Programme
Overview
Today many
people, among them Christians, still see AIDS as a sinner’s
disease which is beyond God’s grace. This attitude continues
to accelerate the spread of HIV/AIDS due to the shame and denial
associated with the disease. This is especially pronounced here
in Africa where in every 11 HIV infections that occur each minute
worldwide, 10 are in sub-Saharan Africa.
For almost
two decades, the Church was silent to this pandemic, which was
taking the lives whole communities and affecting the life of the
Church. Many churches viewed AIDS as God’s punishment on
those who led sinful lifestyles and were therefore indifferent
to the ministry of those infected and affected by AIDS - including
orphans.
This prompted
the Primates of Anglican Communion in Africa to endorse the development
of an All Africa Anglican AIDS Planning Framework, which would
address itself to guiding principles that would strengthen church
leadership in dealing with the scourge.
Vision: We,
the Anglican Communion across Africa, pledge ourselves to promise
that future generations will be born and live in a world free
from AIDS.
CAPA was mandated
to spearhead this programme which focuses on helping the Church
address the scourge in the following key areas:
