Our caring is divided into two broad categories:

• The first is focused on providing a loving and caring home for orphans, abused and HIV/AIDS infected/affected children, which is known as Amadea Safe House
• The second part of Rina’s work involves reaching out to destitute rural and local communities though provision of essential needs and people development projects

ABOUT US

Children are cared for until the juvenile court’s investigation is complete, and in many cases they stay longer because there’s no space in orphanages. With limited capacity in orphanages, there is a continued increase in the demand for more space at Amadea. Rina believes that children need to be nurtured to build their creative, intellectual and physical growth. Yet under her care they receive much more than this. Amadea provides a loving home.

But that’s not where their loving-kindness stops
Rina also acts as a mentor for an Hiv/AIDS home based care organisation to which she supplies food and an educational programme, and she assists with feeding schemes in the surrounding areas.

She says: “Fourteen days after I opened my home I had fourteen children in my care. And I haven’t looked back. Words cannot describe the satisfaction that we have derived from seeing little broken human beings become whole again.”

Amadea provided a place of safety and love for approximately 97 Children over the past 9 years. The heart of Amadea Safe House is to provide a home where not only the physical but also the spiritual and emotional needs of these children are met by the Rina and Philip.

CONTACT US

Tel : 012 542 4500
Fax : 086 524 8630
Cell : 082 9559 830
Email : amadea@mjvn.co.za
www.placeofsafety4kids.com

Objectives:

• To strengthen HIV/AIDS information strategies that promote sustainable behaviour change among the general public.

• Provide Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Services as a prevention strategy.

• Provide Home Based Care Services to bedridden & terminally ill individuals and families.

• Assist individuals and their families to develop coping mechanisms to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS.

• Assist the private sector with developing HIV/AIDS prevention programs for the work place

The Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) is a South African non-profit organisation working in the area of HIV/AIDS research, programme development and communication.

CADRE is committed to fast-tracking appropriate and effective responses to HIV/AIDS through informing policy and developing coherent strategic models for interventions. CADRE works in sub-Saharan Africa with a primary focus on southern Africa.

Our work includes:

• HIV/AIDS policies, strategies, models and interventions
• Qualitative and quantitative epidemiological,
  socio-behavioural and communications surveys
• Monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS interventions
• Communications research and interventions

CADRE strives to place key HIV/AIDS research in the public domain. Our website provides access to a wide range of contemporary HIV/AIDS research, conference papers, communication materials and links to HIV/AIDS organisations.

Our Programs:

Contact us:

Street Address: 11th Floor, Braamfontein Centre, 23 Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001.
Postal Address: PO Box 30829, Braamfontein 2017, South Africa.
Tel: 27 (0)11 339-2611
Fax: 27 (0)11 339-2615
E-mail: helen@cadre.org.za