Angola: Anglican Church Organises March in Favour of HIV-Positive People

From All Africa-

The Anglican Church in Angola held Saturday in the main arteries of Ondjiva City, in southern Cunene Province, a solidarity march with people living with HIV/Aids, in light of the celebration of May 15, International Candles Day.

Speaking to ANGOP, the bishop of the Anglican Church based in Angola, Dom André Soares, said the march, which gathered believers from different churches, sought solidarity with those living with HIV/AIDS.

The march was attended by pastors and believers of the United Methodist Church, the Full of God's Word Church, the Congregational church, as well as others based in this region.

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Anglican Church donates various products to Congo detention centre

From Angola-

Anglican Church in Angola choir group “Zola” handed over on Friday a donation made up of soap, mosquito nets and others, to prisoners in Congo detention Centre, in the northern Uíge Province, as a way of manifesting their solidarity to prison staff.

The gesture is part of an evangelization programme that the religious group is implementing from Friday to Sunday in Uíge Province.

The religious organization donated also some toys and boxes of soap to the paediatric ward of the provincial hospital, with the same objective.

Members of the Zola Choir group, led by Rodrigues Pedro Banza, visited also the provincial radio station.

According to the programme, the choir will also travel to Songo District for a music concert and visit the Episcopal Delegation of that district.

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