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Local Church Recognized for Effective Treatment Programs
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, FEB. 9, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, with other local partners, is being given the responsibility for the administration of a U.S. grant for treating HIV patients.
Catholic Relief Services, the international humanitarian agency of the U.S. bishops’ conference, had been managing the grant money, but recently turned this responsibility over to the Southern African conference as well as to St. Mary’s Hospital and the Institute for Youth Development-South Africa.
In a statement released after last week’s handover event, Ruth Stark, the head of Catholic Relief Services in South Africa, said the move “honors the commitment and success of the Catholic Church in caring for the world’s largest population of people with HIV.”
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, FEB. 9, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, with other local partners, is being given the responsibility for the administration of a U.S. grant for treating HIV patients.
Catholic Relief Services, the international humanitarian agency of the U.S. bishops’ conference, had been managing the grant money, but recently turned this responsibility over to the Southern African conference as well as to St. Mary’s Hospital and the Institute for Youth Development-South Africa.
In a statement released after last week’s handover event, Ruth Stark, the head of Catholic Relief Services in South Africa, said the move “honors the commitment and success of the Catholic Church in caring for the world’s largest population of people with HIV.”
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