The Upendo program for vulnerable children is located in Kangemi, a slum in Nairobi that is marked by many social problems, among them AIDS, high levels of unemployment, poor housing conditions, drug, alcohol and substance abuse. Many children are at risk of neglect and abuse, and some live on the
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Kenya: St Aloysius Secondary School
St Aloysius Secondary School aims to provide quality education to needy orphans and vulnerable children living in Kibera slum, Nairobi. In the tradition of Ignatian pedagogy, the education offered, while primarily academic, is holistic in nature and aims to form the young students to become “men and women for others”.
Burkina Faso: Association Solidarité, Vie et Santé
The Association Solidarité, Vie et Santé (ASVS – Association of Solidarity, Life and Health) in Ouagadougou caters mostly to women with HIV who are poor and have been abandoned by their families. The aim of the association is to improve the women’s living conditions by offering medical, psychosocial and educational
Kenya: Uzima
Before the birth of the Uzima program of St Joseph the Worker parish in Kangemi, it was taboo to speak about AIDS in this Nairobi slum. In 2004, Uzima (“life” in Swahili) created a space where people with HIV could come and get support to cope with their situation. The
Burundi: Service Yezu Mwiza
The best practice presented by the Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) is a mobile clinic for people with HIV that has led to increased rates of treatment adherence and of healthy children born to HIV-positive mothers. The mobile clinic team goes daily to villages in Bujumbura Rural, the province surrounding the
Zambia: Chikuni Parish Home-Based Care (HBC)
The Chikuni Parish Home-Based Care (HBC) program in southern Zambia was awarded for excellence for its new four-phase approach that strives to offer a more individualised and sustainable service to over 1000 people with HIV. Chikuni HBC was set up in 2000 at a time when many people with AIDS
Winner of AJAN award for excellence in AIDS ministry announced
31 July 2013 – The Chikuni Parish Home-Based Care (HBC) program in southern Zambia is the winner of the first annual award for excellence in Jesuit AIDS ministry in Africa and Madagascar. Read more…
Winner of first AJAN reward for excellence in AIDS ministry
The Chikuni Parish Home-Based Care (HBC) program in southern Zambia is the winner of the first annual award for excellence in Jesuit AIDS ministry in Africa and Madagascar. The Jesuit Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (JESAM) and by the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) launched the award this year to
Kenya: Learning about joy, hope and gratitude
29 June 2012 – In April 2012, my mentor at the Jesuit Mission Office in Germany called me and asked if I would agree to spend my year of voluntary service at AJAN… Read more
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