Tholulwazi Uzivikele
“Empower yourself with knowledge”

Tholulwazi Uzivikele is an Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) located in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and was started to address the overwhelming HIV epidemic affecting 1 in 8 people in our community and leaving over 3,000 orphans in its wake. Although small, our organization has made giant strides in increasing the quality of life of people living with HIV or dying from AIDS and in looking after the children this disease has left behind.

Our orphan programme provides many orphans and vulnerable children with assistance in getting identity documents and government grants, social welfare intervention, healthcare, emotional and psychosocial workshops, school uniforms, food parcels and school breakfasts. These services aim to help children survive their childhood free from abuse, malnutrition, HIV and crippling emotional trauma. We also strive to give orphans and vulnerable children the tools necessary to build themselves up and to break free from the poverty cycle.

With a community volunteer base of over 200, our home based care programme empowers the people in our community with the skills necessary to care for those suffering from AIDS and the knowledge to protect those who are not already infected.