The Ubuntu Center, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Translated into English, "Ubuntu" means "I am, because you are" and represents the idea of a community surviving and its members drawing strength from one another. In Zwide Township, grassroots community efforts are trying to answer the urgent needs for child healthcare, education, and counseling. Another vital need is the normalizing of HIV testing and treatment. A stigma still surrounds HIV, though it affects 40 percent of the local population. The Ubuntu Center addresses several of these needs and is a model that can be replicated in other towns in South Africa.