Welcome to Tholulwazi Uzivikele, an NGO located in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Tholulwazi Uzivikele means “get information to protect yourself” in Zulu and was started to address the overwhelming HIV epidemic affecting 1 in 8 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 patients living with and dying from AIDS and in looking after the children this disease has left behind. With a community volunteer base of over 200, our home based care program 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.

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