The Care Ministry is a faith based non-profit organisation that strives to provide a high standard of emotional and physical care and support to all people in need, particularly those affected by HIV/AIDS, within under resourced areas of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Volunteers from within the local communities undergo a number of training programmes after which they are commissioned to their local group and supervised by a registered nurse. The volunteers work within the communities in which they are living providing emotional and physical support within the homes of their clients