Over and over at this workshop we have heard these words of affirmation coming from, not someone else, but our own lips and I trust our hearts. In that same spirit I am asking you to accept a challenge to action starting right now, at this holy moment and in fellowship with your sisters and brothers that have worked and prayed so diligently over these last few days.
16 August 2001
The Anglican Church should capitalise on its strengths, and use these to bring people together in order to effect change in the war against HIV/AIDS, according to former first-lady, Graca Machel.
16 August 2001
An Anglican Priest living with AIDS has compared his feelings, about the All Africa Anglican AIDS Conference in Johannesburg, to those of Simeon when he first encountered the infant Christ at the temple. "'My Lord now you can allow your servant to depart.'
16 August 2001
On the first day of the All Africa Anglican Aids Workshop, the host, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane, urged delegates to the meeting to be a church that "saved souls and saved lives as well".
14 August 2001
As the Anglican Church works with other faith-based organisations, philanthropic, welfare and humanitarian societies together with structures of government, it can do so much more than many other sectors in doing away with the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, according to Deputy State President Jacob Zuma.
14 August 2001
The aim; a generation without HIV/AIDS is what the delegates to the All-Africa Anglican Conference in Boksburg must work towards, according to Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane in his opening address.
14 August 2001
I have a huge and humbling sense of the uniqueness of this occasion. Here under one roof we have a variety of people, ranging from people living with HIV/AIDS, to caregivers, representatives of the donor nations, UN AIDS, pharmaceutical companies, the ecumenical community and the global Anglican community.
14 August 2001
When I addressed you, three years ago at Botha’s Hill, we were still flushed with the euphoria of our first democratic elections and filled with anticipation for the “New Millennium”. At that time it was appropriate to establish a vision for the year 2000 and beyond.
14 August 2001
One of the issues closest to my heart is the dignity and rights of women and children. It is an issue that strikes at the heart of our nation and involves so much more than simply putting legislation in place and talk about Constitutional rights.
07 August 2001
Representatives from various stakeholders including the Government, NGOs, Civil Society structures, the media and faith-based communities today committed themselves to starting a campaign to mobilise men into active involvement in promoting the dignity and rights of women and the fight against all forms of violence and abuse of women and children.
07 August 2001