AJAN has taken significant steps ahead in the rollout of its youth development program AHAPPY with the launch of a new manual and a “training of trainers” workshop in Nairobi. AHAPPY is a tailor-made program for Catholic educational institutions that draws on Ignatian values, spirituality and pedagogy to reach out
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Togo: My life is back on track
My name is Ama Kidiba. I am 44, HIV-positive and divorced, and I have a family of three children: two girls and a boy. The first two years after I discovered that I was HIV-positive were tumultuous times… the shock, the abandonment by my husband, the insults and the total
Christ, Life and Light in the heart of the world
Our reflection for Easter Sunday, Christ, Life and Light in the heart of the world, is written by Fr Elphège Quenum SJ, Director of the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN). Life, Light, and Salvation: these are the key words of the paschal celebration, which brings to a close the season of Lent that has
“It is accomplished”
Our reflection for Good Friday is written by Masy Razafindradama from the Centre Social Arrupe in Madagascar. On Good Friday, we reach the culmination of our progress towards Easter. After a long journey of 40 days of fasting, abstinence and prayer, we witness the passion of Jesus Christ, our Saviour.
Your king is coming to you, humble…
For Palm Sunday, our reflection is written by Br Alain Ragneneau, who lives in Kangemi, a poor neighbourhood outside Nairobi, Kenya, and who worked for many years with the parish AIDS programme there. Today Jesus is entering Jerusalem accompanying by rejoicing crowds. This beautiful Gospel passage (Mt 21; 1- 11)
Life in the spirit
For the fifth week of Lent, our reflection is written by Fr Harris Cleaver Tombi SJ, project manager at the Good Samaritan University Hospital in Walia, N’Djaména, Chad. (SEE BELOW FOR FRENCH VERSION) We are now in the fifth Sunday of Lent. Easter is looming on the horizon, and our
Live as children of the light
The reflection for the fourth week of Lent is written by Ornela Emefa Pakou of the Centre Esperance Loyola (CEL) in Togo. We apologise that it is late, due to technical problems. (SEE BELOW FOR FRENCH VERSION) First reading, Isaiah 16:1,6-7… 10-13 – In the school of God, we learn to look
It all starts with a conversation
For the third Sunday of Lent, our reflection is presented by Time Baluwa, coordinator of Integral Youth Development, a program that forms part of the Youth Office of the Jesuit Province in Zimbabwe. Today’s reading is about one of the outstanding stories in the bible (Jn 4:5-42) What makes it
Joyful transformation in AIDS ministry
Our reflection for the second Sunday of Lent is written by Fr Kelly Michelo SJ, who used to run the Chikuni programme for people living with HIV in Zambia. As I come to reflect on this second week of Lent, it makes me wonder: what if Jesuits hadn’t taken the
Social Media: Great power needs great responsibility
4 March 2017 – Every time we have open sessions with youth, we get asked questions like: “We’ve just read online that some prophet has cured AIDS and even eradicated HIV in a person. Does this mean we now have a way around the virus and AIDS?”… Read on
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