PC(USA)'s Position on HIV/AIDS in Africa
The 215th General Assembly (Denver, 2003) approved the Resolution on Africa, which commits the PC(USA) to mission work that addresses prevention, treatment and support of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa.

What Can We Do?
Pray for people who are living with HIV or AIDS and pray for discernment to know how best to respond.

Learn about HIV/AIDS in the United States, Africa and globally ... not just the facts, but what life is like for those living with HIV and AIDS in their lives, families and communities.

The Washington Office on Africa is a church-sponsored organization that promotes a just American policy toward Africa. Their educational packets cover a variety of topics about Africa, including HIV/AIDS.

Engage in hands-on mission projects. Create an AIDS Home-Based Care Kit for PC(USA) partner church hospitals in Malawi and Kenya.

Form or join a Presbyterian AIDS action committee. Committees in Presbyterian congregations and presbyteries link with PC(USA) partner churches in Africa.

Support Extra Commitment Opportunity (ECO) Accounts. ECO accounts channel gifts to particular mission concerns within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

ECO #051674
AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa

ECO #862706
AIDS Crisis Overseas

ECO #051700
AIDS Home-Based Care Kits in Africa

ECO #051701
AIDS Mother-to-Child Transmission Prevention

Presbyterian Women in the congregations or presbyteries send gifts through the PW treasurer in their presbyteries. Please include the project number and project name on your check. PW treasurers in the presbyteries and synods will forward the money to

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Presbyterian Women Remittance Processing
PO Box 643652
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3652

Individuals, send gifts by donating online using the give buttons above or by sending a check to

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Individual Remittance Processing
PO Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700

Include on your check the project number and name. Make your check payable to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Resources

Print Resources

Women and AIDS: A Global Crisis. A report developed by the Advocacy Committee for Women's Concerns (ACWC) and affirmed by the 213th General Assembly (2001) outlines the AIDS pandemic and gives ways that the church can be involved.

Church & Society, November/December 2003, Africa: Hope in a Time of AIDS. Order through Presbyterian Distribution Service, click the order button below or call (800) 524-2612.

Item 7263003606
$3.00

Web Resources

Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare (PHEWA)'s Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN), provides many HIV/AIDS resources, events and links.