Orphans and Vulnerable Children - The Church's Response

Transformation is essentially a God process. Can the less tangible as well as tangible aspects of this process be measured in a meaningful way as we engage in holistic development? This session will present some case studies to help us identify various indicators of transformation and propose models to evaluate holistic development programs.

Moved by our compassion and the example of Christ to care for vulnerable and marginalized people suffering the ravages of disease, our response is often to build a clinic and send doctors and nurses to provide care. However, that assumes that if we build the clinic, people will come and if they come, they and their families will get healthy and stay healthy. Together we will explore the meaning of “health”, what is Community-Based Primary Health Care, and learn about three methodologies for prevention and cure at the community level..