Here are a variety of resources that might be helpful for an adult education time or discussion:
AIDS
- AIDS FACT Sheets produced by KAIROS (a Canadian Ecumenical Organization working for global justice) in 2006. Topics include AIDS, AIDS & Debt, anti-retroviral drugs, AIDS & women and children, and aid for AIDS.
- AIDS Trivia game -
- Choose Hope Bible Studies- These studies,produced by Christian Aid, offer ideas for an informal home group to use over four sessions. They are specifically intended to provide a biblical startingpoint for discussing issues related to the worldwide crisis of HIV/AIDS.
- CRC AIDS Fact Sheet
- Frequently Asked Questions about Morality and AIDS
- Living With Slim - this powerful, award-winning DVD is 28 minutes long and documents the life of African children who are HIV positive. It will bring the crisis of HIV/AIDS in Africa to life for you and your congregation. To borrow a copy, contact CRWRC. You can also order your own copy for $25 (plus $5 for orders in Canada) by sending a check to Sam Kauffmann, 44 Evergreen Way, Medfield, MA 02052 or by e-mailing samfilmtv@yahoo.com. Please be sure to indicate if you want VHS or DVD copies and what your mailing address is. To deepen your interaction with this film, print off copies of the Living with Slim discussion guide or use the Presentation outline created by CRWRC.
- Kenyan Bible Studies - these Bible studies were produced by the Eldoret Diocese of the Anglican Church of Kenya to help African churches start talking about the AIDS crisis.
- Sample AIDS Advocacy Letters for Canadian and US citizens
- Towards a Theology Of AIDS - This article was published in the Reformed Ecumenical Council Focus journal in July 2006. It presents solid arguments for why Christians should be addressing the crisis of HIV/AIDS as a church. It also provides some helpful perspectives on some of the difficult issues related to AIDS.
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Hunger & Food Distribution
- Banana Splits - a 30-minute introduction to trade issues using bananas as an example of the way that world trade works to the disadvantage of poor farmers and their families.
- Banana Splits template
- Enough for Everyone - an activity that builds on the Food Distribution Around the World and encourages participants to work together to share increasingly limited resources. Appropriate for youth.
- Food Distribution Around the World - provides a visual example of the distribution of the world’s food and wealth as well as to encourage discussion amongst participants about fairness and justice.
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