Ms. Elijah Fung, manager of the HIV Education Centre at Hong Kong's St. John's Cathedral gave a briefing to staff at the Canadian Church House about their work.
The Advent 1996 issue of the International Anglican Family Network "tells of just a few of the projects, linked with churches, which are trying to alleviate the suffering and halt the spread of the disease. In this terrible situation there are signs of hope." Article includes reports from 12 different countries.
The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund has agreed to fund a project in Jessore, Bangladesh, that educates children of sex workers to provide them with an alternative to life the brothels.
PWRDF is also funding an AIDS education programme run by the Anglican Cathedral in Hong Kong.