Keeping Faith Faith responses to HIV: Mapping the future 10th October 2011, Lambeth Palace
The Road Still To Travel Major Dr Dean Pallant, The Salvation Army
Summary of main points heard today
The value of an integrated, holistic approach
The successes should be celebrated
The ongoing struggle must not be forgotten
The frame of reference of the people must be used
“More religion”, “more good science and good theology”
The use of texts is relevant – three of the speakers used faith texts
It takes hard work and commitment to partner – and so it should! We need to do the hard work it takes to build partnerships.
Community systems strengthening must be taken seriously – and linked to health systems strengthening
Value For Money is an important agenda: “Maximise the impact of each £ spent to improve poor people’s lives” The three “E”’s are central to DFID’s thinking: Economy, Efficiency and Effectiveness.
BUT – I did not hear much concern about declining resources!
The road still to travel…. In these final moments of the day, I will focus on three key opportunities/challenges 1. Appreciating and developing each other’s capacities and perspectives Warm words tend to flow freely at events like this. We have all been very complimentary about each other and rightly so. However, we also know the reality of working in tough places. It is hard work. We need to appreciate and develop each other’s capacities.
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