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ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE

In partnership with other NGO’s, local government and the private sector, Cotlands is committed to filling the medico-socio-economic gaps in communities by providing a range of services that will ensure the provision of food security, reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, create jobs and foster self sustainability. To achieve this, Cotlands has ensured that all our outreach projects include food garden initiatives, income generating projects and educational components.

Founded in 1936, Cotlands was originally created as a care centre for unwed mothers and their infants, and over the years has evolved into an organisation offering shelter for abused, abandoned, HIV-positive, orphaned and terminally ill children from birth to fourteen years of age, as well as community based services to vulnerable children in five provinces of South Africa.

With headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, our activities have reflected the changing needs of our society and we have increased both the quality and quantity of services we provide. In the early 1990’s, Cotlands identified an urgent need to care for children directly impacted by HIV/AIDS. This focus included the establishment of a paediatric AIDS hospice, the first of its kind in South Africa at that time (1996), offering specialised paediatric palliative care 24 hours a day.

At present, Cotlands is servicing five regions (Johannesburg South and Soweto in Gauteng, Hlabisa in KwaZulu/Natal, East London in Eastern Cape, Helderberg in the Western Cape and Lydenburg in Mpumalanga) - impacting more than 2 000 families either directly (through Home Based Care and residential care) or indirectly (via outreach, training, capacity building and counselling).

Cotlands provides the full continuum of care to vulnerable children, with services ranging from home based care of HIV-positive children through to end stage palliative care for children with AIDS. Emphasis is placed on supporting the child and their family in the community through various outreach programmes, which include Home Based Care, orphan care, counselling services, and nutrition. The residential component is only used in emergency situations for acute, chronic and terminally ill children who cannot be cared for at home or children who have been orphaned or abandoned.

Cotlands presently offers the following services:

1. Cotlands Residential Care Programmes

   1. Sanctuary (Gauteng)
   2. Place of Safety (Western Cape)
   3. Hospices (Gauteng and Western Cape)
   4. Children’s Home (Gauteng)
   5. Educare (Gauteng)
   6. Professional Foster Care

2. Cotlands Outreach Programmes

   1. Home Based Care (Gauteng and KwaZulu/Natal)
   2. Skills Training (Gauteng)
   3. Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Counselling Project (Gauteng)
   4. Nutrition Project (Eastern Cape)
   5. Orphan Care (KZN)
   6. Educare (Gauteng, EC, KZN and Mpumalanga)
   7. HIV/AIDS Outreach Clinic (Gauteng)
   8. Food Gardens (Gauteng, KZN and Western Cape)
   9. Support groups (Gauteng and KZN)
   10. Income generating projects (Gauteng and KZN)
   
   

3. Cotlands Training and Capacity Building Programme

   1. HIV/AIDS Training (National)
   2. Capacity Building (Gauteng and Eastern Cape)

Tové Kane - Ambassador for Cotlands

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COTLANDS COMMUNITY CENTRE OPENS ITS DOORS

Cotlands’ Home Based Care (HBC) programme in Soweto finally got its own home when this national children’s charity officially cut the ribbon to open its new “Cotlands Community Centre” in Diepkloof, Soweto on September 8.

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WILL YOU LIFT A FINGER TO HELP?

Who says modern technology is complicated?  By sending just one SMS to the number 32221, South African cell-phone owners now have the opportunity to make a lasting and meaningful contribution to the fight against HIV/Aids!

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Codes of Good Practice on Black Economic Empowerment – Cotlands can now issue your Company a Certificate

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A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO JOHNSON & JOHNSON FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF BABY JELLY!!

Account holder: Cotlands
Bank: Standard Bank,The Glen
Branch code: 00-60-05
Account no: 200045288

Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ
Postal Address:
P.O.Box 49003
Rosettenville
2130
Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa

Physical Address:
The Glen Shopping Centre Entrance 3
Cnr Letaba Street and Orpen Road
Oakdene
Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa

Bank's Tel no: +27 11 210 0100

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SUPERBRANDS™ STATUS FOR COTLANDS

Superbrands™ the world's leading independent arbiter of branding has awarded Superbrands status to Cotlands.

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CORPORATE DONATIONS MADE VIA BANK TRANSFER OR DIRECT DEPOSIT

In order for Cotlands to acknowledge each and every donor who makes a contribution, we require the following information:

Contact Person Contact Number Company Name (if applicable) Postal Address Date and Amount Deposited

A copy of the deposit slip can be faxed to Cotlands at +27 11 683 6688 or posted to Cotlands, for attn: J Gourlie, P.O.Box 74042, Turffontein, 2140, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa with all the particulars.

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- February 2008