Launched in 2002, Churches United Against HIV/AIDS (CUAHA) is an extensive ecumenical network comprising some 40 churches and religious organizations in Southern and Eastern Africa. The network aims to increase the capacity of its member organizations for battling HIV and AIDS.
Churches and religious organizations are prominent and influential operators in African communities. Geographically, they cover almost the whole of Africa south of the Sahara, reaching out to people in both cities and remote villages. These churches exert a major influence on the values, attitudes, and customs of millions of people, and thus occupy a crucial role in the struggle against HIV and AIDS.
The network brings together a number of diverse operators, from conservative churches to liberal communities, who would not normally cooperate with each other (the Anglican, Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, Methodist, Orthodox, and Pentecostal churches, for example). The network facilitates cooperation between its member organizations in the fight against HIV and AIDS on a national, regional, and international level.
CUAHA aims to encourage and facilitate cooperation between its member organizations and other societal operators. The network offers its members a variety of training programmes as well as new methods, tools, and materials. Innovative community-level projects are identified, developed, and shared within the network. Projects pay particular attention to the worst HIV-positive cases and those individuals who have already contracted AIDS.
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Cuaha Newsletter – January 2010 Issue
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