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Christ the Healer Project
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'''Christ The Healer Project''' is a charitable organisation <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.

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

== Who does the Project support? ==
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[[Category:Health in South Africa]]
[[Category:Catholicism in South Africa]]
[[Category:Charities based in Birmingham, West Midlands]]


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