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ACNS 3874     |     AFRICA     |     24 AUGUST 2004

Communiqui from the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) 
HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Board

3rd HIV/AIDS Board Meeting

The Mazenod Conference in Germiston

5 - 8 July 2004 South Africa

We, the members of the CAPA HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Board, drawn from the 
12 CAPA Provinces, met in Germiston, South Africa from 5-8 July 2004 to 
consult and find strategies of how our church shall continue to respond to 
the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the continent of Africa.

We would like to record our sincere appreciation to Trinity Church and the 
Diocese of Massachusetts Jubilee Committee, who have funded and supported 
the work of the programme and the board from the inception of the programme 
in 2001.

We reaffirm our stance as a board that as a Church, setting an example of 
the compassion and love of Christ, we are well suited to help realise "a 
generation free from AIDS". Our theme hence was: "A new beginning."

The two-day meeting was officially opened by His Grace the Archbishop and 
Primate of Southern Africa and the Chairman of the CAPA HIV/AIDS, TB and 
Malaria board, The Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndugane who challenged us to 
reflect on the theological and ideological differences the Church is faced 
with today. We have therefore resolved as a board that the programme should 
continue receiving funding from its current partners regardless of the 
ecclesiastical differences. The programme should not be affected by these 
differences.

We have heard the reports regarding the appointment of full time HIV/AIDS 
coordinators and the development of strategic plans and policies in the 12 
CAPA Provinces and the Diocese of Egypt. We applaud all the Provinces for 
adopting and implementing the All Africa Anglican Planning framework 
developed in Boksburg 2001. We have heard the concerns from the Provinces 
and partners regarding accountability and transparency issues.

We, the members of the board, thus commit ourselves to the following 
immediate actions:

*Expansion of the HIV/AIDS programme to include Malaria and Tuberculosis 
i.e. HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Programme
*Separate accounts for the programme
*Separate audited accounts for the programme by September 2004
*Recruitment of more staff, i.e. Financial officer; Monitoring and 
Evaluation Officer; Administrative Assistant; Gender Specialist
*An audit committee to work closely with the executive committee
*Annual Board and Coordinator meetings to review the progress of the 
programme and make the necessary adjustments
*Support to needy provinces, i.e. Sudan; Indian Ocean; Burundi and Rwanda
*Fundraising for implementation of Provincial Plans (US$125,000) since the 
ACC Compass Rose funds (phase two) are null and void.
*Five-year strategic plan for the HIV/AIDS programme
*A continental meeting drawing partners AIDS workers, Mothers' Union, 
Youth, Clergy, Bishops, PLWHA's and other stakeholders to be held in 2006, 
prior to the Lambeth Conference in 2008.
*Continued and enhanced partnerships with Trinity Church, Diocese of 
Massachusetts Jubilee Ministry, ERD and ECUSA

We encourage Provinces to:

*Submit regular narrative reports to the CAPA HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria 
Programme which will enable the programme have both quantitative and 
qualitative data about the impact of the programmes in the Provinces
*Make exchange visits to learn from the other Provinces
*Provide both spiritual and financial support to needy Provinces
*Uphold our brothers and sisters in the Sudan in prayer and to strongly 
condemn the social injustice in that country and other African countries 
experiencing conflict.

We therefore pledge and commit ourselves to ensure the full implementation 
of the above mentioned. We acknowledge our shortcomings as a Church in 
dealing with stigma and discrimination and therefore pledge to continue 
preaching that "Stigma is Sin" and reaffirm the words of the All Africa 
Conference of Church's leaders Summit that "the Church is HIV+".

The CAPA HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Board works in collaboration and
partnership!

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