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HIV/AIDS
in Africa
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Current
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It's a Matter of Faith
AIDS in Africa
Africa stands to lose an entire generation to the AIDS epidemic that is sweeping the continent. In some pockets of sub-Saharan Africa, up to 20 percent of the population is infected with AIDS or the virus that causes the disease. [Read more] |
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"Transformation for Health" in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In May 2006 the PC(USA) will partner with Global Health Action (GHA) to conduct a "Transformation for Health" (TFH) workshop in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The workshop is designed to equip health professionals and community leaders to become trainers to "engage their whole community in the process of transforming their lives for the better." Central to this workshop will be the goal to empower women and youth to transform their lives and the lives of their communities as they relate to HIV/AIDS.
A generous grant from the Presbyterian Women and funds from International Health Ministries are making this possible. Read more.
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News and Events Archive |
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How is PC(USA) involved?
The AIDS Task Team directs staff activities
and coordinates projects. Partnerships between African solutions
and United States support are facilitated by a three member team.
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Teammates - Weinberg, Hanson, and Guyer. Photo by: Cam Traught |
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The goal of Presbyterian
AIDS Action is to build links between Presbyterians in the US and
Partner churches in Africa - Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Ethiopia and Malawi, to start.
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Presbyterian
AIDS Action
Presbyterian AIDS Action is the international program of the
Presbyterian Church (USA). Responding to the crisis of AIDS in
the countries with the highest infection rate, the Presbyterian
Church (USA) established a team of three (Janet Guyer, Coordinator
for East and Southern Africa, Caryl Weinberg, Coordinator for
West and Central Africa, and Dorothy Hanson, AIDS Project Manager
in Louisville, KY.) In 2004 this team will be increased by a third
person on the African continent.
Identifying the status of the partner Presbyterian churches in
Africa, the team then tells the story in the US, enlisting Presbyterian
individuals, congregations and presbyteries to enter into partnerships
with the Africans.
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Presbyterian
AIDS Network (PAN) is the volunteer organization under National
Ministries Division of the PC(USA) that deals with these issues
in the United States. Presbyterian AIDS
Action and Presbyterian AIDS Network
combine efforts at events such as General Assembly and work together
on issues pertaining to both. |
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Prevention
of HIV/AIDS in Africa
Presbyterian Church (USA) along with
other Faith-Based Organizations (FBO's) are making a difference
through prevention efforts. [Read more] |
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Trinity Presbyterian Church of Santa Cruz, CA, blessing AIDS Home Based Care box. Photo credit Le Ann Rudolph. |
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How
my church gets involved:
- Spread the facts - AIDS in Africa and the
Church's response.
- AIDS Talking
Points.
- Organize the local congregation to prepare
at least one AIDS Home-Based-Care Kit
as a first step in becoming involved.
- Tell Presbyterians - poverty & disease
go together.
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- PRAY - for
someone living with AIDS.
- Speak with their local congregations about
working with other Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations in
support of the AIDS strategy being developed in PC(USA) Partner
Churches in Africa.
- Seek God's direction and strength and make a personal commitment
to respond to the problem of AIDS in Africa.
- Worship and pray — The message is intense.
HIV/AIDS in Africa has created an immediate and urgent need for
action by the Presbyterian Church (USA) and all of the congregations.
The immediate overwhelming need could feel like a burden but,
we are all working together in God's way - stop, worship, pray
to know the right personal or congregational response. Be energized
by knowing that together we can make a difference through Presbyterian
AIDS Action.
Then phone (888) 728-7228 x5415 for support, ideas and coordination
with other partners. We look forward to these contacts!
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Orphans and vulnerable children |
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By 2010, one third of Africa's children will be orphaned. One of the tragic consequences of the HIV/AIDS crisis is the growing numbers of orphaned and vulnerable children. Deaths from AIDS contribute to the estimated 16 million African children under age 15 who live without mother or both parents. Churches are at the epicenter of this challenge, seeking to meet it with creativity, love and wisdom. They are at the heart of each community and it is there that the challenge must be met. |
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The PC(USA) is grateful for the opportunity to share in this ministry with national church partners in sub-Saharan Africa. We are helping with capacity building and providing resources to expand the ministry of Community Based Orphan Care (CBOC) which addresses the basic needs of large numbers of children and their caregivers. |
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Children at roadside in a Mango grove in southwestern Ethiopia. Photo by: Dorothy Hanson.
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June, 2004 news from Africa: Community-Based Child Care Centres (CBCC) is the new and best term to use. "This will (might) reduce the stigma that often surrounds 'orphans' in the community." (Frank Dimmock, Mission Co-Worker) Gifts through the Presbyterian Church (USA) support programs in Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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Marian with attendant in the Crisis Nursery of Ministry of Hope in Malawi. Photo by: Frank Dimmock.
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To give click the button below
#051674
AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa
Donations help meet the desperate needs of vulnerable African children through Community-Based Orphan Care (CBOC) programs. Many have lost one or both parents to AIDS. CBOC programs help provide basic needs including food, clothing, education and medical care. Funds are also used to train CBOC caregivers.
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Resources
- It’s a Matter of Faith booklet PDS #7433005001 - Including articles: "Generation at risk," "Hands of compassion," "Partnership personified," "Mass messaging," "It takes a village," "African churches"
- Decade of the Child Action Issue Paper Children and HIV/AIDS (March 2003)
- Did You Know? Facts about the global AIDS crisis
- PC(USA) General Assembly actions in response to HIV/AIDS
1986, l988, 1989:
1988, 1992:
2003: (Search for "Resolution on Africa," go to #3 and #4.)
2004: (Search for "AIDS" go to #5, #6 and #19.)
- The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
- The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
- HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Ideas for Congregations - PC(USA) National Health Ministries
- Medicines to Africa: two perspectives
- "Taking aim at AIDS," by John D. Filiatreau—Presbyterians Today, September 2001
- AIDS Action Committees - to build Presbyterian AIDS Action Committees in the U.S. who will link with PC(USA) Partner Churches in Africa.
- AIDS Talking Points
- Questions to answer before embarking on a medical mission trip
- Sermon
- Terms to use when writing about HIV/AIDS
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