What kind of programmes does Christian Aid run around the world to tackle HIV and Aids?
DM: We do a lot of programmes. We are working for example in South Africa with the Anglican Church on a huge programme to get the Church involved with sharing and coping and helping bereaved families, but more importantly to be able to speak up and tell people ‘when you are positive, come out’. If we can get it out into the public arena and see it as another disease then we can do something about it. We are working in Zambia where we have a special programme in equipping women who live there to help each other to support each other and to educate the community around what their rights are, because women unfortunately are often affected. We’re working in the Democratic Republic of Congo where sadly a lot of women after the recent civil war have been raped, and because of their rape and sexual abuse have got HIV and Aids and the problem there is to help them to handle this. So we are working with local churches, local communities, local women and more importantly the people living with A
