From Faith to Action - Faith to Action Initiative

Ensure access to health care, life-savingmedications, and home-based care.Provide daycare and other support servicesthat ease the burden on caregivers.Support schools and ensure accessto education, for girls as well as boys.Support the psychosocial, as well as material,needs of children.Engage children and youth in the decisionsthat affect their lives.Protect children from abuse, genderdiscrimination, and labor exploitation.These key strategies underlie the work of community- and faith-based organizationseffectively responding to the needs of children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS and poverty.However, communities cannot and should not be expected to shoulder this enormousburden alone. Governments have a responsibility to provide basic services, especiallyin areas such as public health, education, material assistance, and social protection.Community- and faith-based organizations have an important role to play in advocatingfor — and helping families and children access — these critical services.