FAMILY AWARENESS TRAINING FOR CHURCHES

Please refer to the list of suggested courses below to see a range of training

areas in support of family. All have been the result of an extensive study of

family needs, the mechanics of HIV/AIDS and the human body:

 1.01  Engaged couples weekend

Love, caring, respect, sexual relations, rights, responsibilities,

equity, decision making, role models

 1.02  Married couples weekend

Couples to participate in discussion groups, personal reflection,

and counseling with a clergyman or group counselor.

 1.03  Fathers and sons

 A group of fathers and sons take part in a weekend camp and

activities that require both to work together, discussion groups,

games, camp fire, talks on a son selecting a wife, rights and

responsibilities of parents.

 1.04  Mothers and daughters

 A group of mothers and daughters take part in a weekend in a

secure area, working together on projects, games, discussion on

hopes and plans, talks on a young woman selecting a husband,

raising children, mothers and daughters encouraged to share

views on family.

1.05  Parenting

Development of a growing child, needs for growth, needs for a

child to develop an identity, intellectual growth, discipline, rights,

responsibilities, creativity, learning needs, adolescents, young

adults, values, caring for disabled, qualities of parents. 

1.06  Physiology of the body 

Body systems – blood , brain and nervous system, reproductive,

digestive, lymph, endocrine, needs of water, salts, nutrition,

oxygen, hygiene, exercise, body, mind & soul, nutrition and

water.

1.07  Physiology of HIV/AIDS

Entry of virus, replication in CD4, attack on the gut lining, bacteria

leakage, breakdown in absorption, ARV drugs, damage to cells and

tissues, mucosa cells, cervical cancer, immunity / toxicity of ARV,

liver break down, dementia, Krebs cycle, opportunistic infections.

1.08  Positive Living

Faith, hope, peace, love, family, friends, fellowship, forgiveness,

work, sleep, exercise, relax, clean water, morning sun, uncooked

fruit, vegetables, grains, seeds, nuts and freedom from fear, stress,

violence, shame, blame, starvation, infection, rejection, beer, home

brew, cigarettes, marijuana and drugs.

1.09          Palliative care

Love, acceptance, positive living, normal living as much as possible,

sharing of work, reassurance to family, mood swings, depression,

denial, slow decline, early dementia, late dementia, paranoia, ARV

supplies, gut parasite drugs, washing, loss of bowel / bladder control  

in final stages and precautions to prevent family infection.

1.10  Counselling with HIV/AIDS

Pre-test and post-test counseling, look to needs before counseling,

support from other specialists incl. doctor, susu mamas and welfare,

do not tell too much too soon, reassure on what is done well, seek

to involve a parent who will support, confidentiality, discretion in

home visits, tell a little each visit, focus on  smoking, nutrition, 

boozing, hope, breast feeding of baby, listen.