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1st floor, Block 1, Omnipark,
Aeroton 2013
PO Box 3869, Southgate,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
1st floor, Block 1, Omnipark,
Aeroton 2013
PO Box 3869, Southgate,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Enquiries
info@hivsa.com
Ph: +27 (0) 11 494 1900
info@hivsa.com
Ph: +27 (0) 11 494 1900
Digital Health Innovations
Choma Online Magazine
Choma Magazine, HIVSA’s flagship interactive digital platform, has been operational since 2013, standing as a beacon of hope, connection, and empowerment for young people across South Africa. Since its inception, Choma has consistently provided youth with life-saving information, psychosocial support, and a safe digital space to navigate their realities.
A Trusted Digital Companion for Youth
Choma is more than a magazine, it is a digital best friend to young women, adolescent girls, boys, and young men between the ages of 15 and 25. It is a safe, inclusive, and non-judgmental space where young people can access accurate, youth-friendly, and culturally sensitive content on critical life topics.
These include:
Ask Choma: Direct Support Through Digital Connection
One of our most impactful services is Ask Choma the big sister who may not be you but understands what you are going through. The anonymous psychosocial support platform is staffed by trained moderators who provide evidence-based, non-judgmental advice to young people. Whether it’s questions about relationships, mental health, gender identity, sexuality, or reproductive health, Ask Choma creates a safe space where young people feel seen, heard, and supported. Through direct digital connection, we bridge the gap between silence and help, one message at a time.
ASK Choma digital platforms here
WhatsApp line – 071 172 3657
Facebook – Choma Magazine
Instagram – @choma_mag
Twitter – @chomamag
Website – www.choma.co.za
TikTok – @choma_mag
Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/uCLdlsju_dDVJSjMl0znNdW
To advertise your business on Choma Magazine, reach out to partnerships@hivsa.com
Investing in the future through combating youth unemployment
Since 2023, HIVSA, in partnership with a network of up to 30 Community Based partner Organisations, has provided temporary employment to close to 3,000 young people in the City of Johannesburg and Sedibeng districts. This initiative, funded through the Social Employment Fund, provides temporary employment in various sectors and areas where social value can be generated. The SEF programme has empowered and created pathways for employment and self-sustainability for previous beneficiaries of partner CBOs. At the core of this programme is our ultimate belief in youth empowerment as well as the power for social change that lies within communities.
The Social Employment Fund (SEF) is a strategic initiative under South Africa’s Presidential Employment Stimulus, created to respond to rising unemployment by funding socially valuable work, funded through the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). Anchored in the belief that work should contribute to communities as well as individual livelihoods, the SEF connects public funding with civic and community partners to deliver part-time employment opportunities that are purposeful, inclusive, and skill-building.
Through the Social Employment Fund’s mandate of ensuring that participants contribute to “work that has meaningful community value and impact”, Community Based Organisations that hosted participants deployed them towards supporting community health interventions such as:
- Home visits (through shadowing trained community caregivers) to conduct household health and social assessments to determine household needs;
- Improving access to health services for communities through health education and referral to health services based on need;
- Under the supervision of trained community caregivers and registered counsellors from HIVSA supporting CBOs, refer community members for mental health assessments as needed, thereby improving access to mental health and wellbeing information at community;
- Supporting the provision of meals to CBO beneficiaries;
- Assisting with providing access to social services such as social grants, Identity Documents and others.