AJAN House is the coordinating hub of the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) and is based in Kangemi, a very poor suburb of Nairobi, Kenya. The core team at AJAN House, headed by the AJAN Coordinator Paterne Mombé SJ, implements the mission of AJAN to encourage Jesuits and their co-workers
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“Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” (Jn 5:8)
The global financial crisis, donor fatigue and the reallocation of funds to other priority areas like global warming are some of the reasons why international AIDS funding is being cut. Faced with this reality, UNAIDS has underscored the need to “invest smartly” today to “curtail the need to spend more
Audio Visuals
Over the years, AJAN has produced several videos, CDs and DVDs, as part of its drive to foster an informed and compassionate response to AIDS in Africa. Many of these audio-visuals have been produced by Jesuits who are enthusiastic about music, drama and communications, and their aim is to get
AHAPPY
The AJAN HIV&AIDS Prevention Programme for Youth (AHAPPY) is a unique education package created by AJAN for Jesuit schools and other educational institutions in Africa. Building on Gospel values and on the long and respected pedagogical tradition of the Jesuits, AHAPPY aims first of all at integral development, to equip
HIV/AIDS: A Social Justice Perspective
2010 Fr Michael J. Kelly SJ Renowned AIDS expert Michael Kelly SJ bases his latest book on the premise that AIDS is a justice issue and a comprehensive response to the pandemic must address its fundamental drivers: socio-economic inequalities; discriminatory gender norms, disparities and power structures; stigma and discrimination; and
AIDS, Ancestors and Salvation
2009 Fr Peter Knox SJ This book is the fruit of the doctoral thesis of Fr Peter Knox SJ, for which he was awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Medal in Canada. Fr Peter explores links between AIDS, the Catholic Church and the cult of the ancestors, a significant South African
AIDS and the Church in Africa
Fr Michael Czerny SJ, editor The second edition (first edition 2005) of a compilation of the contributions made at a two-day workshop of SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar) in October 2003 in Dakar, on the theme: To Shepherd the Church, the Family of God in Africa,
Education: For an Africa without AIDS
Fr Michael J. Kelly SJ This book shows how education is an effective social vaccine that really works against HIV and AIDS. It is a sustained argument for education to be strengthened: first, to understand what education is called to be like in response to the pandemic; second, to monitor
Rays of Hope: Managing HIV&AIDS in Africa
2008 Paterne-Auxence Mombé SJ The second edition of Rays of Hope (first edition 2004) provides useful information about HIV and AIDS, their related diseases and symptoms and how to treat them medically and with nutrition, focusing on the means accessible to and affordable for Africans.
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