ANNUAL REPORT 2015

Guides and Supports Christian Communities to Understand their Calling and Become HIV Competent

PO Box 1417, Fontainebleau, 2032

Fontainebleau Community ChurchRabie Street FontainebleauRandburg, 2194 South Africa

Tel: +27 011 796 6830Email: management@cabsa.org.za

PO Box 16, Wellington, 7654

69 Church Street Wellington, 7655South Africa

Tel / Fax: +27 021 873 0028Email: training@cabsa.org.za admin@cabsa.org.za

Non-profit Registration: 019 387-NPO; PBO no: 930009218

www.cabsa.org.za

Governance and Staff

CABSA Board 2015

· Ms Logy Murray (Chair)

· Ms Nomvuyo Baba

· Mr Phaphile Celesi

· Rev Nelis du Toit

· Rev William Ficks

· Rev Christo Greyling

· Prof Vhumani Magezi

· Ms Lyn van Rooyen

CABSA Management Committee 2015

· Dr Pieter Fourie (Chair)

· Mr Phaphile Celesi

· Rev Nelis du Toit

· Ms Aneleh Fourie-Le Roux

· Ms Madelé Nel

· Ms Lyn van Rooyen

Message from the chair Ms Logy Murray:

2015 has been a challenging, yet very successful year. The Board had two very fruitful meetings. We are becoming more efficient in having virtual meetings, which not only saves costs, but also saves traveling time of board members. We appreciate the positive participation of board members who value and cherish the work of our organisation. Although we are satisfied with the financial situation, thanks to the effective management of our director and management committee, we are very aware of the challenges our organisation faces. Our staff constantly work under stress. We were under staffed most of the time and could not expand capacity, while the work stayed the same. For this reason, we are planning a strategic planning workshop in 2016 where the board, together with the staff, will look at our history, the current situation and challenges in view of the future of the organisation.

We thank our board members for their commitment, and praise our staff for being an inspiration to us and the people we serve.

Staff

The core staff in 2015 consisted of the long-serving stalwarts: Lyn van Rooyen as Executive Director; Aneleh Fourie-Le Roux as Training Manager; and Meloney Goliath as Administrative and Financial Officer. They had support at various times from Patty Brooks (networking and research), Judith Turner (CCoH), Rhodé Janssen (communication and manual redevelopment), Jerry Sesoko (CCoH) and Prudence Bhebhe (intern).

Training teams were again contracted from an experienced pool of trainers. A dedicated team was responsible for the fieldwork and research for the Farm Research Project.

Financial Statements Financial recording is done regularly and monitored monthly,with reports to the Management Committee.

Financial Statements were audited by BGR Broodryk Kotze Inc.

INCOME EXPENDITURE2015 2015

BANK DETAILS: Bank: ABSA Branch: Wellington (632005) Account: Active Saving - 910467 4160 Swift Code: ABSAZAJJ

2014 2014

Fundraising

Christian Aid

Individual Donors

ICCO Cooperation

Other Faith Based Organisations

National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund

845 843

476 563

58 780

-

2 500

308 000

1 009 429

642 752

67 382

194 295

1 000

104 000

Contributions and Projects

Prisma

Mensen met een Missie

Christian Aid Legacy Fund

664 828

-

221 000

443 828

700 535

57 374

107 427

535 734

Registration, Sales, Refunds and License fees

License Fees

Registration Fees

Refunds for Travel and other Costs

Sales

Fee for Service

239 906

78 532

75 365

56 844

28 135

1 030

199 188

104 085

23 424

12 810

51 469

7 400

Other

Interest Received

52 973

52 973

86 041

86 041

TOTAL INCOME 1 850 2182 042 584

Churches and Congregations 46 66947 391

Running Costs

Banking Fees

Office and Operational Expenses

Auditor’s Remuneration

Insurance and Maintenance

39 683

19 577

5 400

13 224

1 482

52 115

15 315

25 400

11 400

-

Service Delivery and Projects

Resource Centres

Meals and Accommodation

Trainers, Facilitators and Speakers

Training Material

Project Organisation and Administration

Direct Project Implementation Costs

1 257 189

90 212

311 491

350

37 770

14 138

803 228

1 155 081

131 088

54 675

100 656

46 328

3 875

818 459

TOTAL EXPENSES 1 792 7531 960 906

SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR 57 46581 678

Salaries and Support 290 663311 931

Other Personnel Expenditure 4 1332 565

Office Expenditure 24 01737 381

Networking 67 049140 982

Depreciation of Assets 10 85715 016

Corporate Development & Governance 99 16265 835

To Sustainability Account -180 000

Churches Channels of Hope

Training and Workshops in the “Churches, Channels of Hope” (CCoH) programme equip participants with the appropriate attitudes, knowledge and skills to be channels of hope and assist faith communities in their journeys towards HIV competence.

The importance of this is seen in the NORAD report: “Expansion of access requires moving into community settings in partnership with Faith-Based Organisations, …The right kind of capacity building is critical, and networks are crucial in building integrated services closer to people's homes.”

In 2015

- 46 new CCoH Faciltators were trained

- 30 previously trained facilitators deepened their knowledge and skills in the new “CCoH Express” programme

- The CCoH Facilitator training manual and training resources were redeveloped and piloted

- Partners use CCoH for HIV in diverse settings, such as Russia and Malaysia, as well as presenting other trainings using the CCoH

model – including on Ebola, Maternal Child Health and Gender

- Continued development of the relationship with, and capacity of, Churches for Grace, Kenya

- One new lead trainer utilised and mentored

- An analysis of feedback reports on activities undertaken in 2015 by trained facilitators will be compiled and published on the website.

Feedback from a Trainee

I have gained so much from this program, that there has been a serious shift in my life and attitude. First of all towards people in general and my outlook to programming. I have often thought that I am going out to help people but now I understand that I have to acknowledge my vulnerabilities and not speak from a point of superiority but from a heart filled with the love of God.

Feedback from a Catholic priest when asked what impact the training will have on his ministry:

Breaking the silence, especially on the use of condoms stands out to be the greatest. I know secretly that my parishioners do use condoms but they do not say it. However, my saying it out [loud] will remove the tag of promiscuity associated with it. It's a preventative way. In itself the condom helps a lot. It is not evil.

CCoH facilitator training in partnership with EMPACT Africa,Lusaka April 2015

Knowledge Management

www.cabsa.org.za

CABSA ensures that HIV role players in the faith based sector have access to accurate and reliable information to inform their programmes and activities. This is done mainly through the CARIS programme, but is an integral part of all CABSA services and activities.

The importance of this is widely acknowledged, also in the NORAD report: “Access to information is a basic human right; information empowers people to make better decisions about their own lives, families and communities. Information is power, but it can function in this way only if it is shared and used.”

In 2015:

- The website cabsa.org.za with more than 7500 sub-pages received 214 125 visits from

178 countries

- The website was evaluated and redeveloped to improve the look and feel, search engine optimisation and mobile friendly display

- More than 7000 hard copy resources were distributed

- Information was widely shared on social media on three Facebook pages and two Twitter profiles

- CABSA Staff contributed to various publications and blogs

- A “Bible Messages in a time of HIV” was sent out every week of the year – in total 58 522 Messages were sent

- 9893 Electronic newsletters and email alerts were sent.

Users of the website were asked (before redevelopment): “What words would you use to describe using the CABSA website?”

- CABSA is a life saver

- Encouraging, enlightening, motivational and amazing

- Fantastic, professional and food for our minds.

E-mails were regularly received in reponse to the Weekly Bible Message:

- Thank you for these Bible Messages, God is touching my life using them

- Thanks for a powerful, encouraging and beautiful message and for many other wonderful messages I've received over the

past difficult two years ... as someone living with HIV.

Advocacy and Networking

Networking

According to the NORAD report: “Churches and other religious networks are the largest global networks. They have enormous reach, and are probably superior to all human networks in terms of potential for information spreading and social mobilisation.”

CABSA plays a crucial role in strengthening the response of the Christian sector, to prevent duplication and to share resources. CABSA staff acts as mentors to emerging and established organisations and play a leadership role in local and international organisations, networks and coalitions.

In 2015 CABSA:

- Coordinated the faith based activities at the SA AIDS Conference (supported by ICCO Cooperation)

- Acted in leadership positions in AIDSLink International, WCC Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, Multi-sectorial AIDS Task Team in the

Western Cape, Homo Novus, We Will Speak Out SA Coalition, DRC HIV Forums and various networking bodies

- Honoured license agreements and continued to develop new relationships

- Presented more than 20 Workshops, presentations or information sessions to schools, farms, academic institutions, conferences,

corporate and NGO organisations, which reached more than 1100 people.

Advocacy and sensitising

CABSA views advocacy as a central mechanism for driving social change. CABSA also creates awareness of the individual, community and systemic drivers and issues around the HIV pandemic, in order to move faith communities to HIV involvement and competence. CABSA stands in the gap for people living with HIV and encourages and strengthens the voices of those who are not heard.

The main advocacy campaign for CABSA continues to be “Thursdays in Black”.

In 2015:

- The Thursdays in Black website was maintained and expanded and received 62 658 visits from more than 139 countries

- More than 15 000 Thursdays in Black Badges and Bookmarks were sold and 3 000 more distributed free of charge

- Various online campaigns were supported and promoted

- A Mini-conference on GBV was held during the CABSA AGM

- Radio, TV and other media opportunities were utilised to promote life-giving advocacy messages.

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A Year of New Developments

Because CABSA believes in the unique role of churches and faith communities in addressing the challenges of the HIV epidemic, we continued to support and equip churches and faith communities in their response to the challenges of HIV.

This sentiment is reflected in a NORAD report which stated: “The role of religion is becoming increasingly important in the context of health, both globally and locally. There are numerous experiences that show that some of the most effective agents for behaviour change at community level are religious leaders or faith based groups”.

Although CABSA continued to provide exemplary training and mobilising, knowledge management, networking and advocacy services in this year, it was not just “business as usual”.

The Churches, Channels of Hope Facilitators Training Manual is an extremely important tool that is continually refined and developed. A long term dream has been to comprehensively redevelop the manual to align with the competency model and reflect new developments in the field. In 2015 this became a reality, when partners Mensen met een Missie supported Ms Rhodé Janssen to undertake the lion's share

of this task.

This led to another first: A group of facilitators from Gauteng, who were previously trained in the Fleiszer Legacy Programme, had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills using the new manual in an abridged “Churches, Channels of Hope Express Training”.

Information and communication technology is a rapidly developing and very powerful tool. The CABSA website, or “virtual resource centre” has provided access to information to many hundreds of thousands of people over the years. However, it has become outdated and 'tired' and CABSA was extremely excited when Dutch partner PRISMA agreed to support the redevelopment of the website. We believe that this will make it an even more useful tool in the faith-based HIV response.

This report can only highlight a few of CABSA's activities. A comprehensive report is available on request or from the CABSA website.

And still the work continues! As we look forward to CABSA's 15th anniversary in 2016, we will continue to unlock the potential of churches to be game changers in the HIV epidemic.

Please continue to walk with us as we support faith communities to transform a world with HIV.

Being salt and light in aworld with HIV

“Why bother? Global Health and AIDS: Fighting for justice and equity” NORAD, 2011

Thank You

Support CABSA

CABSA is dependent on individuals, congregations and organisations for continued prayer, involvement and support, but also for financial sustainability. After reading about a few highlights of the past year, please also consider supporting the organisation financially.

CABSA can provide Sec 18A tax certificates to South African taxpayers and has level 4 BBBEE Status. Help CABSA make a difference

by committing to a monthly donation

Supporters of Specific Projects - Fleiszer Legacy Fund

- Mensen met Een Missie

- CHABAHIVA

- ICCO

- PRISMA

Core Funding - Christian Aid

- Congregations

- Committed Individuals

- National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund

StaffEvery staff member that played a role in the organisationduring the year and their families, who often sacrificefamily time and energy.

Ephesians 1:16 I have not stopped givingthanks for you, remembering you in myprayers. (NIV)

In Kind Support - Bible Media – Wellington office

- Fontainebleau Community Church – Randburg office

- Homo Novus – Randburg internet connection

- La Rochelle B & B - subsidised accommodation

- CABSA Board and Management Committee

- CABSA representatives

- Bible Message Contributors

- Ms Madelé Nel - bookkeeping services

Photograph by: N du ToitUsed with permssionwww.cabsa.org.za

Transforming communities

affected by HIV

36.9 million People

living with HIV

2 million newly infected in 2014

“Faith Based Organisations remain the last

barricade against exclusion”

“Billions of dollars will not fundamentally

change society, but the work of the FBOs can.”

Michel Sidibé: UNAIDS Executive Director