Life for people with HIV would be much easier if they had clinics within walking distance and if they spent less time in queues that stretch for hours to get their treatment. These are two chief recommendations that emerged from the preliminary analysis of some results of regional research into
AIDS In Africa Articles
AJANews 134 – October 2014
DRC: “You need to teach us how to look after ourselves” – “Giving us ideas and skills will do us more good and make us feel more worthy than giving us flour, because then we will realize that we are strong and can do plenty of things for ourselves”… Read
Kenya: AHAPPY is “gold” for our young people today
More than a year after an AJAN team introduced AHAPPY to the Loreto Convent Girls Secondary in Matunda, Sr Immaculate Shisanya writes about the changes that the HIV prevention workshop brought about. “When a brilliant person is hopeless, you have no idea of how much harm he can cause to
Kenya: Responding to the needs of young people today
Sr Veneranda Shieta Lusuli IBVM writes about the AHAPPY sessions offered by AJAN at the Loreto High School in Limuru, central Kenya, in March and May 2014. What I like about the AJAN AHAPPY program is that although it follows the teachings of the Catholic Church, it is nonetheless relevant
Rwanda: The CLC-Ireme Centre
The Christian Life Community (CLC) in Kigali is running a centre to welcome and help people living with HIV, building on years of spiritual and pastoral support that its members have been offering. In 2005, the CLC adopted the spiritual care of people living with HIV as its common mission.
CAR: A profound experience
Jean-Pierre Boubane SJ has just finished a two-year stint as coordinator of an HIV-prevention centre run by the Jesuits on the university campus of Bangui. In an article featured in the newsletter of the centre, he thanks the students for their welcome, commitment and support, and urges them to work
DRC: “You need to teach us how to look after ourselves”
“You need to teach us how to look after ourselves. Giving us ideas and skills will do us more good and make us feel more worthy than giving us flour, because then we will realize that we are strong and can do plenty of things for ourselves. What’s more, one
AJANews 133 – September 2014
Magis Africa 2014: “It all starts with me” – “It all starts with me”. The simple realisation of what each one can and should do to build a world of love, justice and peace was one of the highlights of the Magis Africa 2014 Experience…Read more Zambia: Surprised and inspired
Zimbabwe: So much to thank God for
Pauline Wanjau, coordinator of the AJAN HIV and AIDS Prevention Program for Youth (AHAPPY), went to the Magis Experience in Zimbabwe as a resource person. It was an experience where the heart and mind were interlocked to live in the moment. The experience was that of true accompaniment for those
Zimbabwe: Faith in action
The pluck and openness of patients at an AIDS hospice left a deep impact on a group of African and European youth who visited as part of their MAGIS experience in Zimbabwe. The eight participants of the MAGIS group that focused on AIDS in Harare came from Germany, Mauritius, Nigeria
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