{"id":23586,"date":"2014-12-23T18:18:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T23:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/?post_type=project&#038;p=23586"},"modified":"2021-01-27T11:33:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:33:07","slug":"bedford_congregational_church","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/project\/bedford_congregational_church\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedford Congregational Church HIV\/AIDS Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>South Africa<\/h3>\n<p>Bedford Congregational Church is a local congregation of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA), which has a strong partnership with Global Ministries.&nbsp; Formally established in 1967, UCCSA has a rich history that began more than 200 years ago.&nbsp; Today, the UCCSA is comprised of some 300,000 members, and nearly 300 congregations in the five southern African countries of Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The reality of the HIV\/AIDS pandemic now permeates every facet of existence in southern Africa, with some 22 million individuals currently infected there.&nbsp; Southern Africa accounts for 35 percent of new HIV infections and 38 percent of AIDS-related deaths worldwide.&nbsp; In the nation of South Africa, 15-20 percent of adults are infected with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The Bedford Congregational Church of South Africa is seeking funds to provide care, support, and education to those in their community who are infected and affected by HIV\/AIDS.&nbsp; Through their nonprofit organization, Bedford Congregational Church HIV\/AIDS Project, they have developed a plan to provide community members living with HIV\/AIDS with the following services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Home-based care including bathing, wound care, physical therapy, and medication monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Proper nutrition through food parcels and\/or a soup kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Education, awareness, and support related to HIV\/AIDS including treatment options, financial assistance, support groups, and other community resources<\/li>\n<li>Job-skills training to generate a source of income and restore a sense of dignity, accomplishment, and personal growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Volunteer caregivers will be trained in home-based care and provided with a small stipend.&nbsp; Among the outcomes expected from the program are patients who are well cared for and have extended life spans and improved quality of life.&nbsp; Additionally, community members living with HIV\/AIDS, including the families and caregivers, will be empowered with care and treatment options, receive needed sustenance, access new income-generation opportunities, and feel less isolated and stigmatized.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Your gift of $15 could pay a week&#8217;s stipend for a home-based caregiver<\/li>\n<li>Your gift of $120 could provide a month of transportation to deliver needed services<\/li>\n<li>Your gift of $200 could provide a month of food parcels and soup-kitchen meals for those in need<\/li>\n<li>Your gift of $1,600 could pay for a volunteer to attend a 5-day course in home-based care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","region":[20007,20062],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bedford Congregational Church HIV\/AIDS Project - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/project\/bedford_congregational_church\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bedford Congregational Church HIV\/AIDS Project - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Africa Bedford Congregational Church is a local congregation of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA), which has a strong partnership with Global Ministries.&nbsp; 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