The workshop is the first in a countrywide series aimed at strengthening the capacity and Aids prevention and care programmes of existing religious networks and will be presented in collaboration with local organisations active in the Aids field such as Stellenbosch Aids Action.
Religious communities have a calling to care, support and prevent stigmatisation and suffering.
Religious communities are challenged, in accordance with their underlying values and beliefs, to play an active role in the prevention of the spread of the disease, and also to support special care programmes.