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01/22/2011 • 11:30 am Comments Off on AGM’s

AGM’s

AGM’s always sound like long meetings with boring topics – a pain in the neck for most of us. Well, I attended two yesterday and both went smoothly and in a professional way without wasting time or rushing through important issues. Well prepared might be the secret of it.
It is amazing to listen to the chair of the HOPE Cape Town Association just giving her report and suddenly things almost forgotten from the last year come to mind again – the last year was indeed full of action and development.
It seems we also get the balance between the HOPE Cape Town Association as the working body and the HOPE Cape Town Trust as the body safeguarding our finances right and slowly but surely things are falling in place, thought about and prepared and sometimes even fantasized about years ago. It is a great feeling to sit in such AGM”s and seeing the process having a meaningful outcome – and, this is not less important: all responsible are agreeing about the way forward.
So Friday was a very good day for HOPE Cape Town Association and Trust and after the blessing of a new home for friends followed by a great supper I went to bed with a smile on my face.

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01/20/2011 • 5:10 pm Comments Off on Beginning of 2011..

Beginning of 2011..

2011 begins as 2010 ends, with lots of interesting turmoil: In Tunisia, a dictator is running for his life, in our Church the discussion about the exact meaning of Pope Benedict’s XVI wording in his book ” light of the world” continues, his declaration to hold a peace summit with other religious leaders angers the Pius-brothers and their full-fledged attack against this meeting shows how outdated their belief system is.
Countries fight for they valuation of their currency, Sudan is holding a historical vote on splitting in two parts and in all these, South Africa tries to find its way into more democracy, less crime and less corruption.
And while the country prepares for local election and one can already feel the drama unfolding in the next months, we from HOPE Cape Town are also back in full swing with the declared aim to restructure our organisation to make it more efficient, more professional without losing the grip on the grass root level and our humble origin. It is not easy when an organisation grows out of puberty into adulthood and people responsible have to consider all aspects of work and how to do it best for the next year to come. It costs indeed a lot of dedication of all within HOPE Cape Town to facilitate such a process, but one can already see the horizon of a structure streamlined to serve the people living with HIV and AIDS in the Western Cape.
Tomorrow we will have two AGM’s – the HOPE Cape Town Association AGM dealing with all the matters and afterwards the AGM of the HOPE Cape Town Trust, which will become a bigger player when it comes to finances within HOPE Cape Town. After 4 years of hard work, also the trust is taking off the ground and moving in a good direction. Let’s hope and see that 2011 is a year full of good experience, great work with all associated with or employed by HOPE Cape Town. May the people, we encounter be truly touched by our work, our dedication and bring indeed hope and future and perspective to those in need.

An interesting year ahead on the big and the small scale…

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01/12/2011 • 8:39 am Comments Off on Job advertising HOPE Cape Town

Job advertising HOPE Cape Town

HOPE Cape Town

POSITION: DIRECTOR

Salary Range: Negotiable

(A portion of the package can be structured according to the individual’s personal needs)
Starting Date: immediately

HOPE Cape Town has been established in 2001 as a non-profit organisation working in education and outreach in the field of HIV/AIDS and related conditions in the Western Cape. Management of the paediatric Ithemba ward at Tygerberg Hospital as well as management and training of Community Health Workers employed by HOPE Cape Town in 16 townships surrounding Cape Town, as far as Grabouw belong to the core work of the organization. Nutritional and sport projects, as well as grassroots projects, research projects into traditional health practices and basic e-learning programs for health education are some of the activities in which the NGO specializes. Due to continued growth and expansion of the NGO, the position of a Director is now being advertised for HOPE CAPE TOWN to assist the management board and lead the staff.

Job description:

The Director will be responsible for the overall management of the organisation

He/she will

  • contribute to the development of the overall vision and strategic planning of the organisation
  • manage the day to day activities of the organisation
  • provide financial oversight of the organization with the support of the Finance Portfolio Committee
  • manage the organisation’s Human Resources
  • participate in fundraising for the organisation as well as represent and advocate HOPE Cape Town in the media
  • ensure the development and maintenance of strong partnerships internationally, regionally and nationally where appropriate

The Director reports directly to the Board.

Requirements:

Fluent in English and one other language (preferably German),

At least 5 years experience in a business/managerial position

Recommendations:

MBA, alternatively MBChB (MD) or equivalent

Medical background with an understanding of HIV/AIDS, especially in terms of the clinical, scientific, social and political aspects of the epidemic

Experience in working in partnership with civil society actors and advocates;
Knowledge of the commercial world and ability to nurture industry partnerships;
Experience in acting in a representative capacity;
Experience in fundraising and the capacity to engage with non-traditional sources of resource.

Enquiries: Kerstin Behlau, Phone: 021 – 938 9930, Email: admin @ hopecapetown.com

Please submit your application for the attention of Kerstin Behlau to HOPE Cape Town, P.O. Box 19145, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa (Email: admin @ hopecapetown.com). Successful candidates will be invited for an interview.

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12/30/2010 • 8:40 am Comments Off on Thank you

Thank you

All those, who supported HOPE Cape Town and its work my gratitude and thanks. It was an exciting year full of everything, life has to offer. Stay connected with us and follow us also through 2011 – the World AIDS Awareness Expedition will bring Joachim Franz, me and a whole team of activists into 51 countries in 2011. A personal but also a sociopolitical challenge. You can be part of it via this blog from April till August 2011.
New structures of HOPE Cape Town will assist us to be even more on the forefront of service delivery for those who are battling with HIV and AIDS.

Last but not least thanks to all my colleagues and co-workers of HOPE Cape Town for their dedicated work

Fr Stefan


PS: The book “God – AIDS – Africa” was published in 2007 telling stories and reflections of the work in the fields of HIV and AIDS and the RC church in South Africa. An English translation is now available for those who want to read the book in their mother tongue. The book is free for reading and further distribution.

http://www.stefanhippler.com/ebook/God-Aids-Africa.html


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12/19/2010 • 8:34 am Comments Off on Web-based translation of “God-AIDS-Africa”

Web-based translation of “God-AIDS-Africa”

The book “God – AIDS – Africa” was published in 2007 telling stories and reflections of the work in the fields of HIV and AIDS and the RC church in South Africa. An English translation is now available for those who want to read the book in their mother tongue. The book is free for reading and further distribution.

http://www.stefanhippler.com/ebook/God-Aids-Africa.html

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