What Your Donations Do

Your donation to Bracelet of Hope supports several projects in Africa including; the Inina Craft Agency, a women's cooperative in Eshowe, South Africa where the Bracelet of Hope is manufactured and Help Lesotho, an organization that provides support for those affected by HIV/AIDS in the Leribe district of Lesotho. And the most significant project that we have supported was OHAfrica’s Tšepong Clinic. Literally translated from Sesotho, it means "Place of Hope." Thanks in part to your donations, this amazing place has provided life-saving care and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to thousands of HIV/AIDS-infected people in the district of Leribe, Lesotho--a nation in southern Africa.

As a direct result of OHAfrica's work at Tšepong, on April 1st, 2010 the Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare assumed full responsibility for the funding and management of the clinic.

Here’s a breakdown of how the $500,000 that Bracelet of Hope provided to OHAfrica were used

• HIV/AIDS assessment and treatment at Tšepong Clinic
• ARV outreach services in the Leribe District: working with 26 primary health care centers to provide counselling, treatment, care and support at the community level
• Maintenance of patient information records
• Blood test transportation service
• Patient transportation
• Patient x-rays

Patient Treatment and Care

• HIV counselling
• HIV blood testing
• Infant formula emergency support program
• Anti-retroviral drugs are provided by the Clinton Foundation

Health Worker Support

• HIV/AIDS training program for nurses from remote clinics
• Clinic staff in-service capacity building
• Basic computer training
• Overseas volunteer transportation assistance
• Overseas volunteer basic living support
• Overseas volunteer housing assistance

Salaries for a staff of 30 including

• HIV primary care physicians
• Nurses (RN)
• Nurse practitioners
• Clinical services support
• Senior pharmacist
• Assistant pharmacist

Upkeep and expansion of facilities attached to the District Hospital

• Patient treatment area
• Pharmacy
• Patient information area

Equipment and materials

• HIV testing kits
• Patient health tracking books
• Transport vehicle for travel to remote clinics