We, the Delegates to the Africa Family Life Federation’s Second Pan African Anglophone Congress held at Kambiri Lodge, Salima, Malawi, from the 20th to the 27th September 2006 come  from Cameroon, DR Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, South Africa, Mauritius, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and the host country Malawi. We met together with the representative of SECAM and experts from France and the USA on the theme of “Integrating HIV and AIDS Awareness and Behavior Change into Family Life Programmes”.

 

We first want to pay tribute to and thank most sincerely the donors whose generous contribution allowed the Congress to take place: AID to The Church in Need and the Pontifical Missionary Society. And we acknowledge with gratitude the inspiration received from Dr. Claude Lanctot and Drs. Francois and Michele Guy. We also thank the Link Committee for bringing the Federation into being, the  AFLF Board Members, and the members of FAMLI, Malawi for hosting the Congress.

 

We propose that the Africa Family Life Federation be declared a faith-based organization which is open to individuals and groups of all Faiths who believe in God and whose values and principles are in line with those of the Federation.

 

Having had time during the Congress to reflect and share together as a family we now resolve to:

  1. rededicate ourselves and our programmes to the values and principles of the Federation and fostering the quality of family life in Africa. In doing this we reaffirm the dignity of human life from conception to a natural death and we promote the concept of marriage as a union of a man and a woman.

 

  1. uphold and promote scientific Natural Family Planning (NFP)

 

  1. build the capacity of the members of the Federation in order to ensure the professional practice of NFP;

 

  1. network with individuals, groups, institutions, governments and international organizations to foster the practice of the values and principles of the Federation;

 

  1. call on international agencies to collaborate with us in making NFP a recognized and available method of family planning;

 

  1. carry out effective programmes for the growth and development of youth and their avoidance of HIV infection and AIDS through emphasis on abstinence and being faithful (AB) as the only sure way of avoiding infection; and to provide care and support for the families of those infected or affected by the virus;

 

  1. work with informed parents and guardians in advocating for appropriate human and sexuality education programs in schools;

 

  1. create a forum for the exchange of information, expertise, and resources that will enhance the work of members of the Federation; special attention will be given to work on a “Catechism of Family Life”;

 

  1. promote the equal availability of quality education for both the boy and the girl child.

 

We ask God’s help in carrying these resolutions forward.

 

Approved by the Delegates on 27 September 2006

 

Signed: _______________________________

          AFLF President on behalf of the Delegates