30 September 2015 – An external evaluation has showered praise on AHAPPY, the HIV prevention program for youth created and run by AJAN. The network commissioned an evaluation to ascertain whether AHAPPY is truly managing to empower young people to make informed and responsible choices… Read more
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Doing more to help teenagers living with HIV
30 September 2015, Nairobi – Teenagers living with HIV need more care and expert attention to lead happy and fulfilled lives and to avoid being defined or defeated by the virus… Read more
Burundi: Jesuit AIDS project kept doors open during unrest
31 August 2015, Bujumbura – The Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) in Bujumbura continued to offer treatment to people living with HIV and TB during Burundi’s recent political unrest… Read more
Responding to the needs of the hour
31 August 2015, Nairobi – Jesuit AIDS projects are shaped in response to the “needs of the hour” as they seek to adapt to the changing scenarios of AIDS in Africa. During a meeting held by AJAN in July, nearly 50 Jesuits and co-workers involved in AIDS ministry in 14 African countries shared about
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… Read
Zambia: Bring treatment closer to home
26 June 2015 – 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… Read more
CAR: Candlelight Memorial Day
26 June 2015 – 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 capital of Central African Republic… Read more
Rwanda: A tribute to Fr Jean Claude
26 June 2015 – We pay tribute to Fr Jean Claude Michel SJ who died in Kigali on 15 June at the age of 86. As ecclesiastical assistant to the Christian Life Community (CLC) in Rwanda, he guided the community in its shared mission to reach out to people living with
The struggle to be self-supporting
31 May 2015 – Forty-six-year-old Elizabeth Kasim from Kibera is a member of Mirror of Hope. She is single-handedly raising her two children plus the three children of her brother who died. She shares her story… Read more
Matching my perceptions to reality
31 May 2015 – When I rounded off my first studies as a Jesuit in Zimbabwe, my provincial asked me to go to AJAN. I had no particular expectations of the mission I had been asked to go for… Read more
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