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Building HIV &AIDS Competent Churches and Communities
SEMINAR & CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING IN PAPUA:
Abepura - Jayapura, Papua, 9–13 February, 2012
41 participants drawn from churches
and organizations, hailed the CCA Capacity Building Training on being “HIV
& AIDS Competent Church & Community” as an essential and substantive
program that has also served as a wake
up call to Churches and Communities to urgently address HIV and AIDS issues. They
felt that this was the first time that a comprehensive and integrated program
was held in Papua, and it inspired them to be more active and open to work with
other faith based organizations, form interfaith networks, and to co-operate
rather than be competitive.
Besides valuable inputs through Bible studies, reflections, sharing
stories, presentations, group discussions and exposure through field visits,
the participants were given valuable training by 11 eminent resource people
from leading NGOs and International organizations. The training included awareness
on Key affected Population, inputs and skills on working together with Key
Affected Population (Injecting Drug users, People Living with HIV/AIDS), Medical
Aspect & Treatment of People Living with HIV & AIDS, Comprehensive
Approach to PLWHA: Program Collaboration & Service Integration, Building
HIV & AIDS Competent Churches, and The Role of Advocacy in HIV and AIDS.
This seminar that was held in D’Green Hotel Papua, Abepura-Jayapura,
Papua, from 9–13 February, 2012 in collaboration with Indonesia Christian Church (GKI); Tanah Papua AIDS
Ministry, included Pastors, HIV/AIDS activists from NGOs, people living with
HIV, Churches AIDS Committee, Government AIDS Committee, and faith based organizations.
It aimed at increasing awareness and knowledge of participants
regarding HIV/AIDS; to mainstream HIV/AIDS issues in church programs based on
the biblical-theological perspective; and to increase the capacity and ability
of participants with the technical aspects of building HIV/AIDS Competent
Churches.
The support of UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, Papua Provincial AIDS Committee,
City of Jayapura-Major, United Evangelical Mission (UEM) & GKI Tanah Papua
Synod, both financially and by way of
resource books and educative Videos is greatly appreciated.
The participants hoped that CCA, GKI and Tanah Papua would initiate and
coordinate many more integrated, comprehensive meetings involving all players
(FBOs, NGOs, Government Agencies, International donors, community) in Papua & West Papua Provinces.
Alphinus Kambodji
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