Evaluering
Evaluation of The Salvation Army Swaziland Community Care Programme
In 1990, not long after its official launch, The Salvation Army initiated a HIV/AIDS programme in Swaziland. Since 2003, Norway/BN has supported TSA in continuing its activities directed at community care services with a focus on providing home based care in three peri-urban areas of Mbabane City. The programmes aims are to provide care to the sick (at their homes) within the carers community to patients who would otherwise would not access hospital care. The approach of The Salvation Army home based programme is to train community volunteers selected by their communities to carryout home care for all patients who are ill at home and to refer serious cases to the next competent facility such as clinic or hospital. To date there are 55 carers covering Msunduza, Sidwashini and Fonteyn. The care and support services provided by the carers include washing of patient, administration of medication, helping with house chores, and counselling to name a few. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the implementation of the programme in relation to its efficiency, effectiveness, outcomes and impact based on the intended objectives and also to learn from the experience for future programming.