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.. THINK BACK TO A HAPPY TIME IN YOUR LIFE. NOW THINK FORWARD TO EVEN MORE HAPPIER TIMES AHEAD. SITTING WITH FRIENDS, DANCING, LAUGHING AND BEING A TEENAGER. SUICIDE...PLEASE DON'T EVEN CONSIDER
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Planned Parent Association (PPA) - Eastern Cape Province 041 487 2672 44 Green Street Port Elizabeth 6001 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS Welfare Dept - Eastern Cape 040 635 2935 FREE STATE PPA - Free State Province 051 430 4657 African Life Building 2 President Brand Street Westdene Bloemfontein 9300 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS Welfare Dept - Free State 051 405 5393 back to top of page GAUTENG PPASA - National Office (011) 523 1000 48 Wierda Road West Wierda Valley 2196 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS PPA - Gauteng Province 011 403 7740 11th Flr Traduna Centre 118 Jorissen Street Braamfontein 2001 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS thethajunction 48 Wierda Road West Wierda Valley 2196 Sexual Health Parent line 48 Wierda Road West Wierda Valley 2196 Sexual Health Lifeline 011 728 1347 Counselling on any issue 24-hours Childline 011 648 7986 back to top of page Counselling for children Johannesburg Welfare Society 011 298 8500 Johannesburg Parent & Child Counselling 011 484 1734 Counselling for children The Compassionate Friends 011 440 6322 122 Athol Street Highlands North Anglican Counsellors - Rosebank 011 447 7100 People Opposing Women’s Abuse (POWA) 011 642 4345 64 Mitchell Street Berea Abuse Lifeline - Alexandra 011 443 5026 Counselling on any issue 24-hours Family Life Centre 011 788 4784 Marital Problems Family Counselling Women on Women 011 648 5873 Saxonwold Social Welfare 011 646 5628 Welfare Randburg Trauma Centre 011 789 8478 Islamic Care Line 011 836 6085/6 back to top of page Honeydew Trauma Centre 011 794 1235 Trauma Clinic 011 403 5102 Vaal Triangle 016 28 1640 National Peace Accord 011 606 2850 S.O.S Children’s Home 011 792 9324 Cnr Ostrich & Bromhof Streets Rosettenville Orlando Children’s Home 011 935 1144 6514 Mooki Street Orlando Nazareth House 011 648 1002 1 Webb Street Yeoville Johannesburg Children’s Home 011 648 1120 46 Observatory Avenue Observatory Guild Cottage Children’s Home 011 726 2102 Guild Roaf Parktown West Cotlands Baby Sanctuary 011 683 7200 134 Stanton Street Turffontein back to top of page Boys Town 011 482 2655 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 011 436 0166 Alcohol & Drug Abuse Alanon 011 435 9792 Alcohol & Drug Abuse SANCA 011 726 4210 Alcohol & Drug Abuse Bridges 011 852 6065 Alcohol & Drug Abuse Welfare Dept - Gauteng 011 355 7644 Welfare Depression & Anxiety Support Group 011 783 1474/6 Depression NISSA 011 854 5804 Rape Crisis Centre 011 728 1347 Abuse Rape Counselling ADAPT 011 885 3309 back to top of page Abuse Norman House 011 453 7803 Cnr 4tyh Street & 1st Avenue Edenvale Places of Safety Strathyre Girls Home 011 615 7327 Places of Safety Jabulani 012 790 3313/5 Places of Safety Dysfunctional Families SAP - West Rand 011 951 1365 Police Services South African Police SAP - North Rand 011 928 9965 Police Services South African Police SAP - Johannesburg 011 497 7317 Police Services South African Police SAP - Pretoria 012 353 4052 Police Services South African Police SAP - Vaal 016 450 2252 Police Services South African Police Magistrate - Alberton 011 907 8910/1/2 back to top of page Magistrates Offices Magistrate - Benoni 011 421 9341 Magistrate - Brakpan 011 744 3530 Magistrate - Boksburg 011 917 9620 Magistrate - Johannesburg 011 491 5000 Magistrate - Kempton Park 011 975 0313 Hospitals Ga-Rankuwa Hospital 012 529 3111 Kalafong Hospital 012 318 6400 Laudium Hospital 012 374 4021 Mamelodi Hospital 012 801 1905 Medunsa Dental Hospital 012 521 4911 Pretoria West Hospital 012 386 5111 Weskoppies Hospital 012 319 9500 Pretoria Academic Hospital 012 354 1000 Heidelberg Hospital 015 12 171 Sebokeng Hospital 016 930 3000 Carltonville Hospital 018 787 2111 Emergency Numbers Sandton Crisis Control 011 883 2800 back to top of page KwaZulu Natal PPA - KwaZulu Natal Province 031 304 4818 1st Flr 59 Buislgin Industria House St Andrews Street Durban 4001 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS Welfare Dept - KZN 035 874 3703 LIMPOPO PPA - Limpopo Province 15 295 2131 2nd Flr 203 Homenet Building 48 Hans van Rensberg Street Pietersburg 699 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS MPUMALANGA loveLife Y-Centre Emalahleni Tel: 013 698 1542/ 52 Fax: 013 6678 Matthew Phosa Drive Ext 5 KwaGuqua, Emalahleni Witbank 1039 back to top of page NORTH WEST PPA - North West Province 12 702 1971 5 Beirut Mabopane Winterveldt 198 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS NORTHERN CAPE PPA - Northern Cape Province 053 872 2276 Oud Tlhokomelo Home Letsholo Street Mankurwane 8345 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS Welfare Dept - Northern Cape 053 830 0600 back to top of page WESTERN CAPE lPPA - Western Cape Province 021 448 7312 12 Anson Street Observatory 7925 Reproductive Health Counselling, pregnancy testing, distributing contraceptives and treating sexually transmitted infections. They also educate youth on life skills and HIV/AIDS Bridges 021 852 6065 Drug and alcohol information, education, intervention and referral FAMSA 021 461 7360/1 Family counselling and relationship counselling Mental Health Information Centre 021 938 0229 back to top of page
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) Growing up SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I’M GROWING UP AND COPING WELL. OTHER TIMES I JUST LOSE IT. Nobody is perfect! So, relax, you’re excused for having off days and being in a foul mood once in a while. Life is about living and experiencing, though if you feel it all gets a bit much, try talking to a friend or parent or start writing down your feelings. MY FEELINGS CHANGE ALL THE TIME. I’M SURE PEOPLE THINK I’M STRANGE. Listen up! We’re at the age when our hormones are doing the phunky dance and getting us all worked up. Boys are dancin’ to the tune of TESTOSTERONE and all the fine ladies out there are jivin’ to OESTROGEN, the hormones that are making us passionate, luuurving, and wild! So, yeah, we’re on an emotional rollercoaster, and the best thing about being on a rollercoaster for the first time is experiencing how you feel after every dip, turn and drop! So take the ride and learn – find out more about this cool experience … you! And, hey, remember, even if you think you’re a bit weird, you’re on your way to finding yourself – in a weird and wacky world. Just keep your head! WHY DO WE GET PIMPLES? I can tell you, but you ain’t gonna like it! Pimples can be caused by those emotional stresses and of course those jivin’ hormones! Hormones make the glands produce too much oil (sebum), they get blocked with all that oil and that’s when we get those nasty zits. So, you’re probably gonna get ’em! But hey, with the proper diet and exercise you should be able to limit the explosion … Sexual Health HOW IS HIV TRANSMITTED FROM ONE PERSON TO THE NEXT? When blood, pre-seminal fluid, semen, vaginal fluid, or breast milk from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected one. Transmission can be through: - Sexual intercourse (anal, vaginal or oral sex) with an infected person - Sharing needles or injection equipment with a drug user who is infected - From HIV –infected women to babies before or during birth, or through breast feeding after birth - Some health-care workers have become infected after being stuck with needles containing HIV-infected blood or after infected blood came in contact with the worker’s open cut back to top of page 
CAN AN OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION BE TRANSMITTED FROM A PERSON WITH AIDS TO A
PERSON WITHOUT AIDS?Opportunistic infections are not a threat to a healthy immune system. They are a threat to HIV infected people because HIV has damaged their immune systems. Patients with severe underlying illness are also susceptible to opportunistic infections. CAN HIV BE TRANSMITTED BY SALIVA, TEARS, SWEAT OR EAR WAX? Contact with saliva or tears have never been shown to result in transmission of HIV. HIV has not been recovered from the sweat or ear- wax of HIV infected persons. CAN HIV BE TRANSMITTED BY WOUND-TO-WOUND CONTACT? Although theoretically possible, it is highly unlikely given the improbability of such a scenario and the small concentration of virus that is likely to be present. Very few have reported this as a possible source of infection. However, persons with open wounds who are likely to have occupational contact with blood and other potentially infectious body fluids should comply with universal precautions for the prevention of HIV infection. CAN I GET HIV FROM OPEN-MOUTH KISSING? Open-mouth kissing is considered a low risk activity for HIV transmission. However, it could allow HIV to pass from an infected person to a partner through cuts or sores in the mouth. CAN HIV BE TRANSMITTED FROM ANIMALS TO HUMANS? No. HIV is uniquely human disease. Only certain monkey species have developed anti-bodies to HIV. Other retroviruses besides HIV infect animals including sheep, horses, goats, monkeys and cats. For instance cats can develop the feline leukaemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus. ARE PATIENTS IN A DENTIST OR DOCTOR’S OFFICE AT RISK OF GETTING HIV? Although HIV transmission is possible in health care settings it is extremely rare. Medical experts emphasise that the careful practice of infection control procedures, including universal precautions, protects patients and health care providers from possible HIV infection in these settings. back to top of page CAN I GET HIV FROM GETTING A TATTOO OR THROUGH BODY PIERCING? One may get infected if instruments contaminated with blood are either not sterilized or disinfected or are used inappropriately between clients. Instruments that are intended to penetrate the skin should be used once, then disposed of or thoroughly cleaned and sterilized. CAN I GET INFECTED WITH HIV WHILE PLAYING SPORTS? The very low risk of transmission during sports participation would involve sports with direct body contact in which bleeding might be expected to occur (such as boxing). Universal precautions and infection control procedures are followed in such cases. Be Wise!!!! Condomise!!! WHY DO HIV POSITIVE PARTNERS NEED TO WEAR CONDOMS? To reduce the risk of super-infection with an HIV strain that has become resistant to antiretroviral drugs. To avoid infection with other STI's To avoid passing HIV to others DOES CIRCUMCISION AFFECT THE RISK OF CONTRACTING HIV? Most studies have shown that men who are not circumcised appear to be somewhat more likely to be infected through heterosexual sex and are likely to pass infection to others. Not being circumcised also seems to make a man more likely to become infected with HIV when exposed to other STI’s. However it has not been conclusively shown whether other factors (e.g. cultural practices) besides circumcision may be the ones responsible for these differences in infection. CAN A PERSON GET HIV FROM PERFORMING ORAL SEX? Yes. Blood, semen, pre-seminal and vaginal fluids can all contain the virus. Cells in the lining of the mouth may carry HIV into the lymph nodes or the body. The risk increases: - If you have cuts or sores around or in your mouth or throat - If your partner ejaculates in your mouth - If your partner has another Sexually Transmitted infection WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HIV AND OTHER STIS? Having STI’s increases a person’s risk of becoming infected with HIV. For STI’s that cause irritation of the skin, breaks or sores it becomes easier for HIV to enter the body during sexual intercourse. Even when an STI causes not breaks or open sores the infection can stimulate an immune response that can make HIV transmission more likely. If an HIV infected person is also infected with another STI she/he is three to five times more likely than other HIV infected people to transmit HIV through sexual contact. back to top of page CAN I GET HIV FROM SOMEONE PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON ME? Yes. If your partner has HIV they can pass the infection from their mouth to the vagina, penis, the anus or directly into the body through small cuts or open sores. If you choose to have oral sex: - Use a latex condom on the penis - If your partner is allergic to latex, a plastic (polyutherane) condom can be used - Use a latex barrier (such as dental-dam or a cut-open condom that makes a square) between the mouth and the vagina WHAT'S A WET DREAM AND WHY DO I HAVE THEM? In your sleep, you’ll have an erection (your penis will get hard and “stand to attention”) and you will cum (ejaculate). This usually comes with a very sexy dream – hence the name “wet dream”. Guy’s you can pretty much bank on this happening to you at puberty. Don’t freak out! It’s perfectly normal and it won’t happen as often when you get older. I’M 15 AND I STILL HAVEN’T STARTED MY PERIOD? SHOULD I BE WORRIED? Girl's bodies change at different times and at different rates. Don’t worry if your period hasn’t come yet – it will happen sooner or later, there’s no two ways about it. back to top of page
Love Life Y-Centres LoveLife’s Y-Centres are multi-purpose facilities for young people, providing a range of entertainment, sports and educational opportunities. Run by the Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa (PPASA), the Y-Centres offer friendly clinics and counselling for teens in the promotion of healthy and positive lifestyles. These venues feature sports and computer facilities as well as contraceptives and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. Peer educators are trained to run events at their schools and speak publicly about issues such as sex and relationships. EASTERN CAPE loveLife Y-Centre Bizana Tel: 039 251 0865 Fax: 039 251 0866 Hospital Street Next to St Patrick Hospital Bizana 4800 loveLife Y-Centre Sakhulutsha Tel: 041 462 3235 Fax: 041 462 3235 Shop No 27H, Motherwell Shopping Centre Motherwell Port Elizabeth 6211 loveLife Y-Centre Umtata Tel: 047 535 1422 Fax: 047 535 3145 Cnr Boundry & Waterfall Roads Ngangelizwe Umtata 5099 FREE STATE loveLife Y-Centre Botshabelo 146 Hospital Street Botshabelo Bloemfontein 9781 loveLife Y-Centre Kutloanong Tel: 057 361 3632 Fax: 057 361 8768 Geneva Stand 9743 K9, Leeubosch Kutloanong Odendaalrus 9480 back to top of page GAUTENG loveLife Y-Centre Orange Farm Tel: 011 850 2263 Fax: 011 850 2263 Plot 5, Orangedale, 9381 Extension 6A Vereeninging Highway Orange Farm 1805 KZN loveLife Y-Centre Emathulini Tel: 039 972 0223 Fax: 039 972 0238 Road R102 Sipofu Bangibizo Emathulini Hibberdene loveLife Y-Centre Mandeni Tel: 032 454 3499/0109 Fax: 032 454 2206 Sibusisizwe Hall Thokoza Road Sundumbili Township Mandeni 4491 loveLife Y-Centre Nongoma Tel: 035 831 6120/6/3 Fax: 035 831 6123 D1893 KwaMajonela Nongoma back to top of page
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1. It is your attitude at the beginning of a task more than anything else that will determine your success or failure.
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It is your attitude towards life that will determine life’s attitude
towards you. Despite what many people believe, life plays no favourites.
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