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La communauté du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se joint à la famille et aux amis de John Samuel Mbiti pour rendre grâce pour sa vie et faire le deuil de sa mort survenue le 6 octobre.

Religious leaders are learning to communicate better with adolescents about sexuality and other issues young people face, said participants at a training workshop using materials developed by the World Council of Churches Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy programme.

Pastors, supervisors, teachers, counselors, chaplains and youth from primary schools, universities, theological institutions, and churches met from 23-24 May at the Theresia Residency in Togo to reflect and deepen their knowledge on masculinities, femininities and HIV.

Et si le VIH n’était qu’un virus, et non plus un tabou? Cette semaine, les responsables religieux se sont rassemblés en Tanzanie afin de débattre de la stigmatisation et de la discrimination envers le VIH.

For HIV-infected people in Nairobi, the Eastern Deanery Aids Relief Program makes a difference. By providing a quarter of the antiretroviral therapy care, it helps around 26,000 HIV-infected people in the Kenyan capital to live normal lives.

Ten years ago, while studying to become a nurse, Khadijah Abdullah was confronted at a hospital with a rather difficult patient, a Muslim living with AIDS who was also coping with several other medical issues. When Abdullah realized how isolated and stigmatized this patient was in his own faith community, she became aware of her prejudices and ignorance and she decided to do something about it.

The WCC is absorbing valuable input from communities in Rwanda that will help hone training aimed at changing attitudes toward antiretroviral medication for people living with HIV.

Each year students from all over the world arrive at Bossey near Geneva for a three-month language training course to pave their way for ecumenical studies that follow on straight after. “The title captures the goal of the course,” says Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, the Nigerian priest who studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and is academic dean of the Ecumenical Institute.

Que ce soit en tant qu'individus ou en tant que communauté, il est de notre devoir collectif de défendre l'unité des chrétiens, déclare Melanio L. Aoanan. L'éducateur philippin appelle à une vision claire de la formation œcuménique qui soit pertinente au XXIe siècle.

Mme Erlinda N. Senturias, des Philippines, exprime sa gratitude que le COE ait créé des espaces sûrs permettant aux Églises de parler du VIH et du sida. Elle espère que le mouvement œcuménique restera une lueur de soutien sur le chemin continu vers la santé et à la guérison.

The WCC-EAA is inviting a “letter writing action”, encouraging religious leaders and faith communities to speak out for action against Tuberculosis (TB).

At the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, held in Tanzania in March, WCC communications interviewed Rene van Dongen, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Deputy Representative. Van Dongen spoke about Churches’ Commitments to Children, which is now supported by more than 200 churches and partners worldwide. The initiative was created when the WCC and UNICEF facilitated a broad consultative process around the question ‘How can churches use their influence to improve children’s lives?’

The questions are numerous and visitors diverse as the World Council of Churches (WCC) hosts a Faith Networking Zone at the 19th International Conference on AIDS and STIs (sexually transmitted infections) in Africa, ICASA 2017, on 4-8 December.

“I believe we need an advocacy strategy to listen, share experiences, and address the issues we face in working for treatment adherence,” said Rev. Dr Nyambura Njoroge, World Council of Churches Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy (WCC-EHAIA) coordinator as she addressed a consultation on HIV Treatment Adherence and Faith Healing in Africa on 5 September.

Taking place on 4-8 September in Kampala, Uganda, a WCC and UNAIDS regional consultation on HIV Treatment Adherence and Faith Healing in Africa has gathered to address issues of “faith-healing only” practices in the context of HIV and AIDS. At the core is the question of how religious leaders can partner with governmental organizations nationally and internationally, as well as with other parts of civil society to develop strategies to advocate for HIV treatment adherence, and to build bridges to those among faith-healing only practitioners who are open to dialogue.

La deuxième édition de l’École œcuménique de gouvernance, d’économie et de gestion pour une économie de la vie (École GEM) s’est déroulée du 21 août au 1ᵉʳ septembre à Lusaka, en Zambie. Son but est de renforcer les compétences en économie au sein des Églises.

Marching through the streets of Nairobi on the Day of the African Child 2017, religious leaders from a range of faith communities in Kenya spoke up publicly for the rights of children and adolescents living with HIV, accompanied by hundreds of people, among them school children from six Nairobi-based schools, as well as dozens of youth volunteers.

Marchant dans les rues de Nairobi pour la Journée de l’enfant africain 2017, les responsables religieux de différentes communautés de foi du Kenya se sont exprimés publiquement en faveur des droits des enfants et des adolescent-e-s vivant avec le VIH. Ils étaient accompagnés de centaines de personnes, notamment des élèves de six écoles de Nairobi et des dizaines de jeunes bénévoles.

“We’ve seen in the case of refugees, how the church takes a strong standpoint in welcoming those who have fled. But it isn’t always so easy in the congregations. There are many who feel fear, as we receive not only refugees but sometimes also people of other faiths. In this case, we can see a gap between what the church says, and what is actually lived.”

Plus de 120 responsables religieux et spirituels, travailleurs sanitaires et jeunes gens se sont réunis les 7 et 8 février derniers pour mettre l’accent sur le renforcement du combat mené contre la stigmatisation au titre de la riposte au VIH au Kenya. Des représentants du gouvernement kényan, d’organisations de la société civile, de réseaux de personnes vivant avec le VIH, ainsi que des partenaires de développement se sont joints à eux dans le cadre d’un événement à Nairobi. Axée sur le thème «Faith on the Fast Track: Eliminating Stigma and Discrimination Through Love and Dialogue» (La foi pour accélérer la riposte: éliminer la stigmatisation et la discrimination par l’amour et le dialogue), la réunion visait à évaluer l’impact de la méthodologie du «Framework for Dialogue» (Cadre pour le dialogue), une initiative mise en œuvre dans plusieurs pays depuis 2013. L’événement était organisé par INERELA+ Kenya (le Réseau international des responsables religieux vivant avec ou affectés par le VIH, Kenya) et l’EAA-COE (l’Alliance œcuménique «agir ensemble» du Conseil œcuménique des Églises), avec notamment l’appui du Programme commun des Nations Unies sur le VIH/sida (ONUSIDA).