RAPE AND RELIGION
RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT IN AIDS

DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH - 
Elsje Buchner elsje@mweb.co.za  headed a woman's organisation up until January, 2000 that did groundbreaking work in the field of sexual violence and HIV, she continues that work.

ANGLICAN CHURCH -  Canon Erica Murray who authored a ground breaking series of lessons for parishioners on sexual violence, domestic violence and the
acceptance of those with HIV -  mwaidan@mweb.co.za

MULTI DENOMINATIONAL - Phil O Donnell of Youth for Christ, they run shelters in Pietermaritzburg and Durban for runaways, many of whom are infected.
phil@youthkzn.co.za

CATHOLIC -  Sinosizo Home Based Care is run by two wonderful women, Liz Towell and Cathy Madden, under the auspices of the Catholic Archdiocese of Durban, they do incredible work with volunteers among HIV infected people, orphans, the youth etc...  Tel +27.31.4006500 or ltowell@iafrica.com   60 Detroit st,
Bayview, Chatsworth

*   Phillipe Denis is a Catholic brother, he has also adopted a 12yr old HIV+ boy, he lectures at the School of Theology at the University of Natal and works with Nokhaya Makiwane and are involved in a fantastic Memory Box project  denis@theology.unp.ac.za

* Obtain the Bulletin for  Contextual Theology in Africa's March 2000 edition (Vol 7, NO1) where they discuss Church and AIDS in Africa or to access a copy direct email the editor, Steve de Gruchy, degruchy@nu.ac.za

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