Programmes Currently Provided

Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVC): ASAP provides care to 8,000 OVC in Drop-in Centres, Early Childhood Development Centres and in Schools; to keep children in homes within the communities rather than orphanages or institutions.

Water: Supplying access to clean water, boreholes, pumps, rainwater tanks, gutters and irrigation equipment..

Vegetable Gardens: Providing hands-on agriculture training and equipment for gardens to Village Health Workers at Drop-in Centres, at Village Health Workers Homes and Schools.

Nutrition: Distributing emergency food to Orphans & Vulnerable Children through Village Health Workers, Drop-in Centres, Early Childhood Development Centres and in schools to alleviate malnutrition.

Technical Assistance: Providing regular onsite training in development, funding applications and finance systems; as well as monitoring and evaluating techniques.

Conference & Learning Exchange: A platform to share experiences and lessons learned, with peer facilitated programmes as well as learning visits to other projects within the ASAP network.

Workshops & Training: Coordinates training in Child & Youth Care Work, Home Based Care, Organic gardening and Women's & Child Rights.

Educational Outings: Providing Fresh-Air Outings from the townships for 500 pre-school orphans & vulnerable children as well as providing youth at risk with group wilderness outings.

Home Based Care: Supporting HIV/AIDS & TB patient care at home by providing nurses, home based care training, and pharmacy supplies.

Government Services: ASAP develops links with Provincial Government: Department of Health, Dept. of Water Affairs, Public Works Dept., Dept. of Social Development, Dept of Education and Municipality Wards.

Grannies United: Gifts from UK Grannies to South African Grannies to support their orphans & vulnerable children.

School to School Programme: Students in the US are raising funds to cover school fees, uniforms, shoes and learning materials for 1,400 orphans and vulnerable children.

ASAP's presence on the ground in often inaccessible areas of South Africa provides us the opportunity to understand cultural barriers and to form close working relationships with the women who run these Community Base Organisations (CBO) ASAP helps CBO leadership and staff in basic accounting skills and CBO management as well as training in monitoring and evaluation. ASAP has taken CBOs from having no systems for tracking orphans to maintaining computer databases on children accessing services. By monitoring children in CBO drop-in centres, at home and in schools, we continues to assess the effects of CBO intervention and support. ASAP supports the CBO structure by promoting group decision making and transparency. Field officers attend meetings with government agencies and local Ward Counselors and offer matching participation in CBO support. ASAP also works alongside our Partner CBOs with local Chiefs and tribal elders in matters often pertaining to land and water.