World AIDS Day, observed every year on December 1, is dedicated to awareness-raising, mobilization, and solidarity, while also serving as a reminder that prevention efforts, as well as the fight against stigma, must be strengthened. In Madagascar, December 1, 2025, was marked by an official ceremony organized by the PNLS
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Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM) Statement on World AIDS Day 2025
“Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response” World AIDS Day 2025 finds us at a crossroads. Just as AJAN begins to rise, reimagine its future, and restructure its foundations to stand firm in a fragile and unpredictable world, the ground shifts beneath its feet. Funding for the fight against HIV and
AJANews November Brief: Youth, Faith, and Climate: Answering God’s Call
In this November edition of the AJAN Newsletter, the urgent question of how we can save our planet takes centre stage. While global leaders meet at crucial events like COP30 to negotiate climate policies, African youth are demonstrating that real climate action starts at the community level. The Society of
Building Transformative Youth Leadership: ZYCS and Jesuit Youth Office SAP Host 4-Day Leadership & Advocacy Training
From 27 to 30 November 2025, the Jesuit Youth Office of the Southern Africa Province (SAP), in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Young Christian Students (ZYCS), convened an inspiring leadership and advocacy training at the Makumbi Pastoral Centre. The gathering brought together 45 young leaders from six high schools, creating a
University of Zimbabwe Catholic Society Hosts Prostate Cancer and Mental Health Awareness Day
On Tuesday, 25 November 2025, the University of Zimbabwe Catholic Society organized a meaningful health awareness event that addressed two critical but often overlooked issues among young adults: prostate cancer and mental health. The programme brought together forty students for a day of learning, open dialogue, and a shared commitment
COP30 Highlights: CA-MDG Advancing Climate Justice and Integral Ecology
November 14–15, 2025, marked two defining days for the Centre Arrupe Madagascar (CA-MDG) delegation at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Their participation was distinguished by meaningful contributions, strategic engagements, and urgent calls for a just ecological transition rooted in human dignity. As one of the AJAN Centres, CA-MDG remains committed to
COP 30 Highlights; Jesuits for Climate Justice campaign group Call on richer nations to take meaningful action on debt cancellation and climate finance to ensure vulnerable communities around the world do not “disappear”.
BELEM, BRAZIL — On November 20, during COP30, the Society of Jesus submitted a strong appeal to conference president Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, outlining three urgent priorities for fair and effective climate finance. The gesture marked a renewed push by the Jesuits for deep, structural reforms in the global
Meeting with AJAN Jeunes pour le Changement-Collège Alfajiri: In Pursuit of Magis
Within its first year of operation, the “Club AJAN Jeune pour le Changement” (AJAN Youth Club for Change) at the College of Alfajiri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has demonstrated significant success in supporting and mentoring youth through various initiatives aligned with AJAN’s model of comprehensive development and
Fruit Tree Planting: One Stone, Two Birds — A Practical Approach to Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security
On 10th November 2025, the Executive Director of JUC, Fr. Patrice Ndayisenga, SJ, joined staff members in a tree-planting activity at Lycée de Kigali, marking another milestone in the organization’s ongoing Environment Conservation and School Feeding Project, whose second phase was launched with a selection of partner schools earlier in
Celebrating Creativity: AHAPPY Storytelling 2025 Tertiary First Runner-Up Receives Award
Mr. Laurent Bujirikea, a student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya, visited the AJAN Secretariat at Africama House in Nairobi on November 14, 2025, to collect his award as the First Runner-Up in the Tertiary Category of the AHAPPY Storytelling Youth Contest 2025. He had been
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