Amangwe Village

The organisation was established as a project of the Zululand Chamber of Business Foundation to address the impact of HIV/AIDS in rural communities, through strengthening the capacity of communities to deal with the Aids pandemic. Amangwe Village became an independent NPO in May 2012. The organisation is currently rendering services to 28,000 people in the rural areas. The group members suffer from chronic diseases such as HIV/AIDS.TB, Cancer, Heart, Diseases, and Epilepsy etc. The organisation’s aim is to support groups to provide support to patients disclosing their HIV/AIDS status, and, also, support members not to default on treatment. This initiative is supported by Government Clinics and patients receive their treatment now at the group meetings. Clinics staff is taking the treatment to the group members during their monthly meetings.
Grant received from the Uthungulu Community Foundation assisted the Centre to purchase Gardening tools, seedlings and training manuals.

Sokhulu Ebenezer Crèche Project

This project was established in the year 2012. At the moment the project enrols 79 children. Its aim is to provide quality basic education, to enable young children to acquire necessary life skills, and also provide some early education to participating children. Grant received from Uthungulu Community Foundation assisted the crèche to buy office equipment and install a jungle gym.

Shayamoya Community Crèche

The building infrastructure was donated by the uMfolozi Municipality. This project was established in the year 2011 and at present it accommodates 69 children. The project protects the interest of children and promotes their well-being. To enable these children to acquire necessary life skills and also obtain an early education, the projects remains accessible to a number of schools in the area.
Grant received from the Uthungulu Community Foundation assisted the crèche to buy jolly tables, chairs, mattresses and install playground equipment.

Lungelo Youth Development Project

This project seeks to address identified social ills within the local community. Some of the services the include a Day Care Facility, Library and a Life Skills Training Centre.
The project provides life-orientation skills to children and youth, to grow and become responsible adults in their later years. These interventions help participating children and youth with education, to improve reading and numeracy skills. Above all, these interventions help instil in participants a culture of learning and reading. Participants are also taught and encouraged to learn to think of various ways of respecting and preserving the environment.

Eshowe Environmental Education Centre

This Centre provides support for teaching and learning processes. Local schools utilise the Centre for accessing resources they may not have. The Centre also helps local schools develop programmes that create opportunities for schools to have capacity to enrich the provided school curricular.
The project was initiated to coordinate teaching and learning processes in schools surrounding the area of Eshowe, improve the quality of teaching and learning, and support curriculum implementation within the education system. This project seeks to produce competent teachers and learners in South Africa