Article: HEALTH-AFRICA: A "HOW TO" GUIDE FOR CHURCHES HELPING AIDS ORPHANS

Joyce Mulama
Inter Press Service English News Wire
02-12-2004
NAIROBI, Feb. 12 (IPS/GIN) -- World Relief, a Baltimore-based
aid agency, this week issued a guide in Kenya to assist churches
caring for AIDS orphans in Africa.
Entitled "Our Children: The Church Cares for Children Affected
by AIDS", the 92-page document underlines the importance of helping
AIDS orphans, and children who are caring for parents with
AIDS-related illnesses, to continue their education.
"You can use your church building as a classroom and church
members as teachers to teach children who cannot go to school
because they are caring for their parents," says the manual.
According to the United Nations Children's Fund ...

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