Our community continued to be adversely affected by the fall out from the increasing number of patients presenting with AIDS related symptoms. During this period the hospitals and clinics were beginning to offer VCT (voluntary counselling and testing for HIV).

Young people started to take a positive role in actively fighting against the scourge of HIV and AIDS and we up-scaled our Youth in Action (YiA) team to cover all facets of life that were of interest to the youth. We worked together with the schools to introduce HIV education and we began to see a change in attitude towards HIV and AIDS and those affected.

Our organization continued to operate as a cohesive and productive unit with all team members participating together in monthly report back, accountability and decision making sessions. The YiA team learnt computer skills and were able to present their goals, success, challenges and plans for the coming month using Power Point presentations.

It was encouraging to see that individuals in the Nkomazi community were actively participating in helping neighbours and children in need.