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Religion and Development Database Religion and Development Database
An increasing number of organizations and programs are grappling with problems at the intersection of religion and development. On this site you have access to the latest...

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Africa and Europe Africa and Europe
As part of its global mapping of faith-inspired organizations in development work sponsored by the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs, the Berkley...
HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS
The ferocity of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has drawn many religious leaders and groups—by insight, compassion, or the practical realities around them—to respond. Explore the...

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Gembu

Gembu Center for HIV/AIDS Advocacy

The Gembu Centre for HIV / AIDS Advocacy Nigeria (known as GECHAAN) has established a faith-based approach toward prevention and control mechanisms against the transmission of the disease. The leadership of the group travels to villages throughout Nigeria with an educational curriculum that centers on abstinence before marriage, marital fidelity, HIV testing, and other health precautions. GECHAAN has reached at least 150,000 people in 120 different villages throughout Nigeria. Aside from education about prevention strategies, the Center also provides training for proper in-home care and orphan care and on preventing mother-to-child transmission.