March 2020

When someone has COVID-19 sickness from infection with novel coronavirus, the most common symptoms are: fever cough,  tiredness, and  shortness of breath.  Sometimes people may also have aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, a sore throat or a headache. Rarely, patients may also present with diarrhoea, nausea, and vomiting.  If someone is sick with […]

If you would like to offer your Church Site as a Care Centre, please fill out this form. We are all aware that we have not reached the apex of the pandemic in South Africa. In the coming weeks we will see a rise in the number of people who are reporting ill as well

You may decide as a local church that you have the capacity and expertise within your congregation to be involved in some key frontline responses during the lockdown period. If this is so, the first place to start would be to compile an inventory of the various resources that your church has access to. These

At the moment, a huge amount of local community mobilisation is happening across the country. In Cape Town, this is largely in the form of Community Action Networks (CAN!s). One of the best ways for churches and church members to be good neighbours within their communities and beyond is to set up or get involved

The church has an extremely wide reach in South Africa. If you are a church leader, consider how you can connect with and mobilise impactful responses from the people within your sphere of influence at this time. Some questions to help you think through this include: Am I part of a wider denomination than just

The local church has one of the most valuable resources available in times of crisis; readily arranged networks of people. The first important step to take is to map and become aware of these networks. Find out if there is a church database of members, and what information this database includes. Helpful information would include

On 17 March 2020, the Western Cape Ecumenical Network (WCEN) issued the following statement on COVID-19 “You are the salt of the earth.” Throughout history one of the tasks of the people of God has been to identify how to live as salt and light in the face of the particular circumstances of their time.