Camp Sizanani was founded as a joint venture between WorldCamps, a non-profit American camping organization, and HIVSA, a South African foundation that provides care and services to HIV-affected individuals. WorldCamps is a non-profit corporation based in Reston Virginia that establishes staffs and maintains American-style Summer camps (although many operate year-round Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Located in the town of Magaliesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, Sizanani offers multiple camp sessions throughout the year for children aged nine through fifteen whose lives have been affected by HIV. Magaliesburg is a small town situated on foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range in Gauteng, South Africa. Gauteng (xaʊˈtɛŋ Sotho xɑ́útʼèŋ̀ is a province of South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The term HIV-affected can imply that an individual is infected with the virus, but it can also mean that the infection of family members or guardians have impacted the individual's life. A virus (from the Latin virus meaning Toxin or Poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable While some children at Sizanani carry HIV, many more have been orphaned by a parent's AIDS-related death or have family members coping with the disease. Nearly all of Sizanani's campers come from Soweto, Johannesburg's enormous township, to which black Africans were banished during South Africa's apartheid era. Soweto is an urban area in the City of Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa. Johannesburg ( Pronounced /jō-hān'ĭs-bûrg'/ is the largest city in South Africa. In South Africa, the term Township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped urban living areas that under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites The children attend the camp free of charge; they are sponsored by the WorldCamps corporation and its donors.
Goals
Sizanani takes its name from a Zulu word which translates idiomatically to mean "help each other". The Zulu ( IsiZulu: amaZulu) are the largest South African ethnic group of an estimated 10-11 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal It is largely modeled on North American summer camp tradition. Summer camp is a supervised Program for Children and/or Teenagers conducted (usually during the Summer Months in some countries Accordingly, its stated goals include fostering independence, self-esteem, cooperative skills, respect for others and awareness of health issues. This final goal is particularly unique to Sizanani, given the children's backgrounds and the AIDS crisis that continues to grip South Africa.
Curriculum
A day at Camp Sizanani would likely include any or all of the following: dance and drumming, permaculture/gardening, swimming, arts & crafts, adventure/teamwork, sports (including cricket, soccer, volleyball and basketball), and Life Skills. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Life Skills is a class that teaches health awareness, proper nutrition/hygiene, prevention of STD's, sexuality and identifying abuse. It is the single most important segment of the camp.
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