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Fwd:Time to Talk: a new HIV information & training resource for churches & faith-based organizations
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--- Glen Williams wrote:
> From: "Glen Williams"
> To: "AFRONETS"
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:21:50 -0000
> Subject: [afro-nets] Time to Talk: a new HIV
> information & training resource
> for churches & faith-based organizations
>
> Time to Talk: a new HIV information & training
> resource for churches & faith-based organizations
>
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>
> Published by the Strategies for Hope Trust
>
> 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.
>
> "Silence about sex is harmful," say the authors.
> "Silence stops people from examining and changing
> atttitudes, beliefs and behaviours that can spread
> HIV infection and lead to AIDS."
>
> 'Time to Talk' is intended for use with church
> groups by pastors, lay preachers, religious Sisters,
> catechists, trainers, leaders of Christian men's and
> women's organisations and other lay church leaders.
> It is based on a series of workshops for local
> church leaders and their spouses, run by the
> Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi.
>
> The book contains guidelines for running group
> activities - role plays, games, quizzes,
> discussions, Bible readings and other participatory
> exercises. These are all designed to help men and
> women examine the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours
> that can spread HIV and, if necessary, make changes
> in their own lives. The book also contains
> attractive illustrations, relevant Bible readings
> and basic information (in simple, non-technical
> language) about HIV and AIDS.
>
> The authors of 'Time to Talk' are two church leaders
> with a long, in-depth experience of HIV and AIDS in
> sub-Saharan Africa: the Rt Rev James Tengatenga is
> the Anglican Bishop of Southern Malawi; the Rev Dr
> Anne Bayley, formerly a Professor of Medicine in
> Lusaka, Zambia, was one of the first women to be
> ordained a priest by the Church of England.
>
> "Our Family Life workshops in Southern Malawi," the
> authors write, "were designed to help couples to
> talk openly with one another about issues related to
> sex, culture and the wife-husband relationship. We
> have found that, once the taboo about discussing
> these issues is broken, couples experience a sense
> of liberation. They become free to discuss topics
> which previously they would never have mentioned."
>
> Called to Care toolkit no. 3: Time to Talk: a guide
> to family life in the age of AIDS (44 pages, A4
> size) is published by the Strategies for Hope Trust
> (sfh (at) stratshope.org) and is distributed by TALC,
> P.O. Box 49, St Albans AL1 5TX, U.K. Email:
> info (at) talcuk.org. Tel.: +44 (0)1727 853869.
> Website: http://www.talcuk.org.
>
> 'Time to Talk' can also be downloaded from the
> Strategies for Hope website (www.stratshope.org).
> For further enquiries, please contact the Series
> Editor, Strategies for Hope, 93 Divinity Road,
> Oxford OX4 1LN, U.K. Email:
> mailto:sfh (at) stratshope.org. Tel.: +44 (0)1865
> 723078.
>
> --
> Glen Williams
> Strategies for Hope Trust
> mailto:sfh (at) stratshope.org
>
Adebayo Samuel
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