Rubatano Home Based Care

Rubatano Home Based Care is working from their own Care Centres in the towns of:
Gondola, Amatongas and Nhamatanda, all in Central Mozambique, East Africa.
Rubatano is directed by Carlos Giua, who started this ministry 24 years ago.

Contacts: carlosgiua26@gmail.com

Tel: 00258840262961 / 00258862744952 / 00258829282587

Rubatano is a Christian, community-based ministry committed to the poor and sick. Many volunteers from local churches care for the orphaned and vulnerable children , and for the poor widows & widowers, in three towns in Central Mozambique and they support those affected by HIV/AIDS. Through Home Based Care, Rubatano recruits and trains many local church Volunteers in basic health and care skills.

[In both photos, a widowed grandmother, living in a poor house, is looking after her orphaned grandchildren]

Our Volunteers support and look after sick and vulnerable people in their homes and in the community. Faced with the facts that the average Mozambican lives to be 63 years old, and that 37,000 died of AIDS in 2023, Rubatano takes action through Home-Based care & Orphan care.

Home-Based Care: A team of dozens of dedicated local church volunteers serve 18 Mozambican communities by delivering care to hundreds of people suffering from HIV/Aids. Small groups of volunteers visit the homes of people suffering from HIV/Aids, provide spiritual and emotional support as well as encouragement to these culturally marginalized individuals. They also monitor their physical condition ensuring access to hospital care and other services when required.

Orphan Care: Rubatano delivers care to many hundreds of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC's) in 18 local communities. They deliver three essential services: food, health care, and ensuring access to education. These children also receive training in vocational and lifeskills as well as individualised care and attention through the home visits. Orphan Days’ are hosted at each of the three Care Centres, giving Christian teachings and sharing food, advice & games. Many orphans encountered abuse and marginalization in their communities. These home visits by the Volunteers increase their self-worth as well as their worth in the eyes of the community. In much of this area, Rubatano is the only program serving the orphans and those suffering with AIDS in the community. With donated funds, Rubatano also provides Water from boreholes, Pre-Schooling, Sewing classes, Agricultural training, Food support for Orphans, and Home Care visits to the Orphans and HIV/Aids patients by our church Volunteers.