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Christ the Healer Project
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'''Christ The Healer Project''' is a charitable organisation (Registered Charity Number 1118344)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Entry into Register of Charities|url=http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?remchar=&chyno=1118344|accessdate=2007-03-13}}</ref> and
support group for the Youth Alive program of AIDS/HIV workshops based in the Transkei region of South Africa, which is directed by Fr. Matthias Nsamba Labega, the Diocesan Youth Chaplain of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aliwal]]. The program supports young people to live positive lifestyles. Based in [[Birmingham, England]], the group is run by Jim Meehan, who retired from teaching religious education in [[St Edmund Campion Catholic School]], a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] institution in [[Erdington]], now a suburb of Birmingham.

Southern Africa has a devastating HIV/AIDS Pandemic. In the Transkei up to 40% of young people are HIV positive. 1 in 3 pregnancies are HIV positive. The rate of infection is rising sharply.

[[ImagFile:Workshop-CTHP.jpg‎|thumb|280px|A Picture of a sermon being led by Father Matthias Nsamba Labega]]

== Who does the Project support? ==
The Project is a support group for the Youth alive programme based in the Transkei region of South Africa Youth Alive is directed by Fr. Matthias Nsamba, the Diocesan Youth Chaplain of Aliwal Diocese The programme supports young people to live positive lifestyles Deepens their commitment to Christ who invites them to choose life in its fullness.

== Why the group was set up ==
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[[Category:Health in South Africa]]
[[Category:Religion in South Africa]]
[[Category:Charities based in Birmingham, West Midlands]]


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