Manuals, books and films
The Strategies for Hope Trust produces a wide range of resources - manuals, books and films - about ways in which communities can address the challenges of the global HIV epidemic.
All of these materials are evidence-based, well illustrated and written in user-friendly language. Over 1 million copies of these materials are now in circulation worldwide.
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"When religious leaders openly declare their HIV-positive status it helps us, the followers, to know that HIV is not a curse. We used to think that whoever got HIV has been sentenced to death, and that AIDS has no place in religion because it is only sinners, or sexually immoral people, who get it. But this book [Positive Voices] has helped us to understand that anyone can get it. We now feel inspired to talk about AIDS everywhere, without fear, so people can stop hiding and dying because of fear. "
Samson Guloba
BUSEDDA
Jinja, Uganda
LATEST NEWS
A cross for Canon Gideon
Award from Archbishop of Canterbury.
Canon Gideon Byamugisha, a Ugandan priest and a long-standing friend of STRATEGIES FOR HOPE, has been awarded the Cross of St Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
In a ceremony at Lambeth Palace on November 9th, Archbishop Rowan Williams paid tribute to Canon Gideon for helping African communities respond positively to the challenges of HIV and AIDS.
In 1995 Canon Gideon became the first African religious leader to openly declare his HIV-positive status. The Archbishop called Canon Gideon “a beacon…
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Strategies for Hope: 27 Years On
The Strategies for Hope Trust has published its Annual Review for the 12 month period April 2015 – March 2016.
Called to Care workbooks: from Africa to Asia
In Nepal two CALLED TO CARE workbooks, developed in Kenya and Malawi, are now being used with faith leaders, school pupils and parents.
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.3 in the series, for example, is Time to Talk - A guide to family life in the age of AIDS.
DVDs
Strategies for Hope has produced a series of videos, that can be used in a variety of settings.
For example, Open Secret - People Facing up to HIV and AIDS in Uganda.