Mission Trip to South Africa 2003

MISSION TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA The Compass Rose Society Of The Anglican Communion October, 2002

MISSION TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA OBJECTIVES:

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See first hand the dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa.

Learn how the Anglican Church is helping in the Diocese of Highveld.

Explore the program and resource needs of the Diocese for their AIDS programs.

What We’ll Cover:     

The Anglican Communion The Compass Rose Society South Africa Today HIV/AIDS in South Africa The HIV/AIDS Program of Anglican Church in the Diocese of Highveld

The Anglican Communion 

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Affiliation of 80 million members around the world Coordinates 38 autonomous provinces in 164 countries Archbishop of Canterbury is focal point of the church The Episcopal Church is the American branch of Anglicanism – 2.4 million members.

About The Anglican Communion 

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Began in England; spread through English colonization and missionary work.

Historically, largest in former English colonies, but now strong throughout the world, especially in Africa.

No central administration: no pope, president or chief executive.

Unified by tradition, belief, and agreement through “instruments of unity”:    

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The Archbishop of Canterbury The Lambert Conference (every 10 years) The Primates (Senior Archbishop or Presiding Bishop) The Anglican Consultative Council (2 or 3 years)

In the United States and Scotland churches called Episcopal, and in most of the rest of the world called Anglican.

The Episcopal Church in the USA 

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Anglicanism came to the New World with explorers and colonists.

First celebration of the Holy Eucharist in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.

No resident Bishop for nearly 200 years.

In 1784, the Scottish Episcopal Church consecrated the first American Bishop.

Population:284,000,000 Today, 98 dioceses plus 20 Number of Parishes:7,368 overseas jurisdictions.

The Compass Rose Society 

Named for the symbol of the Anglican Communion.

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Allows individuals, parishes, dioceses, provinces, and organizations throughout the world to financially support the Anglican Communion.

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Mission: to support the programs and ministries of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), which sets the goals and directives for the Anglican Communion.

The Compass Rose Society 

25 members in 1997, grown to 145 individuals, families, parishes, cathedral chapters, dioceses, seminaries and other friends.

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Annual mission trips to Dioceses and Provinces throughout the Anglican world. 

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Mission sites selected from invitations by the bishops of the dioceses to be visited.

Diocese chosen is often under stress from poverty political, repression, or hostile culture or religion.

The Compass Rose Society Supports the Anglican Consultative Council by: 

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Raising funds for the ministries of the ACC: Mission/Evangelism, Communications, Ecumenical Relations and Administration/Finance.

Designating contributions for approved mission projects.

Building a community of people and parishes who support the mission and ministry of the ACC.

The Compass Rose Society Activities:     

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A school in Rwanda.

Christ Church Episcopal Church in Nazareth.

A pulverizer for a garbage dump ministry in Recife, Brazil.

A grant to educate clergy in Burundi in the skills of reconciliation.

Building medical clinics in the bush and reconstructing churches in Kaduna, Nigeria.

The Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, Palestine with $1 million.

Projects in the Diocese of Cuba with approximately $100,000.

The Compass Rose Society Fund Raising: ď Ž

Annual dues, raise at least $400,000 per year for the operating budget of the Anglican Communion Office.

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Seeks to raise a $20,000,000 endowment.

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Population: 44.3 M (2001) Full democracy 1994 Constitutional democracy with bicameral parliament Issues:  Black economic empowerment  Correct social imbalances  Job creation  Fiscal and monetary discipline  Immigration  HIV/AIDS President: Thabo Mbeki

The Problem: The Mandela Report A 2002 study by the Human Sciences Research Council: 

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HIV infection for 15-49 year olds 15.6%, 4.5m infected people (11.4%) South Africans now well informed about AIDS:    

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80% believe caused by HIV Less sex by young people Most only one partner 50% (males) use condoms

Children worse than thought:  

6% between 2 and 14 have HIV Children now head 3% of households

As The Diocese Reports It: 

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South Africa has the highest infection rate of HIV in the world: 5 million people already infected and 2,000 newly infected each day.

The age group in which the highest rate of infection takes place is 15-49 yrs.

It is predicted that by the year 2008 there will be 1.6 million AIDS orphans in South Africa.

86% of the infections arise through heterosexual intercourse and there is 13% transmission of HIV from mother to child.

It is expected that 50% of South Africa’s 15 yr olds will die form AIDS. By the end of this decade about 780,000 people will die each year from AIDS.

African Orphans    

42M with HIV worldwide; 75% live in Africa.

Counting all <15 who have lost a parent, 34m orphans in 2001.

Projected to rise to 42m, half orphaned by AIDS. Implications: destabilization. Orphans 

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Miss school, turn to begging or prostitution, get sick, fail to get inoculated, pass on diseases, die young.

Are disruptive. Victims and perpetrators of violence.

“Putty in the hands of warlords” (UNICEF). Gangs or rebel armies provide substitute families and guns.

Today, fewer people to care for future orphans as AIDS wipes out parents and siblings.

Child-headed households becoming common.

Leading cause of death among women.

The Church of the Province of South Africa 

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Oldest Province in Africa: first Bishop appointed in 1847.

The 23 dioceses of the Province extend beyond the Republic of South Africa.

Diocese of Highveld.

Geographical Area:1.7m Sq miles Population:80,700,000

The Highveld ď Ž

The Highveld area starts east of Johannesburg center and stretches to the Swaziland border encompassing rural and urban areas of with about 4 million people. It is about the size of Belgium.

The Diocese of Highveld

DIOCESAN HIV/AIDS MINISTRY 

With the alarming spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa and in South Africa in particular, Bishop David Beetge set up the Diocesan Aids Coordinating Committee (DACC) appointed a full-time HIV/AIDS Coordinator, Deacon Lynne Coull.

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Funding from the Mpumulanga Department of Health, local parishes and generous donations from overseas benefactors.

DIOCESAN HIV/AIDS MINISTRY Program Elements: 

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Training and Education for and by Communities affected by HIV/AIDS Projects offering home based care within communities and support to children Building awareness among workers, business and other groups of the issues around HIV Pastoral support to self help groups and individuals who are living -- and dying -- with HIV

DIOCESAN HIV/AIDS MINISTRY HIV/AIDS Training and Education: 

HIV/AIDS awareness talks in parishes and other Christian churches and for people in the community not affiliated to any particular church.

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Youth AIDS workshops: sex education; sexuality; reproductive health; basic facts about HIV/AIDS; role of the individual, community and church.

DIOCESAN HIV/AIDS MINISTRY Care and Support   

Home-based Care training workshops throughout the diocese Counseling Training.

Donations of food, clothing, home-based care and household items collected from various parishes are passed onto home-based care projects.

DIOCESAN HIV/AIDS MINISTRY Two Funds have been set up in the Diocese: 

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The Hardship Fund: This fund is used to assist families to pay for funerals, assist in providing food to needy families as also transportation of families and care-givers to and from hospitals etc.

The Children's Education Fund: is used to assist children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS up to Grade 12.

Both funds are independently audited and administered by the Diocesan Administrator.

Itinerary Highlights 

Sunday: morning services in three groups. Evening service at St. Dunstan's Cathedral featuring spirited music of the youth choir from St. James Anglican Church dressed in traditional African garb.

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Monday: visited AIDS projects in the diocese including home care offices and crèches and day nurseries for young children, many of whom are orphans. At one crèche, 36 children cared for in a modest structure only slightly larger than a typical one-car garage.

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Tuesday: Wattville, Oliver Tramwell memorial, Baragwanath Hospital (Soweto), Theodora Foundation.

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Wednesday: All day visit to Igwa Archdeaconry, an economically undeveloped area in the eastern portion of the Diocese which borders on the Kingdom of Swaziland.

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Thursday: Visited Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, and the Tembisa, an impoverished township where housing is in crude structures made of corrugated metal sheets warmed by coal fires that fill the air with a dense choking smoke. Many residents have emigrated from other areas of Africa to find work.

Homecare

Crèche

Igwa Archdeaconry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Piet Retief Parish

At the Frontier: Piet Retief

Piet Retief

Piet Retief

Piet Retief

The Bishop’s Vision 

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Bishop David Beetge

Create a facility combining the Diocesan Office with an HIV/AIDS center and a board of social responsibility for the alleviation of poverty.

The AIDS effort must incorporate education, pastoral care of those with HIV/AIDS, and homebound care.

In addition, a theological college is needed desperately to train seminary students and to provide post-ordination training.

St. Mike’s AIDS Badge Project Praying Our Goodbyes Ministry: 

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Purchases badges from Fikelela AIDS project in Diocese of Cape Town Sell to parishioners Contribute proceeds to Highveld Hardship Fund to purchase coffins for the indigent ($50 US)