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    Published:
    February 2006
Case Experience - Mentoring Leaders of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Organisations
Reflecting on the Barnabas Trust's Approach in South Africa
  • Camilla Symes

This Praxis Note describes an innovative mentoring approach to leadership development that also builds the capacity or the Community-Based Organisation (CBO) as an Organisation. The approach is being pioneered by the Barnabas Trust (http://www.ithemba.org.uk/projectsframe.htmBarnain) in South Africa which works alongside 53 HIV and AIDS-related CBOs and Faith-Based Organisations (FBOs).

The Barnabus Trust model of CBO capacity building combines mentoring, training and some limited financial support:

  • a trained and experienced 'mentor' will vist the leadership of the organisation on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, for a period of two years;
  • a small group of people from the organisation's leadership will receive a baic training to develop a culture of reflection, learning and planning alongside their action. The training consists of two three-day modules, six months apart;
  • a modest 'allowance' is also provided on a monthly, and later on a lump-sum basis.

The mentoring approach of the Barnabas Trust is now being used also by a number of other organisations in South Africa and beyond.

Link: http://www.intrac.org/pages/PraxisNote24.html