Trip Report: Connecting with Faith Leaders in Uganda
It was jackfruit season in Uganda. Driving down rural roads, I’m always amazed at how the huge jackfruit (up to 100 lbs) stay on the trees that can be up to 50 feet high. In September, I spent a week with CCIH member the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau...
Empowering Faith Leaders to End AIDS Stigma
In the photo above, Reverend Pearson Banda of the Reformed Church in Zambia writes a message about HIV and the Church in the first workshop for religious leaders that David Barstow attended in Zambia in 2007. While commitments from governments and large international organizations to fund AIDS research,...
IT Officer Selected as First Augustine Fellow
Information Technology Officer Steve Mukawa at St. Luke’s College of Nursing and Midwifery in Chilema, Malawi has been selected as the first fellow in the Augustine Fellowship program. The program is supported by American Leprosy Missions and managed through a partnership between CCIH and ALM. It provides support...
Scripture Motivates Young Advocate to Visit Congress
Love is not just sympathizing with the miseries of others, instead it means making every effort to alleviate their suffering. – Olushola Ogunleye, Liberty University Student and CCIH Advocate The account in Matthew 15:32-39 is one of many places in scripture that inspired Liberty University student Olushola Ogunleye...