is an interactive website for Grade Ten Civics class (Catholic) – CCC – link to aidsandafrica.com – great connections!

a pdf file that covers Responsible Decision Making in a cross-curricular fashion through the Grade 8 Phys Ed curriculum (Catholic). Not a huge emphasis on the AIDS portion.

containing questions, information, links to such websites as Catholic Relief Services Site and National Catholic AIDS Network site (ncan.org).

is a assignment designed to work in the HRE1O course

also for the CHV2O (Grade 10 Civics course)

Those suffering with HIV/AIDS need and deserve the same attention which our biblical tradition requires for “the orphans, widows and strangers in your midst,” that is, a response which conveys God’s preferential love for them. St. Aloysius Gonzaga is a young Jesuit who selflessly gave his life caring for victims of the deadly plague in Rome in 1591. Blessed Anuarite Nengapeta is a young Sister of the Holy Family and a midwife who was murdered resisting the sexual advances of a rebel leader in the Congo in 1964. We entrust the African Jesuit AIDS Network to their prayer and protection. AJAN - the African Jesuit AIDS Network was set up on 21 June 2002 by the Jesuit Superiors of Africa and Madagascar as an important common priority and work. AJAN is a new effort to respond to HIV/AIDS by developing an appropriate social ministry that
• Is deeply rooted amongst those who suffer and accompanies those who care for them;
• Promotes responsibility and prevention;
• Joins in the struggle against stigma and discrimination;
• Is sensitive to the local culture, faith and spirituality; and
• Collaborates widely with others.

DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis. It is a membership-based organization founded in 1967 by Canada's bishops, laity and clergy to fight poverty in the countries of the South, and to promote greater international justice. Inspired by Gospel values, particularly "the preferential option for the poor," the goals of DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE are to support initiatives by people in the Global South to take control of their lives and to educate Canadians about North-South issues. Our education, advocacy and fund-raising work here at home is carried out by DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE members from coast to coast.

For official statements from our Canadian Bishops on this site.

This site includes a huge Photo Gallery: “The Faces of AIDS”. It is very user friendly and an excellent resource for teachers.

The site features a video explaining this corporation’s efforts to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. Founded by the Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training. Today, Compassion helps more than 950,000 children in 24 countries.

Information on HIV/AIDS from a Catholic perspective; includes some useful links.

KAIROS, the Canadian ecumenical social justice initiative, offers a wide array of useful information on AIDS and HIV.

LifeSiteNews.com is a non-profit Internet service dedicated to issues of culture, life, and family. It was launched in September 1997. LifeSiteNews Daily News reports and information pages are used by numerous organizations and publications, educators, professionals and political, religious and life and family organization leaders and grassroots people across North America and internationally. LifeSiteNews also produces original sub-sections 3 on Stem Cells, Pregnancy help, UNICEF, NSSM 200, fetal development and more.

The National Catholic AIDS Network assists the Church in recognizing the pain and the unique challenges inherent in the HIV/AIDS pandemic and in living out the Gospel mandate by offering compassionate support, education, referral and technical assistance.

This site offers a good overview of basic HIV/AIDS information for parents.

This website covers a great number of links offered by the Federal government. It includes strategies, initiatives, information and organizations involved.

Strategies for Hope materials are used for information, training, planning and advocacy purposes by a wide range of organizations and individuals, including health institutions, NGOs, community groups, international agencies, faith-based organization.

This UK site offers a wide variety of papers on abstinence education; great for teacher background.

The best Canadian thinking on the public health challenge of AIDS is done at the Centre for Global Health Research. Its web site includes essays and studies with a definite point of view about what should be done.

Find official statement from the Bishops of the USA on this site. Their pastoral letter on HIV/AIDS can be accessed at http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/ctoresp.shtml

Find official Church statements posted on this site, including the Catechism of the Catholic Church.