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Anglican Archbishop criticises promiscuity
4 February 2010 Promiscuity, unfaithfulness and unprotected sex are an offence against the sanctity of life, according to the head of the Anglican Church in South Africa. Archbishop Thabo Makgoba made the remarks in a “moral state of the nation address” delivered at an interfaith function in J
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Anglican Aids and Healthcare Trust optimistic about future
The Anglican Aids and Healthcare Trust (AAHT) sponsored a Dissemination Workshop for the DfID-funded Siyakha Programme – a comprehensive HIV & AIDS programme - in Johannesburg 28 -30 September 2009. The purpose of the workshop was to share the “best practices” developed. Reports
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Press Release from Archbishop Thabo Makgoba – Siyakha Programme Workshop
The Archbishop of Cape Town has thanked the British Government and its tax-payers for their support of his church’s work with those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. Speaking in Johannesburg on Monday evening, 28 September, at a workshop run by the Anglican AIDS and Healthcare Trus
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Statement from the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, on H1N1 ‘swine’ flu
Thursday 20 August 2009 A number of clergy have asked how we should respond to the outbreak of H1N1 or ‘swine’ flu, especially in the light of the recent statement issued by the Archbishops of York and Canterbury, which recommended the suspension of the sharing of the chalice at communion.
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New Curriculum for Parents
Siyafundisa has just discovered a new (to South Africa) programme to complement and reinforce its on-going HIV youth prevention programmes (Peer Education and Life Skills) and the training of priests that it does in conjunction with these. The programme, “Families Matter,” was developed and te
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Siyafundisa Sponsors Holiday Camps
All across South Africa during the June/July School Holidays, youth from Siyafundisa’s Peer Education and Life Skills programmes were gathering together for Holiday Camps. These camps were designed to build interest and engagement in these programmes. Lessons were interspersed with devotion
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Art from Southern Africa
On Friday evening, May 22nd, the Anglican AIDS & Healthcare Trust (AAHT) embarked on a new, fund-raising enterprise. AAHT opened an exhibition of Southern African Art that ran through 3 July. This was made possible by a most generous gift of art from Mrs. Gail Dörje of The Cape Gallery an
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