assists in mobilising the entire community to this challenge resulting in the formation of a committee of community leaders to focus on the children. They are trained in the needs of children and in turn recruit a volunteer group. This group are trained and then find and register the orphan children in their community. They assist these orphan children to obtain birth certificates and apply for child support grants. Volunteers then continually check up on the circumstances of the children and refer them to the appropriate agency as needed. This functioning web of community support is an Ark. Noah currently cares for over 33 000 orphaned and vulnerable children within 107 Arks in the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal in South Africa.