PARTNERS
SOME USERS OF SFH MATERIALS
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"ActionAid India has been using Stepping Stones to break the silence about sexuality and HIV among development workers, NGO staff and communities; to create more acceptance and facilitate the rights of vulnerable groups such as people living with HIV and AIDS, men who have sex with men, and injecting drug users; and to address issues of patriarchy and related issues which lead to HIV and AIDS amongst women. "
Christy Abraham
ActionAid India
Bangalore, India
Rev Didier Ouédraogo
In Burkina Faso, the Reverend Didier Ouédraogo has been using Call to Me (no. 7 in our CALLED TO CARE series) when training students at Bible schools.
In a period of 6 weeks during January and February of 2014, he reached 300 students directly, and many more other people through his radio broadcasts. However he feels that translations in the local language are urgently needed in order for students and other people to get the most benefit from the book.
His church – the Eglises des Assemblées de Dieu de Burkina Faso - has founded seven Bible schools and a theology faculty. In addition, two Bible institutes have been set up to offer three-year evening courses for working people who wish to improve their knowledge of the Bible. Each year around 200 new pastors graduate from these Bible schools and institutes.
The Director of the Bilanga Bible School (left) receiving materials for his library from the Reverend Didier Ouédraogo.
Rev Didier is working hard to make HIV/AIDS a mainstream subject in the training curriculum of the Bible schools. And he is having success. To quote Eunice Sawadogo, a student at the Bible school in Banakeledaga, speaking about Call to Me: “After reading this book, I made a serious decision about this illness. I have started to pray for people living with HIV/AIDS, and will explain to my friends and colleagues that they should not be marginalized. This book gives hope to people living with HIV/AIDS.”
Students at the Banakeledaga Bible School received course certificates and copies of CALLED TO CARE book no. 7, Call to Me and no. 3, Time to Talk after a training course.
At the Bible school in Koubri, one of the students, Jérémie Simporé, commented: “In my opinion, this book should be taught in churches, as we have Bible lessons on Sunday morning with the church congregation. This book is also useful not only for the churches but also everyone who is affected by or living with HIV.”
We are delighted to report that at the end of 2013, the Rev Didier accepted our invitation to become an Ambassador for the CALLED TO CARE series, having shown clearly that he is one already through his use of these materials on radio programmes, as well as through churches and Bible schools and institutes.
DVDs
Strategies for Hope has produced a series of videos, that can be used in a variety of settings.
For example, The Orphan Generation - Community- based care and support for children orphaned by AIDS.
Stepping Stones
An award-winning training package on HIV/AIDS, gender issues, communication and relationship skills.
Stepping Stones video - An optional film, available on DVD, which can be used in conjunction with the Stepping Stones manual
Called to Care
Practical, action-oriented booklets and mini-manuals on issues related to HIV/AIDS, designed for use by church leaders, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. For information on how to run training workshops using these manuals, please see the Called to Care Users' Guide which can be found in the Documents section under About Us on this website.
No.2 in the series, for example, is Making it Happen - A guide to help your congregation do HIV/AIDS work.