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MACS in Action

	HIV/AIDS The HIV/AIDS pandemic which has swept across Southern Africa is perhaps the continent's greatest ever tragedy. Malawi is one of the worst affected countries. Half a million Malawians have died from AIDS since the epidemic begun in the early 1980s. As with general health, it is the women and children who suffer most as a result of HIV/AIDS. Women aged 15 to 24 are four to six times more likely to be HIV-infected than their male counterparts and the further increase in AIDS cases and deaths expected over the next 10 years will result in yet more orphans, which already number over 400,000. MACS support has focused on educational initiatives and programmes which seek to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS, create a 'culture of openness' and thereby challenge and hopefully change sexual behaviour. Find out the facts on HIV/AIDS in Malawi Find out the facts on orphans in Malawi	Smiling faces always greet you in Malawi


MACS supports awareness raising on HIV/AIDS and support for those affected through: Helping to fund workshops for teachers, clergy, young people, counsellors and those affected or whose families are affected by HIV/AIDS. Contributing towards the costs of publishing Treasuring the Gift a highly acclaimed training/education pack on sexual relationships and behaviour written jointly by young Christians and Muslims. The pack has the full support and endorsement of Malawi's Vice President. Providing funding for portable video machines, monitors and appropriate videos which tour villages providing HIV/AIDS education/awareness raising. Funding of resource packs containing posters and books in Chichewa for 100 parishes across the four dioceses to help parishes in education/awareness raising. Funding the purchase of a four-wheel drive vehicle to enable the HIV/AIDS co-ordinator for the Dioceses of Upper Shire and Southern Malawi to travel to remote parishes and be able to transport small training teams, materials and resources. Helping community-based orphan support programmes started by parishes.

First hand accounts The Tsunami and HIV/AIDS Justin Malawezi, former Vice President of Malawi compares two emergency situations: the Asian tsunami and the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa and examines the response to each by the international community. Click here for the full story in PDF format. The Aids trail Celia Richardson reports on her three month tour through Malawi, witnessing at first hand the devastating effect the Aids pandemic is having on Malawi society. She also found signs of hope: a greater awareness of the dangers of HIV/Aids amongst young people, who are themselves initiating change and in the encouraging work being done by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) who have introduced free Anti Retro Viral drugs (ARVs) in two areas with great success. Click here for the full story in PDF format. Susan Cole King (1934 - 2001) in her own words A report by this remarkable woman priest and former Chief Medical Officer of UNICEF offers an uncompromising analysis of the causes and consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It provides a glimpse into her visionary and pioneering work with church leaders and the government in Malawi and suggests ways forward in tackling Africa's shadow of death. Click here for the full story in PDF format

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