Caring for women and children in South Africa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Gift of Hope USA Urgently Calls for Support Amid USAID Funding Freeze Impacting Life-Saving Care in South Africa

Westchester, NY — The recent executive order to freeze USAID funding to South Africa has had a devastating and immediate impact on our clinic partner, the Witkoppen Clinic. As one of the primary providers of medical care, HIV treatment, and community health services in underserved areas, the Witkoppen Clinic relies heavily on this funding to sustain its life-saving operations.

This abrupt and unexpected funding stoppage has created chaos and disruption, leaving no time to prepare or implement contingency plans. Thousands of vulnerable patients — including women and children affected by HIV — now face the risk of losing access to critical care and essential support services.

Despite this crisis, the Witkoppen Clinic is determined to remain open and continue serving the community. They are ready to pivot and reorganize to find alternative funding sources. However, they are currently operating on reserve funds that will only last through September.

Gift of Hope USA is launching an urgent fundraising effort to raise $75,000 to help Witkoppen Clinic stay open and buy precious time to identify and secure sustainable funding for the future. Every dollar raised will go directly toward keeping their doors open and ensuring uninterrupted care for those who need it most.

We call on our community, partners, and supporters to stand with us in this moment of crisis. Together, we can safeguard the health and well-being of the many lives the Witkoppen Clinic touches every day.

To donate, please click here or contact Lauren Cohen.

About Gift of Hope USA Gift of Hope USA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting women and children in South Africa affected by HIV, working in partnership with local clinics and community programs to provide life-saving care and essential resources.

Media Contact: Lauren Cohen
Founder, Gift of Hope USA
https://www.giftofhopeusa.org

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The Gift of Hope USA, founded in 2006, is a non-profit organization that supports South African women and children in need, infected with or affected by HIV. By partnering with well established clinical providers on the ground, we offer patients a holistic range of health care services, including: HIV testing, treatments, care, education and psycho-social support. Thousands of women and children have benefited from these programs thanks to donations from our committed community. Together we can see the need and be the hope. Read more

  • "Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope."

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Programs & Partners

The Gift of Hope USA is proud to partner with The Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre, a private Non-government organization, offering comprehensive primary healthcare to the disadvantaged communities from the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Through this partnership, we offer the following programs:

A FRESH Start: A Future Realized through Education, Support and Healthcare, is a holistic and comprehensive program of testing, care and treatment which optimizes health outcomes for new mothers and their babies.

Sponsor A Mother & Child is designed to ensure that the most vulnerable women and children, those who suffer from the dual challenges of poverty and HIV, have access to quality care and treatment, regardless of limited financial resources.

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