NAME OF PROGRAM: BETSERANAI Faith Based Organization.
LOCATION: MIDLANDS PROVINCE MBERENGWA DISTRICT (ELCZ Musume Mission).
Project Background:
Betseranai a faith based organization was established in year 2000, in response to the HIV &
AIDS pandemic. It is located in Mberengwa district at Musume mission in the Midlands
Province of Zimbabwe. 340 km to the east of Bulawayo .in a remote rural area. It operates in
the central Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe. It comprise of 20
parishes, two deaneries (East and West). Led by one bishop and two Deans.Betseranai serves
communities from the following districts of Zimbabwe, Gweru, Shurugwi, and Zvishavane,
Mberengwa and Mwenezi.
Our Broad Objectives:
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• To promote awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic among the ELCZ members and in the communities.
• To contribute to an effective response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic through strengthening partnerships and linkages with key stakeholders at local, national ,regional and international levels .
• To mobilize communities to support and care for people infected and affected by HIV&AIDS and their families.
• To empower people living with HIV & AIDS through self reliance programs.
• To provide conducive working environments for employees.
• Improve knowledge of HIV&AIDS through developing and expanding information, education, preaching, and counseling and communication activities.
• To promote issues on gender and HIV&AIDS.
LUCSA HIV &AIDS Programme Coordinator (Mrs V Mzezewa) LAAP Monitoring and Evaluation Team and Betseranai Staff (Feb 2007)
Betseranai in engaged in the following activities
PREVENTION .
• Voluntary counseling and testing
• Youth and adult peer education
• Advocacy
• Awareness campaigns and community mobilization
• Massive education and training of communities
• Resource centre of the HIV and AIDS information books, flayers, CDs and video cassettes.
Besteranai Advocacy Choir in action .
CARE AND SUPPORT
• Home based care
• Orphans and Vulnerable children
• Support groups
Church Leaders, Government, officials, women and children of the rural community take to the street on an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign /March in 2005 
Volunteers visit the terminally at their home to feed and offer home based care.TREATMENT• Supporting of opportunistic infections.
• Support of ART roll out.
• Promote Herbal Remedies.
• Promote good nutrition
MONITORING AND EVALUATION TOOLS
• Questionnaires, Exit and community assessment Tools.
• Support visits
• Check lists,
• Surveys,
• Researches,
• School visits and analysis of the student performance and recording, reports, videos and pictures and radio cassettes.
The HBC field officer observing the care facilitators demonstrating use of the HBC nursing care kit.
Young Rural Boy: one of the many beneficiaries to the Betseranai ARV roll out program
INFRASTUCTRACTURE:
• Fully furnished established offices (
HBC,
OVC, Library, Youth/Advocacy department and Administration Offices.
•
VCT center (Fully equipped).
• Communication: One telephone line, No fax , No Email.
ASSERTS PURCHASED BY LUCSA
• One Television and One VCR
• One CD4 Cell Machine
• Fourteen Video cassettes
• One Community wall.
EQUIPMENT:
• Three (3) computers.
• One for the Accounts and has the pastel accounting Program
• One is specifically For the
VCT Data Capturing.
• One for other offices use.
• Photo-copier
• Printer (Two)
• No Scanner.
• 3
VCRs and 3 TVs ( Cassettes in local languages and in English forty-five )
• One Vehicle
• Four Motor cycles
• Bicycles (60) half need Repairs
• Video Camera and Picture camera
• Radio tape recorder.
GOVERNANCE:
• Management board ( Local Doctor , Pastor in charge ,Hospital Admin, Coordinator and senior Programme Officer).
• Advisory board (
PLWHA,Community rep ,Care Giver Rep ,
OVC rep, Pastor In Charge , District Aids coordinator , Traditional Leader ).
• Medical board .
MAJOR DOCUMENTS:
• HIV AND AIDS POLICY
• CODE OF CONDUCT
• MONETARY
POLCY• HUMAN RESOURCE
MANNUALProject Capacity
STAFF PROFILE:Besteranai
Health services Coordinator. Skills acquired through
LUCSA ,
- Project Management
- Treatment literacy.
- CC M&E
- Palliative care & PCC For children.
- Advocacy &Policy Formulation
Central diocese full time HIV and AIDS co-coordinator Female (Nursing Background) Skills Acquired through
LUCSA:
- Advocacy
- Strategic Planning
- M&E and Treatment Literacy (Counselor).
One Female full time Programme officers (Agriculture background) Skills Acquired through
LUCSA:
- Treatment Literacy
- Peer Education .
One male Full time Programme Officer (Social scientist, Teacher)Skills Acquired through
LUCSA:
- Palliative care and Orphans andvulnerable Children Psychosocial support. (Counselor)
One full time Female Finance officer\ admin assistant (
Acc/Clerical) Skills acquired through
LUCSA: Nil.
291 Females and 60 Males (351) caregiver (volunteers) fully Trained: By LUCSA49 Supervisors (20 males and 29 females)
