Africa: AIDS Awareness and Children Impacted by HIV/AIDS (#101218)

Summary
This AIDS educational program educates communities and supports community care programs for orphaned children, health coordinator training, as well as promotional/educational literature.                

Description
Education about AIDS control and prevention; care for children with AIDS. The virtual uncontrolled spread of HIV/AIDS on the continent of Africa has captured the attention of the church in the United States and in Africa. The General Board of Global Ministries has made the issue of HIV/AIDS on the African continent high priority through the next decade. Methods for implementing this priority will be educational programs on the disease and its prevention, community care programs for orphaned children, health coordinator training, and promotional/educational literature.