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What is Light of Hope? |
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Light of Hope is a faith based NPO [non profit organisation or charity] which aims to transform the lives of those infected or affected by HIV AIDS primarily through its homebased care and educare projects. |
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Where does LOH operate? |
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Light of Hope is based in East London, Eastern cape, South Africa. It focuses on disadvantaged communities in the East London area, mainly Duncan Village but also visits Second Creek rubbish tip community. |
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Who benefits from the work of Light of Hope? |
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The primary focus is children and adults whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS and other diseases such as TB. Self-help projects and sustainable development programmes have been implemented by LOH to improve the quality of people’s lives mentally, materially, spiritually, socially and environmentally. |
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Who supports Light of Hope? |
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Light of Hope currently relies on donations [both financial and material] from a range of different sources. Without the generosity of both individual and some corporate sponsors we would not be able to make such a difference to the lives of the people we serve. |
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How are the donations to Light of Hope used? |
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Financial donations are essential for the day to day running of the projects and help to provided food and equipment for both the creche and the home based carers. [More is needed to sustain the work we do, particularly in providing for the stipends for the volunteers who work on the programmes].
Donations of material goods are allocated where needed to families and individuals who are under our care. We particularly welcome gifts of food, toys and educational equipment for our educare programme. |
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How can I support Light of Hope? |
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We welcome gifts of money, and /or material items such as food, clothing, toys, teaching and medical equipment etc.
If you would like to get involved with the programmes or can offer practical skills to help with building maintenance, teaching life skills or fundraising we would love to hear from you
We also place a high value on prayer support [please sign up to receive prayer updates]. |
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How can I get more information about Light of Hope? |
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There are various information leaflets and publicity material on our resources page. You are welcome to download these to share with friends, family, work colleagues and church contacts. |
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© Light of Hope, East London, South Africa - April 2009