Bekezela Community Home Based Care has 1 executive director; 2 programme directors; 1 driver; and 128 volunteers.
Dananai Home Based Care Service (Murambinda) is made up of Sr. Onya Cunliffe (trained nurse), 3 assistants (Red Cross trained nurse aides), 3 volunteer doctors and 350 volunteers.
Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT) has a team of 52 staff and 600 volunteers.
Island Hospice Harare had around 125 staff and volunteers in 2003 based at headquarters or in the high density communities (Table 7).
Table 7 Personnel working for Island Hospice and Bereavement Service, 2003
|
Doctors |
Nurses |
Social Workers |
Admin staff |
Ancillary staff |
Volunteers |
Massage therapists |
Full time |
|
12 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
|
|
Part time |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
85 |
3 |
Total |
1 |
14 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
85 |
3 |
Island Hospice Bulawayo has a staff of 10; Island Hospice Mutare has 2 State Registered Nurses; 6 caregivers (qualified); 6 caregivers (part qualified) 2 administrative staff; and 1 messenger.
Lubancho House has 20 staff accountable to a board of trustees, including: 1 co-ordinator, 1 project officer; 4 heads of department (1 a nurse); 1 accountant; 1 administrative secretary; 1 receptionist; facilitators/ trainers (1 a nurse); 200 volunteers.
The Mildmay Centre employs around 23 staff (March 2004).
Morgenster Mission Hospital has 1 doctor responsible for the home care programme, 1 accounts clerk and around 400 volunteers (working in close co-operation with 10 district nurses).
Seke Rural Home Based Care has 1 director; 1 HBC co-ordinator; 1 HBC field officer; 1 social worker; 1 palliative care nurse; 1 finance officer; 1bookkeeper; 1 advocacy officer; 1 secretary; 1 office orderly; 1 security guard; 44 supervisors; 400 secondary caregivers. Manyame District has 10 clinics and 2 district hospitals. Patients are usually referred to Chitungwiza General Hospital for medical support.
Thembelihle Halfway Home employs 26 staff, including a manager, nurses, nurse aids, cleaners and cooks. Volunteers support the home based care service.