ourcoord Dear Reader,

What is “AIDS ministry” in the post Millennium Development Goals era? How can we continue to care for those infected and affected by HIV? What should prevention look like? How do we function with reduced financial resources? What does the gospel mean in light the evolving nature of HIV and AIDS ministry?

After 15 years of working and evolving with the AIDS story around the world, we at HOPE for AIDS are asking these questions and many more. The acute emergency of AIDS has given way to long-term lifestyle management. Some implications of this shift include financial sustainability, local partnerships, local integra-tion, mainstreaming of programs, and the impact of chronic disease management. This ministry has provided an opening for churches and organisations to address larger issues of life, such as sexuality, discrimination, family life, orphan support, social concern, social ac-tivism, and many more. Pray with us that we would remain attentive to the needs and opportunities as we serve those who are impacted by HIV in their personal lives and communities.

We praise God for the great progress that is being made on the African continent and the lives that have been saved and improved through the efforts of the teams on the ground. We also look with a concerned eye at some of the trends emerging in Asia. We are eval-uating an increased involvement with HIV and AIDS ministry in the greater region. Pray with us for clear vision and inspiration on good paths to take in new initiatives and new partnerships.

A new record has been set this past year: prevention education recipients make up 96.8 percent of all our beneficiaries, or 688,279 individuals! We are still involved in Home Based Care and Orphan Care, resulting in over 2,000 people receiving care in their home, and over 15,000 orphans receiving assistance. Over 4000 individuals have benefited from our Enabling programs as well. What an amaz-ing reason to be grateful to our Lord, as our teams have shared His love in many different ways!

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MARCUS BAEDERHOPE FOR AIDSINTERNATIONALCOORDINATOR

Will you join me in prayer for the projects as they seek new ways towards financial sustainability, local integration, and expanding partnerships? Will you also pray that all the beneficiaries will experi-ence Christ’s love for them this year?

On behalf of all of the teams, staff and volunteers, as well as the beneficiaries, I thank you for your prayers and support over the past year! May Christ’s love be a blessing to you this year as well!

In His service and for HOPE for AIDS,

Marcus BaederInternational HOPE for AIDS Coordinator

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SUKI/ETHIOPIA

ABIBOU/BENIN

RADICAL GRACE/THAILAND

EXPENDITURE/REPORTING

Suki Community HealthETHIOPIA

An Integrative Approach

The new way forward.

The Suki community is an in-formal settlement on the south-western edge of Addis Ababa in the Nefas Silk Lafto sub city, Woreda One. According to Ke-bele officials, the population was estimated at 2,000 households with an average of six people per household. Currently, 12,000 households are residing here. The majority of residents have settled in the last three to seven years. Many of the community's residents are families that have been displaced as part of the government's program to develop the city center into a modern commercial district. Suki is un-derserved in many ways. Access to clean water and sanitation are limited; Three city water points and one ground water were the only sources of water to serve the community. Many residents collect from unsafe sources in the area. A large number of children have not been attending school, residents were not receiving healthcare and HIV testing services all due to distance and

cost of transportation as well as school and health center fees. Childhood malnutrition, HIV (undiagnosed HIV, TB and other infectious diseases), unmanaged non-communicable diseases, gastro-intestinal illness and skin and diarrheal disease secondary to poor hygiene are found to be the top five health problems of the community.

The SIM and HOPE for AIDS Suki Community Health Project, this year, reduced the impact and spread of HIV and AIDS in this kebele and have improved the overall health and quality of life of the residents. The intervention targeted to transform the com-munity through addressing the needs of individuals and families challenged by different health and environmental issues as well as the needs of the community at large.

Families affected by HIV rep-resent the largest number of bene-ficiaries served by our program.

The intervention targeted to transform the community through addressing the needs of individuals and families chal-lenged by different health and environmental issues as well as the needs of the community at large.

Suki Community HealthEthiopia

We strive to restore the physical, economic, social, psychological and spiritual wellbeing of the en-tire home.To this end, the project avails medical care service, basic need assistance, psychosocial support, spiritual care, business engagement opportunity and educational assistance to families affected by HIV.

Individuals with TB, Cancer and Mental Illnesses are also served by our staff and volunteers. We provide medical assistance and care to ensure effective treatment and health improvement.

The project also cares for mal-nourished children in the Suki community through providing medical care follow-up, nutrition-al assistance and health educa-tion.

Apart from serving direct bene-ficiaries, the team also addresses the community's health needs. Providing outreach medical care services, screening for TB, HIV

and cervical cancer, improving access to clean water and improv-ing sanitation and waste handling are the main components target-ing the community at large.

The Suki team has fully orga-nized a team of missionaries and national partners who envisaged being a redemptive and count-er-cultural community of grace in the heart of the city. The group believes that gathering in common belief is central to true community transformation. They hold weekly Bible studies in each neighborhood and hope to establish a network to become a growing movement in the area providing training, resources, collaborative ministry partner-ship and a supportive community aiming to heal and restore this generation of Ethiopians through Jesus Christ.

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AbibouBenin

by Miriam Stirling

We first met Abibou when he was five years old. His mother was hospitalized at Bembéreké Hospi-tal, just beside the Alafia Clinic. During her hospitalization, she tested positive for HIV. We were concerned that if Abibou returned to his village, we may not see him again. It was vital that he start ARV therapy and have regu-lar check-ups at the clinic. His father was not interested in cooperating with Abibou’s health needs so Abibou was allowed to live with his grandmother who cared deeply for him. Quite poor and living very far away, the Alafia Clinic helped them with their transpor-tation costs to come for Abibou’s appointments. They were given monthly staples of rice, oil, soap, milk and sardines. When Abi-bou started school, he was also provided with school supplies. Soon, he started ARV therapy and began to do very well on the treatment. When Abibou was nine, his father decided that he would come to live with him. The Alafia staff began to make home visits to ensure that he was receiving his ARV therapy. It became

evident that Abibou was being physically abused by his father and his health began to decline. Eventually Abibou tried to run away and was severely beaten and cut multiple times with a knife at his father’s hand. The grandmother was beside herself when she came to the clinic and aske dour supervisor, Boniface, for help. After much prayer from the Alafia team, Boniface went to visit Abibou’s father. At first, he was met with coldness and defen-siveness. Not to be discouraged, Boniface continued to spend time with the father, talking with him in a kind and non-judgmental way. After numerous visits, our prayers were answered and the father agreed to let Abibou move back with his grandmother. Abibou has thrived under his grandmother’s care, comes regularly for clinical ap-pointments and enjoys attending school. One of our goals at HOPE for AIDS Benin is to keep families together, support them and help them give their children and loved ones the best holistic care possible.

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Radical GraceTHAILAND

A relative of a family living with HIV helps assemble bean pole crosses in Mae Dtaeng, Northern Thailand. Team Radical Grace along with boys from a local soccer team travelled to Mae Taeng outside of Chiang Mai to set up bean poles at the house of a family living with the effects of drug abuse and HIV.

International Coordinator, Marcus Baeder, pays a visit to our Thailand team and discovers innovation, progress and the new way forward for HIV work in 2015.

Marcus, Jacqui, Daeng, Ann, Cliff and Lynell meet up at a small café called Have a Nice Cup. It is managed by a woman in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with 20 years experience working in the world of HIV prevention and care. The café is a common destination and meeting place for people working in the HIV sector. The Radical Grace team is inspired. They have begun to plan a similar style café as a safe place for people living with HIV to meet, work and train.

The following day, they meet at the office to prepare materials for a visit to the juvenile girls prison. The slogan on the back of the prison shirts says it all, “Thai people don’t abandon each other.” Young women incarcerat-ed are mostly drug offenders and many of them come from broken homes. About two-thirds of the girls participate in the program led by Radical Grace. They

decide on a name for their group: Power of Hope.

Radical Grace teaches life skills and as a part of their training they explore personal stories, tracing each lady’s history along a graph, marking low and high points. For many, low points come early in life, usually a result of family splits. For some, babies bring high points as they find joy is found in caring for the young life in their hands. It is no surprise that for most, the ultimate life-goal involves steady, supportive, strong family relationships. The team slowly builds relationships and sees how Christ brings hope to their friends.

The weekend brings a collabo-rative meeting with office mates from SIM Central and Southeast Asia (C-SEA), SIM Thailand, and Sports Friends. The time to-gether provides an opportunity to hear the challenges and new way

forward for HIV work in 2015.

• Daeng and Ann (pro-gram directors) have witnessed that the true problem of HIV now lies in the heart. “To protect a life, you have to start by protect-ing the heart.” There are many social factors that contribute to the HIV burden, and to start ad-dressing these means to consider a holistic approach. Sadly, many Thai churches don’t see the need for this approach citing that HIV and AIDS is a medical problem. • In Thailand, more than 50 percent of NGO’s address-ing HIV and AIDS have closed down, and even those still present and focused on key populations only have funding for nearly two years. This trend, as indicated by the way the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is appropriating funding, means that many programs receive less and less funding for HIV and AIDS work. Meanwhile, rates

Radical GraceThailand

of HIV and STIs are increasing and protection use is decreasing. The new ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) agreements on the “opening” of borders will only increase the problem as more people travel freely between countries.• Concordia Dorm serves youth (boys and girls) from Thailand’s hill tribes. Current-ly, Radical Grace provides life skills training for youth residing at Concordia to equip them with skills and strategies for navigat-ing life. These kids are largely unaware of the dangers of certain lifestyles. The HFA team sees an opportunity to not only to provide

the youth with necessary skills, but also to build the capacity of the organization to appropriately care for and educate the young people in its care.

Creative thinking is the strength in how Radical Grace operates in Thailand. Considering long-term sustainability, the plan for business as mission and income generating activities are sure to keep the work strong. The one recommendation from Marcus’s visit was that the team contin-ue on and become a model for partner projects. Radical Grace exhibits a clear eye on empower-ment of those working and volun-

“To protect a life, you have to start by protecting the heart.”

teering with the program as well innovative thinking as the culture of HIV work shifts forward.

Project List 2014

benin National AIDS Treatment and Prevention Program Alafia 93234

Burkina Faso Coordination and Equipping of EE/SIM Church AIDS Program 93881burkina faso AIDS Counseling and Testing 93876Botswana HOPE for AIDS Orphan & Vulnerable Children TrainingBotswana Behaviour Change 97164Botswana Specialist Training 97163Botswana HOPE for AIDS Coordination 97162

India HOPE for AIDS Shalom Delhi 98551ethiopia Suki Community Health 92933Ethiopia HIV/AIDS Information, Education & Communication 92750Ethiopia Anchor for Generations 92942burkina faso Pastoral Care & Family Life Education 93913burkina Faso Youth HIV/AIDS Education & Discipleship 93912Burkina Faso Media Development for AIDS 93883

International HOPE for AIDS Master Project 99383

Malawi HOPE for AIDS Malawi Coordination 96157malawi AEC Home Based Care 96253

malawi HOPE for AIDS Church Leadership Training 96352Malawi HOPE for AIDS EBCom Curriculum 96351Malawi AEC Orphan Care 96255

South Africa Lulisandla Kumntwana 97398malawi HOPE for AIDS Prevention Program 96654

South africa Project Positive Ray 97488South AFrica Today for Tomorrow 97684thailand Radical Grace 98382zimbabwe HOPE for AIDS Coordination 96197zimbabwe Today for Tomorrow 96296zimbabwe HOPE for AIDS OVC 96380zimbabwe HOPE for AIDS HBC 96381zimbabwe HOPE for AIDS Enabling 96384zimbabwe HOPE for AIDS IGA 96392

Project List 2014

Burkina Faso Coordination and Equipping of EE/SIM Church AIDS Program 93881

*All data from non-audited, field-based census reports.