When the whole world is fighting against the deadly threat of HIV, and it has been a felt need and subsequently a proven fact that the faith leaders can play effective role in preventing HIV. MACCA successfully engages the faith leaders in curbing HIV invasion in the country. MACCA, in partnership with Family Health International (FHI) - a partner of USAID, has been working for the last five years to promote the awareness of the community people about HIV/AIDS. The project primarily involves Imams (muslim religious leaders) but other failth leaders are also invited to some events, viz, TV talk shows and advocacy campaigns. Under this project, MACCA organizes Training for Faith Leaders, Talk Shows on TV channel, Interfaith Dialogue/Seminar etc. In 2009, more than 700 Imams have been trained and 2 million people have been reached through Friday sermon. Table 5 furnishes summarized information from the 2009 activities. |
