Who we are

Hlokomela is an award winning HIV and AIDS educational and treatment programme targeting workers, including foreign migrants, in the agriculture, nature conservation and tourism sectors in The Greater Kruger to Canyons area located in Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The programme aims to reduce HIV vulnerability through peer education, raising of awareness, prevention and treatment. The project has been running successfully for the past 11 years and is currently rolled out on 71 sub project sites. An estimated 25 000 people are reached annually through the activities of the programme.

Our Vision

Create a culture of caring that empowers all

Our Mission

To provide quality, all-inclusive health care to everyone in the Kruger2Canyons Biosphere Region

What we do

Hlokomela’s services and projects are focussed into three main areas of priority; Healthcare, Income Development Projects & Administration.

HEALTH & SOCIAL PROGRAMMES

Our health and social care programmes offer biomedical, social and structural interventions to reduce HIV, TB and STIs. Our services cover the continuum of care ranging from combination prevention to treatment and retention as well as sexual and reproductive health. Social programmes include psychosocial support and programmes to reduce gender based violence and human rights violations. 

HLOKOMELA INVESTMENTS

Although Hlokomela is largely dependent on donor funding, the organisation is constantly striving towards self-sustainability by means of its own income generating activities. The Hlokomela Investment projects aim to support Hlokomela to become more financially sustainable in future, whilst also investing in the communities we work in. These businesses all relate to Socio-Economic and Environmental impacts in our local communities, whilst also presenting Hlokomela with opportunities to generate funds through these activities.

Who we serve

Farms in the Mopani District not only employ permanent workers, but also a large number of seasonal workers during picking seasons. Many of these seasonal workers are migrants from other areas of South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and elsewhere in Southern Africa. Hlokomela currently provides services to workers and their families on 71 sub project sites in the Hoedspruit community, as well as to a number of employees on private nature reserves adjacent to the Kruger National Park. An estimated 25 000 farm workers and their families benefit directly from Hlokomela services. Each month, Hlokomela helps approximately 1 700 clients access HIV Testing Services (HTS), and helps 2 000 people living with HIV receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) at three Wellness Clinic sites and 7 mobile sites (Hlokomela, Bavaria, Richmond, Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, Ngala, Thornybush Waterside, South African Wildlife College, Singita Lebombo, Phelwana and Timbavati Foundation). Hlokomela’s public awareness campaigns provide information about HIV and AIDS to the entire community.

WHERE WE WORK

We do most of our work in the greater Hoedspruit and Phalaborwa areas, a major centre of the Maruleng Municipality, which is situated in the Mopani District of the Limpopo Province.We also work in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga where the focus is on sex worker education and health awareness.Tourism, government services, farming and forestry are key to the economic activities in these areas. The farming sector supports a significant section of the local population of seasonal and migrant workers.

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