Giving Opportunities:
Become involved with International AIDS Ministries — “It’s a Matter of Faith”

Extra Commitment Opportunities (ECOs)

ECOs provide options for Presbyterians to care for others and to assure that ministries and programs thrive. The following projects are ways in which you can help our overseas partner churches address the root causes of AIDS and combat the impact of AIDS. For them — and for us — "It’s a Matter of Faith." Thank you for your help!

You can donate online or send your gifts to:

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Church Remittance Processing
P.O. Box 643678
Pittsburg, PA 15264-3678

* Please put the ECO number on the memo line of your check.

AIDS Crisis Overseas

Gifts support church and community-based programs that address poverty, behavior and other root causes of AIDS transmission. Programs include skills training, education, income-generating activities and Biblically based behavior formation and change. A particular focus is women and families.

862706
Goal: $500,000

AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa

Contributions help support community-based orphan care programs, providing basic needs including food, clothing, education and medical care and psychosocial development. Your gifts will support the African tradition of caring for orphans and vulnerable children in family settings rather than in orphanages.

051674
Goal: $50,000

AIDS Care Africa

Christ-centered care for AIDS patients addresses physical, spiritual and emotional needs by providing medical supplies, clinical referrals, food, household help, pastoral support and prayer. Your gifts will assist in all aspects of patient care, training of care providers as well as support for the caregivers themselves.

051700
Goal: $50,000

AIDS Consultant in Southern Africa

PC(USA) Regional AIDS consultants help our partner churches in Africa assess, plan and implement HIV/AIDS prevention and care projects and also serve to help congregations in the United States become more aware of and engaged in PC(USA)'s response to the AIDS pandemic. Contributions to this account help support community-based orphan care programs and training of caregivers and provide the working budget for the Regional AIDS Consultant in Southern Africa.

051673
Goal: $20,000

HIV/AIDS & Women’s Work Consultant in Ethiopia

Contributions support the work of a consultant in Ethiopia, to help our partner churches assess, plan and implement HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs and to respond to women's needs in the area of health care, education and economic opportunity.

051770
Goal: $20,000

HIV AIDS & Peacemaking  

Support the PC(USA) as it works with partner churches to address both the root causes and impact of HIV and AIDS by empowering women, reducing poverty through income-generating activities and providing orphan care and support, home-based care and AIDS education in seminaries.  While this account is specifically designed for contributions from congregations and governing bodies that wish to donate a portion of their share of the Peacemaking Offering to support projects addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic, all gifts are welcomed.

E053504
$50,000

HIV AIDS Support in Russia & Belarus    

HIV and AIDS are spreading faster in some countries of the former Soviet Union than in any other place in the world. Gifts will support our church partners in Russia and Belarus as they respond to the crisis. Funds will support prevention, care and assistance for those living with HIV and AIDS, training for clergy and church workers, work with the media to raise awareness and the development of church-related anti-AIDS networks within regions.

E053500
$50,000

Grants

International AIDS Ministries works in partnership with overseas churches, supporting programs that provide AIDS education, prevention and care, and sharing the hope of the Gospel with adults and children impacted by the AIDS pandemic.

2007 International AIDS Ministry Program Grants

Africa

Democratic Republic Of Congo

IMCK/Good Shepherd Hospital

HIV/AIDS Education and Voluntary Counseling & Testing
$8,250

CPK– Presbyterian Church of Kinshasa

Orphans & Vulnerable Children Project
$55,000

Ethiopia

EECMY— Ethiopia Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus

Western Wollega Bethel  Synod HIV/AIDS Program
$9,152

Southwest Bethel Synod HIV/AIDS and Orphans & Vulnerable
Children program
$8,324

Eastern Gambella Bethel Synod HIV/AIDS and Orphans
& Vulnerable Children and People Living with AIDS
$18,000

Kenya

PCEA — Presbyterian Church of East Africa

Women’s Guild HIV/AIDS Peer Education
$20,000

Malawi

CCAP - Church of Central Africa

Synod of Zambia HIV/AIDS Vehicle

$30,000

Madagascar

Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM)

HIV/AIDS Education Program
$39,320

South Africa

Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa (EPC)

HIV/AIDS Program
$10,459

India

Church of North India (CNI)

HIV/AIDS and Community Health Program
$20,105

Funding for these grants came from the AIDS Extra Commitment Opportunities (ECOs), SPEER Fund and Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF).