Rwanda: Rediscovering a zest for life – The young woman approached Suzanne tentatively. “I want to ask you something,” she said shyly. “I have no family, will you be my aunt please?” Suzanne had first seen Chantal (not her real name) the day before, when she met a group of widows.
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Zambia: The path of life
Darrin Zammit Lupi is a photojournalist from Malta who generously volunteers to photograph AJAN projects across Africa. Darrin takes photos for Reuters, which has published this blog about a recent visit to the home-based care project of Chikuni Parish in southern Zambia. Read more…
What am I for?
“AHAPPY is trying to shape us into people who love God, our neighbours and ourselves.” Eric is enthusiastic as he talks about the AJAN HIV and AIDS Prevention Program for Youth. His thin hands gesticulate expressively as he makes his main point about AHAPPY: “The content shapes a complete person,
Collection of AJAN Lenten reflections 2015
18 February, Ash Wednesday – Michael Kelly SJ (Zambia) 22 February, first Sunday of Lent – Time Baluwa (Zimbabwe) 1 March, second Sunday of Lent – Ted Rogers SJ (Zimbabwe) 8 March, third Sunday of Lent – Desire Yamuremye SJ (Burundi) 15 March, fourth Sunday of Lent – Kassoa Lare SJ (Central African Republic) 22 March, fifth
Rwanda: Rediscovering the zest for life
The young woman approached Suzanne tentatively. “I want to ask you something,” she said shyly. “I have no family, will you be my aunt please?” Suzanne had first seen Chantal* the day before, when she met a group of widows. Chantal’s life was destroyed during the genocide against Tutsis in
The women of Kibera: witnesses of the Resurrection
Our reflection for Easter Sunday is written by Fr Paterne Mombe SJ, director of the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN). Some weeks ago, I met with some of the partners of AJAN at Guadalupe parish in Nairobi, to discuss the implementation of microfinance projects that promote the self-sufficiency of HIV-positive
Les femmes de Kibera, témoins de la Résurrection
Notre réflexion pour le jour de Pâques est écrite par par le Pere Paterne Mombe SJ, Directeur du Réseau Jésuite Africain contre le SIDA (AJAN). Il y a quelques semaines, je prenais part à une rencontre dans une paroisse de Nairobi (Guadalupe Parish) avec nos partenaires dans la mise en œuvre de projets de microfinances visant
Those who do what is true come to the light
Our reflection for Holy Thursday is written by Fr Alex Muyebe SJ, who runs the Jesuit Centre for Ecology and Development (JCED) in Malawi. “If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbour in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion
Ceux qui font le vrai, viennent à la lumière
Notre réflexion du Jeudi Saint est écrite par Père Alex Muyebe SJ, qui gère le Centre Jésuite pour l’Ecologie et le Développement (JCED) au Malawi. « Si la maison est trop peu nombreuse pour un agneau, on le prendra avec son plus proche voisin, selon le nombre des personnes; vous compterez
The shadows cannot stop this light
Our reflection for Good Friday is written by Fr Jean-Claude Michel SJ, assistant to the Superior of the Jesuit Region of Rwanda-Burundi and ecclesiastical assistant of the Christian Life Communities of Rwanda. I invite you to join me in reading the narrative of the trial and execution of Jesus of
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