Network for HIV-positive clerics launched

An HIV-positive South African priest has co-founded a network to provide "non-judgemental" support for religious leaders living with HIV/AIDS.

PACSA conference report - Gender, Poverty and HIV/AIDS

The Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness (PACSA) held a mini-conference during February 2004, focusing on the links between gender, poverty and HIV/AIDS. The conference was hosted by PACSA as a result of a research process the organisation underwent with 30 women living in the Mpumuze semi-rural area outside Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.

Call for papers - Multidisciplinary forum of child and youth research, with a focus on HIV/AIDS

HIVAN (Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking) is a research, networking and advocacy organisation attached to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. HIVAN is convening a two-day forum on the 26th and 27th of November 2004 in Durban and will present various in-house projects which link biomedical and social science research with practice. Other researchers across multiple disciplines in the field of childhood studies and HIV/AIDS are invited to share this platform to present their work. The Forum will be open to both academics and practitioners.

PACSA Research Report - Churches and HIV/AIDS

The Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness (PACSA) recently released a report on their Research Project - Churches and HIV/AIDS. This research project explored how local churches integrate HIV/AIDS into the life and ministries of the church and how those directly affected by HIV/AIDS experience this integration.

WCRP/HIVAN Religious Leaders and HIV/AIDS Researchers Forum - November 2004

The World Conference on Religions for Peace (WCRP) and HIVAN (Centre for HIV and AIDS Networking) co-hosted their final forum of the 2004 programme series for religious leaders and HIV/AIDS researchers on 24 November at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine.

Church announces US-funded HIV/AIDS initiative

The Anglican Church has announced plans to launch a US $10 million HIV/AIDS education initiative in southern Africa, the South African Press Association reported.

Sinakekele Children – Take Good Care of Us

Sinakekele Children is a ministry and Non-Profit Organisation concerned with caring for abandoned babies and children, many of whom are directly affected by HIV/AIDS.

Learning Together for the Future - WCRP/HIVAN Youth Forum, March 2005

In the knowledge that empowering youth has become a pivotal goal in all programmes focused on HIV/AIDS and social change, the partnership between the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) and the Centre for HIV and AIDS Networking (HIVAN) has introduced a new track of Youth Forum sessions for 2005, themed as: “Learning Together for the Future?.

'Buddies' offer emotional support

When Fatima Sayed (not her real name), an HIV-positive mother, is feeling down she knows she can pick up the phone and call her 'buddy', Amina Nordien, who signed up as a volunteer friend and mentor to Muslims living with the virus in Cape Town, South Africa.

April 2005 WCRP-HIVAN Forum: “What are FBOs doing about HIV/AIDS??

Welcoming the Forum guests to the April 2005 session, Paddy Meskin of the World Conference on Religion and Peace summarised the history and purpose of the Forum’s aims and objectives: to frame the HIV/AIDS pandemic, its effects on and implications for society, within religious and spiritual as well as biomedical and clinical contexts. At this juncture in the programme series, it seemed appropriate to review and reflect on efforts made in recent years by FBOs in responding to HIV and AIDS.