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10/05/2012 • 5:52 pm Comments Off on Remember the first HOPE Gala in Dresden?

Remember the first HOPE Gala in Dresden?

English: Stefan Hippler – Pastor in Cape Town ...

English: Stefan Hippler – Pastor in Cape Town and Chariman of HOPE Cape Town Trust, together with Viola Klein, in Dresden (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Do you remember the first HOPE Gala in Dresden 2006? Viola Klein and Andreas Moench from Saxonia Systems organised a big event: Concert in the newly opened Frauenkirche in Dresden and then the after party in the Glaeserne Manufaktur of VW.  What an event…. And if you want to be there for our this years event: Hurry to get tickets: www.hopegala de or contact Kerstin at admin@hopecapetown.com.
This event is the main fundraiser for the HOPE Cape Town Trust and we are grateful to all involved to connect from Dresden to South Africa and to the less fortunate ones. Thanks to Saxonia Systems, Dresden and all involved in these wonderful event. See you in Dresden 🙂

Here some impressions from 2006:

Concert in the Frauenkirche in Dresden 

 

Glaeserne Manufaktur – the place for the afterparty

Viola Klein from Saxonia Systems – the organizer of this fine event

The HOPE pin – limited edition for the support rendered

Filed under: HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, HOPE Gala Dresden, Networking, Reflection, Society and living environment, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

10/03/2012 • 8:06 am Comments Off on Not shy to sell “milk not for sale”

Not shy to sell “milk not for sale”

Some spaza shop owners in Khayelitsha are selling formula milk that is marked “Not for resale”. TAC reports. This milk is supposed to be given free to HIV-positive mothers to give to their babies instead of breast milk to avoid infecting the newly born. The brand name for the state’s formula milk is Melegi. It is manufactured by Aspen. In August 2011 the Ministry of Health in South Africa announced that exclusive breastfeeding will be replacing the formula feeding throughout South Africa. The reason for the change of heart: clinical trials over the last few years have shown that if women take anti-retroviral treatment they can breastfeed with very little risk of passing on the virus.

A consequence of this is that the milk is now being sold illegally because some mothers still want to use it and it is not available free anymore. The question is now: How got the free milk “not for sale” into the spaza shops where mothers have to pay for it. And the next question is whether mothers, who use the formula milk and breast-feeding are aware that mixing the two methods is more dangerous to their baby than exclusively either breast-feeding or formula feeding.

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09/29/2012 • 9:39 pm Comments Off on A bit of spring cleaning…

A bit of spring cleaning…

Just a little bit of spring cleaning for the blog, here and there some changes and off we go – ready for all what will come in the coming month. Marikana and all the other strikes indicate that South Africa is going into a rough time – also thanks to Zuma, Malema and the question who gets the top at the ANC conference.

We must take good care not to lose it – that 3000 illegal striking people with partly new weapons (watch the footage) stop 21000 other people willing to work – and that all outside the unions – shows what potential for trouble we have. Stoning and killing people who want to work, endangering lives like now in Gauteng with the truck driver are alarm bells for our society.
It time for our politicians and those in power to stop to look for themselves and their families and clans but deliver to those in need. Just not only pay lip services but mean their Sunday sermons. Crime rate, corruption, unemployment, a rotting health deliver in parts of the country despite new buildings – its time that everybody does their spring cleaning and start afresh.

South Africa has so many possibilities – lets work together to create a future for all. Everybody in his or her environment. And please, for the bigger part no apartheid excuses anymore – the rainbow nations is full of South Africans, right?

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09/25/2012 • 9:21 am Comments Off on Only Southern Africa?

Only Southern Africa?

There is a perception that Southern Africa is the only hot spot of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.  But Eastern Europe and Central Asia have the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemic according to the World Health Organization. It is said the epidemic there is concentrated mostly among injection drug users. Experts blame punitive drug policies, discrimination and trouble accessing treatment. They say the situation will not be contained until local governments affected by the epidemic change their AIDS policies. To read more click here.

Filed under: HIV and AIDS, HIV Prevention, HIV Treatment, Medical and Research, Networking, Politics and Society, Reflection, Society and living environment, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

09/23/2012 • 7:49 am Comments Off on Again MCC of South Africa not up to the task…

Again MCC of South Africa not up to the task…

South Africa’s drug regulatory authority let people suffer and dying with drug-resistant TB (DR TB) stopping them from accessing a new drug that offers their only hope. It seems like history repeats itself and the death of people does not matter for the South African authorities. Regarding the only hope for drug-resistant TB, TMC207, read the article from A. Tom here.

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