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HIVAN/WCRP Religious Leaders and HIV/AIDS Researchers Forum - February 2007
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2007
The Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN) and the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP), Durban Chapter, held a Religious Leaders and HIV/AIDS Researchers' Forum on 22 February 2007.
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HIV/AIDS response becomes a test of faith
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Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007
IRIN PlusNews. 13 February 2007. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
Local and international experts agree with important new findings this week that faith-based organisations (FBOs) have a major contribution to make to curbing HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
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'Time to Talk': a new HIV information and training resource for churches and faith-based organisations
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Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007
Strategies for Hope Press Release.
The Strategies for Hope Trust announces the launch of 'Time to Talk: a guide to family life in the age of AIDS'. This is the third title in the 'Called to Care' toolkit of handbooks, designed for use by churches and faith-based organisations.
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Medical experts and religious leaders put heads together on HIV/AIDS
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2006
IRIN PlusNews. 23 November 2006. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
An unlikely meeting of science and religion took place this week when the 'Voices of Reason' conference brought together Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders and faith-based organisations (FBOs) with medical experts in the field of HIV/AIDS in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Faith makes a difference in HIV/AIDS care
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Posted: Thursday, October 26, 2006
IRIN PlusNews. 20 October 2006. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
When Reverend John Thomas brought churchgoers together to serve people living with HIV/AIDS seven years ago, donations came from individual pocketbooks. Their work created a buzz, and by 2001 donations were pouring in from individual congregations around the world. But few orthodox donor agencies took note, reflecting an ambivalence €“ and sometimes scepticism €“ towards faith-based organisations.
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Successful income generation experiences: what works and what doesn€™t - HIVAN/WCRP Capacity Building Workshop - June 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
HIVAN. 20 June 2006.
The Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN) and The World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) held a capacity building workshop on 14 June 2006.
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Church strengthens role in HIV/AIDS response
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Posted: Monday, September 18, 2006
UNAIDS Release. 15 September 2006. Republished courtesy of UNAIDS.
€œEvery person living with HIV should have access to the treatments made available by medical science and churches must advocate for this to happen,€ was the powerful declaration that came out of the first meeting of the current Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
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HIV-positive Muslims take comfort in their faith
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Posted: Monday, May 29, 2006
IRIN PlusNews. 26 May 2006. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
After becoming sick with tuberculosis Majawa called the Islamic Careline, a confidential counselling service, and was put in touch with the Muslim AIDS Programme (MAP), a national organisation.
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WCRP-HIVAN HIV/AIDS Dialogue - HIV/AIDS: Urban and Rural Realities
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Posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Judith King. HIVAN. May 2006.
Introducing the first of four forum gatherings for 2006, Saydoon Nisa Sayed of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) welcomed all present, and the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, HIVAN and WCRP are entering their fourth year of these sessions.
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WCRP/HIVAN Forum - Screening and Discussion of "What Can I Do?"
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Posted: Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Judith King. HIVAN Media. November 2005.
The film What Can I Do? €“ The HIV/AIDS Ministry and Messages of Gideon Byamugisha (2004) was launched in November 2005 at a HIVAN/WCRP Forum for faith communities and HIV/AIDS practitioners in Durban. The event was hosted in partnership with the Strategies For Hope project and the Durban Christian Centre€™s Hope Centre Clinic.
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