Yvonne Eskell Klagsbrun, 54, from Pretoria, volunteered to be a fundraiser for the Waterberg Welfare Society, in Vaalwater, Limpopo.
She started her six-month term in April. She is one of 10 volunteers chosen from 515 applicants who wanted to donate their services to a charity. They are paid for their trouble by Vodacom.
The welfare society hosts prevention and awareness workshops, and provides home-based care and voluntary HIV/Aids counselling and testing.
Speaking about her new role, Klagsbrun said: "It made me realise how the simple things we do can make a difference in people's lives.
"I am very grateful for the opportunity. It's an eye-opener to see how sick people can become well by using antiretroviral drugs," she said.
It's been a challenge to work in the health sector, in which she has no experience, she said.
Before starting to work for the Waterberg NGO she raised funds for a Pretoria charity, the well-known Project Literacy.
Klagsbrun is now trying to raise funds for the society's recording studio, Waterberg Waves, which operates from a studio in a freight container.
Songs and poetry about HIV/Aids and other health issues are recorded there and used during outreach programmes.
"It would be great to expand the recording studio and get the right equipment so that these messages can be broadcast both to the patients cared for by the society and to nearby communities," she said. "I'd like to see South Africans get more involved in charity."
Vodacom executive director for corporate social investment Mthobi Tyamzashe said the group was proud of the volunteers.
"If they continue with the same enthusiasm, they will succeed in achieving their goals and inspire others to realise their dreams of making a difference."
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