AIDS In Africa Articles

Responding to the needs of the hour

31 August 2015, Nairobi – Jesuit AIDS projects are shaped in response to the “needs of the hour” and constantly seek to adapt to the changing scenarios of AIDS in Africa. During the Nairobi meeting in July, Jesuits and co-workers involved in different aspects of AIDS ministry across sub-Saharan Africa

AJAN is found where AIDS and Jesuits meet

31 August 2015, Nairobi – “AJAN is found where AIDS and Jesuits meet.” At first glance, this statement could seem somewhat odd. But if you take a moment to think about it, you’ll find a precise way of defining just where the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) is at work.

AJANews 141 – June 2015

In this issue of AJANews, we pay tribute to Fr Jean Claude Michel SJ who died in Kigali on 17 June at the age of 86. In a life lived purely at the service of others, one of the many roles Fr Jean Claude filled was that of ecclesiastical assistant

Zambia: Bring treatment closer to home

Dorothy takes three days to walk to and from the hospital that stocks the medication she needs to stay alive. Carrying food and blankets to see her through the unwelcome trip, the elderly Zambian woman takes days to recover when she returns home, nursing legs swollen from tramping through the

Central African Republic: Candlelight Memorial Day

Dominique Lare Kassoa SJ, coordinator of the Centre d’Information d’Education et d’Ecoute that forms part of the Catholic University Centre of the University of Bangui. On 30 May, the streets of Bangui saw a big march for victims of AIDS to mark Candlelight Memorial Day. Around 400 people attended the event in the

It is thanks to Fr Jean Claude that we are the community we are today

Pierre Dongier and Yvonne Umurungi of the Christian Life Community (CLC) in Rwanda – some members are pictured above – pay tribute to Fr Jean Claude Michel SJ. Fr Jean Claude spent more than 60 years in Africa. He was a tireless teacher and builder in Congo, where he first went

A life well lived and completely dedicated to God

Fr Marcel Uwineza SJ, Jesuit Regional House, Kigali, Rwanda Fr Jean Claude Michel SJ went about his work in Kigali conscientiously until 14 June 2015, when he felt very weak. The following day, the elderly Jesuit was hospitalized. In the evening he asked the members of his Jesuit community to

AJANews 140 – May 2015

AJAN House, the coordinating hub of the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) based in Kangemi, Nairobi, often welcomes young Jesuits for placements as part of their formation. In this issue of AJANews, we bring you the reflections of Daniel from Canada and Martin from Nigeria. We also share the

The struggle to be self-supporting

Forty-six-year-old Elizabeth Kasim (pictured above) from Kibera is a member of Mirror of Hope, a faith-based organization supported by AJAN that helps women living with HIV. She is single-handedly raising her two children plus the three children of her brother who died. When I first joined Mirror of Hope, I

Matching my perceptions to reality

Martin Ihezie SJ from the Jesuit Province of North-West Africa arrived at AJAN House in Nairobi in January 2015 to do his regency – a practical placement between studies. He shares his perceptions so far: The German philosopher Martin Heidegger writes: “We are beings situated in an historical context.” In

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