These programs are instrumental in breaking the cycle of poverty and illness and providing assistance for those whom often lack the resources to care for themselves. In the second and third stages they learn how to offer supportive counseling, assess patients and manage the symptoms of HIV through basic medical training. Upon completion of the program, new volunteers are given a CAA bag which is woven by volunteers as part of an income-generating program, as well as an identification badge and tee shirt. CAA's home-based programs continue to expand. The organization now has over 500 volunteers in the final stages of training, many of whom are also suffering from the disease.
Many volunteers find comfort in the holistic nature of the organization.
Then I went to church and heard the priest say that God loves all of us, no matter who we are and what our situation is I realized I had a lot of life left in me. Steinitz is among the many people of CAA hoping to encourage this mentality in others. The Future With continued financial and healthcare support from CMMB, CAA continues to expand its programs with the goal of implementing a much-needed AIDS orphan program for the millions of children whose parents have succumbed to the disease. CMMB currently sponsors programs for AIDS orphans in Johannesburg, Winterveldt and Swaziland, to name a few, where children are cared for physically and emotionally. Through these programs both CAA and CMMB hope to assuage the damage that's been done by this plague and free the people of Namibia and elsewhere of one more oppressor.