loveLife’s goGogetter Programme Dr Andile Dube Director: Youth Programme VOSESA Conference 17 October 2011

About loveLife loveLife has been promoting healthy, HIV-free living among South African teenagers since The approach is based on addressing the individual, social and structural factors leading to high risk tolerance and a perception of scant opportunity among teenagers. loveLife combines a sustained nationwide multi-media campaign with community-level outreach and support programmes for youth. A Cohort of Youth Volunteers groundBREAKERS drive implement lovelife’s programmes

The goGogetter Programme The goGogetter Programme the role of older South Africans and women in particular in caring for those affected by HIV/AIDS

goGogetter Programme and the role of older South Africans and women in particular in caring for those affected by HIV/AIDS  loveLife implemented the goGogetter programme in response to increasing AIDS deaths within the adult population, thus leaving a number of children orphaned and uncared for.  The number of adults dying have doubled in the last decade and even tripled in some sectors, and approximately 1 in six children have lost a parent and close to 2 million have lost both parents (UNAIDS/WHO: 2010).  Grandmother care in South Africa is not new. Apartheid migrant labour system took many adults away from their families, living children with women and mainly grandmothers.  This meant that grandmothers have for decades been a valuable aspect of South Africa’s social capital, and thus made sense to include them in programming during the HIV epidemic.  When loveLife recogised the need for adolescent OVC support, many of our own youth volunteers (gBs and Mpintshis) were experiencing losses of one or both parents, thus the need for structured adult support became clearer.  Grandmothers care and are trusted by families and communities. Why goGogetter Programme?

500 goGogetters support 20 OVCs goGogetters Reduce HIV & its impact among teenage OVCs Build a sense of BELONGING & PURPOSE Help them ACCESS Food Help them access GRANTS Help them STAY in School STOP abuse of children and youth

How does the goGogetter programme fight HIV?

Support required for older care givers How loveLife Supports goGogetters IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT BY gBs Regular gB visits to goGogetter Homes Assistance to identify OVCs Assistance to assess OVC Vulnerability Assistance to register OVCs Conduct OVC home visits Bring OVCs into youth programmes Organize and implement dialogues Mobilize Local Networks Emotional Support, Step by Step Guidance and problem – solving through Support Group Meetings Financial Support of R300 monthly stipend & R100 For Transport A Toll-Free helpline For problem – solving

Current gaps: What still needs to be done  Providing a certificate for goGogettters as many have been with the programme for over 3 years  Include a wellness component in the training of goGogetters. Support required for older care givers

 Implementation support esp:  in countries that have volunteer policies  Emotional Support  Financial Support

SECTION 3: REACH AND METHODOLOGY

Acknowledgement Noki Pakade – Head of Family Programmes

Thank you The New loveLife Trust Tel +27 (0) Fax +27 (0) wierda rd west wierda valley sandton 2196 P O Box 45 parklands 2121 south Africa