Christian Connections for International Health - CCIH

CCIH - Christian Connections for International Health is a member organization, founded in 1987, of 132 Christian organizations, 33 secular affiliates and about 300 individuals.

CCIH promotes international health and wholeness from a Christian perspective through the exchange of information, networking, advocacy, dialogue, research, fellowship and partnership building. Services include an annual conference, five listservs (News, AIDS, ABCplus, Christian Hospitals, Haiti) and a website dedicated to sharing information about Christian international health, including the activities of the individuals and organizations in our network.  

Through participation in conferences, meetings and other fora, CCIH ensures that a voice which promotes the value and potential of the faith-based international health community is heard and considered. In addition to sharing information and raising awareness, CCIH encourages collaboration among its membership and within the wider Christian community, as well as between faith-based organizations and local, national, international and multinational communities. Community Health, HIV Prevention and Family Planning are current emphases of the organization.

FLAEM

FLAEM provides HIV/AIDS education and biblical teaching on marriage, the family and sexuality. FLAEM's facilitators train and mentor church leaders, church members, school teachers and community leaders, empowering them to be agents of compassion and change in their communities. Family Life and Aids Education Ministry was founded in response to the pressing need for sound Biblical teaching on Family Life and the AIDS pandemic. FLAEM was registered in Malawi on 17th March 2000 under the Trustees Incorporation Act.

Hands at Work

Hands@Work are a Christian non-profit organisation working in vulnerable communities across sub-Saharan Africa where HIV/AIDS, poverty and numbers of orphans are highest and support structures are very low. We help the local church in those communities to effectively care for the orphaned and vulnerable. Our ministry is to all those in need, regardless of race, class or religion

Masibambisane - MCDC

MCDC - Masibambisane is a Christian organisation that wants to give glory to God and radiate the love of Christ by involving and working together with churches to provide effective care and development of 20 000 orphans and vulnerable children and their families throughout the wider KwaMhlanga area by 2015.

Scripture Union Zimbabwe

Scripture Union Zimbabwe is an autonomous organistion in each country, linked together by Scripture Union International. It is primarily a volunteer organisation with a small number of full-time staff training, encouraging and coordinating ministry workers around the world.

eThembeni (Place of hope)

Ethembeni, which means ‘Places of Hope’, and has the following mission statement: ‘To provide spiritual, emotional and practical assistance to families affected by HIV & AIDS in the Mpophomeni area through the provision of home based care, family support with a focus on vulnerable children and residential care for terminally ill people.’

Ethembeni has four specific programmes at present, a residential care unit, a family support programme, the Mpophomeni Family Centre working with orphans and vulnerable children and the mentoring of community based organisations. Today our family support program provides a holistic intervention incorporating not only home based care for the sick but also food security, income generation and psychosocial support. On average, we visit 45 - 50 families a month totalling over 200 adults and children.

uMephi Project

uMephi is a programme that was founded by the AFM Executive Welfare Council to help children in need. uMephi strives to improve the quality of life of children in need, irrespective of race, religion or nationality. “uMephi” was derived from the Bible story in which Mephiboseth, son of Jonathan was orphaned, disabled and had to beplaced in “alternative care”.  A child who had nobody whom he could call his own and had to live with the shame of his and his parents past. Mephiboseth was also a child who was rescued, through the kindness of God shown through the King, who was re-instated in his position as ‘n person who had worth, who had his own land and who could live the rest of his life with dignity.

Christian HIV/AIDS Alliance.

Christian HIV/AIDS Alliance is a network of Christian agencies, churches and individuals praying and working together to serve and empower those affected by HIV/AIDS. Their vision is to see a mobilised UK Christian community which is aware of and active in compassionate Christian responses to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Family Impact

Family Impact exists to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in family life and relationships. Healthy family life is important to individual fulfilment, social stability and sustainable development , especially in the context of HIV and AIDS.  As a Christian organization we are confident that family is not an endangered species because family is rooted in God's character and in His creation.  Our vision is that God's plan for the family and relationships is accepted as the norm in Africa as families delight in Jesus and celebrate life together.

HARC - the HIV, AIDS and Religion Collaborative

HARC is an international community that brings together researchers who are concerned with the interface between HIV and religion. HARC’s members come from different academic disciplines and different professional perspectives. Many of them are based in academic situations, both religious and otherwise. But what makes their work useful and relevant is the degree to which they connect with those whose primary focus is advocacy or care: concerns which in themselves need good research to support their work.

Hands @ Work.

Hands at Work Africa dreams of the local Church in Africa effectively caring for the dying, orphans and widows, and unified in this mission with the Church outside Africa.

HospiVision.

HospiVision is a faith-based organization specializing in psycho-social and spiritual care, counseling and training, as well as physical support, in the health-care environment. HospiVision presents a value based HIV and AIDS program for faith communities called “Choose life” (Funded by USAID). CABSA was instrumental in designing the course material and coordinates the “Choose life” program in the Western Cape.

Mfesane

Mfesane is a Christian development agency established to empower the poor and disabled to achieve their full potential and participation in society.

PACSA

The Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness (PACSA) is an independent ecumenical non-governmental organisation committed to the transformation of our society based on principles of freedom, equality, human dignity and mutual respect.

Prisma

Prisma is an association of Christian organisations active in international aid and welfare development who regard eradication of poverty as a communal responsibility. By dialogue and co-operation with one another they want to strengthen their fight against poverty in the world.

Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference.

The Catholic Church in southern Africa is a major provider of care, treatment and support to infected and affected people. Information is available on the webpage of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference.

Strategies for Hope.

Congratulations to our partners at Strategies for Hope, who have now produced over a million copies of their excellent books and videos on HIV and AIDS care, support and prevention.

Click here for more about what they provide.

Strategies for Hope materials are available in several languages and aim to promote informed, effective, community-based approaches to HIV and AIDS, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. These include the Called to Care toolkit of practical handbooks for use by church leaders, the Stepping Stones training package on gender, communication and relationship skills, and the video What Can I Do? featuring the HIV ministry of Canon Gideon Byamugisha of Uganda.

Swaziland Reformed Church and Shiselweni Reformed Church Home-Based Care

Visit the webpage of the Swaziland Reformed Church to read about the work they do and the challenges they face.

 You can also read the wonderful story of Shiselweni Reformed Church Home-Based Care

The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance.

Wola Nani.

The core business of Wola Nani is the provision of psychosocial support to HIV infected persons. Through a counselling and case management approach, coupled with skills training and income generation opportunities, they can attain the necessary skills to help themselves achieve a better quality of life. Complementary holistic family and community support includes support groups, child health monitoring and day care, plus home based care to help families look after their loved ones living with the disease.

AIDSPortal

AIDSPortal is a global information sharing network, facilitated by technology, and driven by people. AIDSPortal provides simple tools to support global collaboration and knowledge sharing among new and existing networks of people responding to the AIDS epidemic. The resource library is organised around key policy and financing initiatives (such as Universal Access), key programmatic issues (such as Orphans and Vulnerable Children) and regions and countries (including a page on South Africa).

CORE Initiative

Strengthening Community Solutions to HIV/AIDS. The CORE Initiative partners with community and faith-based groups to advance multi-sectoral responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through grants, capacity building, and networking.

HIV-911

HIV-911 is a national helpline which members of the public may call if they want information about HIV/AIDS-related service providers in their communities. HIV-911 is linked to a database of HIV/AIDS service providers which was developed by the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN) and is reputed to be the most comprehensive in the country. Call 086 448 911

HIVAN

HIVAN’s primary purpose is to promote, conduct, and build capacity for research that is responsive to, and contributes to alleviating the circumstances of, people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS

ICPCN

Children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions have very specific and unique palliative care needs, often different to those of adults. The International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) shares a vision that these total needs should be met to encompass physical, emotional, spiritual and developmental aspects of care.

SAfAIDS

SAfAIDS' mission is to promote effective and ethical development responses to the epidemic and its impact through HIV/AIDS knowledge management, capacity building, advocacy, policy analysis and research.

Bible Media

^{Bible Media conveys the message of the Bible through all available print and electronic media. It produces high-quality products to meet believers’ spiritual needs and to reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Visit Bible Media's website}

Charity SA

www.charitysa.co.za - South Africa's charities represented in one place

One of the valuable partners of Charitysa is www.travel-informed.co.za - travel South Africa, Southern Africa and the rest of the World

Christians.co.za

Connect Network

Connect Network facilitates the networking of Christian organizations, Churches and individuals to empower, equip, unite, optimize, train, support, encourage and share resources to enhance the Christian response to Women and Children at risk in Cape Town so that each one has the opportunity to become all that God intends them to be. This is done through collaboration on common issues, Quality Improvement System where members commit to improving the quality of their organisation in a peer learning environment, Advocacy and network forums.

Cross Connections.net

CrossConnections.Net is a Durban based Internet networking ministry that connect people of the cross. Their information exchange platform will allow more of us to know (a) Who the Holy Spirit is leading to do What, When and Where (WWWW) and to (b) Connect, Communicate, Collaborate and Coordinate (CCCC).

Diakonia

 “Diakonia Council of Churches is an ecumenical agency inspired by the Holy Spirit to serve the local churches, striving towards a transformed society.”

Die Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika

Die Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid Afrika bied meer inligting oor hulle belydenis, bediening en publikasies op hulle webblad.

Dominee.co.za

Kyk gerus by Dominee.co.za, die webwerf vir gelowiges!

Good News Media

NG Kerk

NG Kerk: Teologiese Fakulteit

Die webblad van Fakulteit Teologie, Universiteit van Pretoria bedien primêr predikante van die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk en die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk .

Search 2 Support

 www.search2support.com – where every search is a good deed

The idea behind www.search2support.com is to make it as easy as possible for people to support charities online – one search at a time.

Searching for information on the internet is probably one of the most common activities in the world today. Users can now build their own customised search engines with Google – these search engines will still provide the exact same results as regular Google searches does.

www.charitysa.co.za therefore decided to launch our very own custom search engine. What makes www.search2support.com different? Well, every time you search for information using www.search2support.com your search is sponsored and this income is used to keep www.charitysa.co.za online, pay for development and marketing as well as supporting charities in South Africa.

And every search will give you the same results as www.google.com so there really is no reason not to make the switch to www.search2support.com

The Micah Network

The Micah Network is a group of 300 Christian relief, development and justice organisations from 75 countries. Micah Network was formed in 1999 with the aims to: