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HIV/AIDS Stories

Accompaniment for Life

Alzeira Luis, a newly-diagnosed AIDS patient in Mozambique
Africa Stories, Featured, HIV/AIDS Stories, Mozambique Stories, Stories by Region

Learning that you have HIV can be a demoralizing, almost crippling discovery.  Not only are you suffering from the symptoms that led you to visit …

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Broad or Deep

Mrs Zita counting out ARVs
Africa Stories, Field Blog, HIV/AIDS Stories, South Africa Stories, Stories by Region

One thing I’ve noticed on my trips to visit different PWRDF partners is how well the field workers are known and respected in the villages …

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Welcome to Hamburg

Africa Stories, Field Blog, HIV/AIDS Stories, South Africa Stories, Stories by Region

Hamburg is a village (or town depending on who you ask) of about 1500 people in one of the most beautiful settings I’ve ever seen.  …

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PWRDF Contributes to International AIDS Conference Event

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Africa Stories, Campaigns and Advocacy Stories, HIV/AIDS Stories, South Africa Stories, Stories by Region

PWRDF, through its work with Canadian Churches in Action (HIV and AIDS) and its South African partner Keiskamma Trust, will be contributing to a workshop …

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PWRDF HIV and AIDS Work

Featured, HIV/AIDS Stories

PWRDF works through partnerships in Burundi, Hong Kong, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa.  Programs address HIV and AIDS education, treatment and care. In South Africa, …

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Building Community, Saving Lives

Gitega Women Farming
Africa Stories, Burundi Stories, HIV/AIDS Stories, Refugees and Migrants Stories, Stories by Region

Building Community, Saving Lives The Anglican Diocese of Gitega, a PWRDF partner, is located in central east Burundi near the border with Tanzania.  The area faces …

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Congratulations, Keiskamma Trust

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Africa Stories, Featured, HIV/AIDS Stories, South Africa Stories, Women Stories

PWRDF congratulates the Keiskamma Trust, a PWRDF partner honoured with the Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Chairman’s Premier Award.  This award recognizes sustained and …

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A Chance at a Childhood

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Africa Stories, Featured, HIV/AIDS Stories, South Africa Stories

Life can be hard for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in the suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa.  In many households in the suburb of Etwatwa, the …

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Health of our Heroes

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Asia Pacific Stories, Featured, HIV/AIDS Stories, Refugees and Migrants Stories

The HIV Education Centre of St. John’s Anglican Cathedral in Hong Kong has been working since 1995 to respond to the AIDS epidemic.  The Centre …

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AIDS Then and Now

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Africa Stories, Featured, Global Stories, HIV/AIDS Stories

To mark World AIDS Day on December 1, staff at Church House gathered in the chapel for a service of worship organized by PWRDF.  Excerpts …

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