Youth is a defining period for a human being, a time for fundamental decisions. It is the time a purposeful and triumphant future can be cultivated or the opportunity can be missed. It is also a period of inculcating values and principles of life and helping the youth to acquire
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Echoes of the Maisha Center(Kisangani)
The Maisha Center carried out in September 2021, three activities namely: Distribution of books to the young people of the Christ-Roi parish for their intellectual support; Meeting with the Presidents of the parish youth commissions and some peer educators trained by the Maisha Center; The day of reflection with the
ACCOMPANYING YOUTH AND STAFF IN THE PRISONS
“Accompanying the youth entails creating space of dialogue with them on topics or issues of concern, with the critical aim of placing them at the centre of solutions. It is about guiding the youth to be self-critical, inculcating in them the skill of analyzing the world they live in and
ABE and AJAN accompany the youth of Bouassa- ABE, Burkina Faso.
By ZONGO Félicienne President of ABE. ABE organized the three days of advocacy on Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 September 2021. Youth Advocacy activities in Boassa-Sandogo took place in the St Dominic chapel of Boassa. A public lecture on the current challenges of youth took place from 6.30
Support for orphans and other needy children in schools- Centres Sociaux Loyola, Togo
Rita ALABA, Communication Officer In response to the Second Universal Apostolic Preference of the Society of Jesus “Walking with the Excluded: Walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice”, the Loyola Social Centers of Lomé – Togo donated
Outstanding young entrepreneurs granted work kits to kick them off- Centres Sociaux Loyola, Togo
By Rita ALABA, Communication Manager Following the Health Promotion and Entrepreneurship Project for out-of-school youth in Agoe and its surroundings- which was funded by African Jesuit Aids Network- 100 youths from the the Regional Chamber of Trades who had followed the first phase of the Theoretical training in Entrepreneurship and Income Generating Activities (IGA) underwent a psycho technique test. After the test, the 10 best young people were awarded. The choice of these winners was made according to specific criteria ; vulnerability, innovation, creativity, and management of
15 youths undergo formation at the Parish of Ste Monique de Sandogo, Boassa- ABE Burkina Faso
By Felicienne Ouedraogo, The Association des Benevoles de l Esperance- ABE received $2,000 from the African Jesuit AIDS Network secretariat specifically to help them carry out relevant activities to mark the 500 year jubilee after the conversion of St Ignatius of Loyola. ABE in turn organized three days of advocacy
Lively students of Edmund Rice gain life skills as AJAN visits.
Owned by the diocese of Ngong in Kenya, and administered by the Christian Brothers, the Edmund Rice Education Centre was started in 2000 by Fr. Kevin McGarry as a primary school for street children. It is located at Embubul about 45 minutes from Nairobi, and provides both primary and secondary
Hekima Place caregivers hone their skills through three-day AHAPPY seminar
The residents of Hekima Place would successfully ‘contest’ Karen Blixen’s claim that she had a farm “at the foot of the Ngong Hills” which she makes in her book “Out of Africa”. Hekima Place sits right at the foot of Ngong hills at Kona Baridi in Ngong, Kajiado county of
Echoes of the Maisha Center, Kisangani
The months of June and July were difficult for Center Maisha. We lost seven people. All were on ARV treatment and their condition was not as serious as one might have feared. This ordeal does not leave us indifferent, rather it prompts us to rethink the response to this scourge
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