Dennis Owuoche - AJAN

Social Media: Great power needs great responsibility

4 March 2017 – Every time we have open sessions with youth, we get asked questions like: “We’ve just read online that some prophet has cured AIDS and even eradicated HIV in a person. Does this mean we now have a way around the virus and AIDS?”… Read on

Challenges for people living with HIV in DRC

4 March 2017 – The year 2016 was full of chronic challenges for people living with HIV in Kisangani, in Congo’s Eastern Province. It would be wonderful if these problems could be assuaged in 2017. Chief among these is a deficit in AIDS awareness outside urban areas, where there are

New JESAM President

4 March 2017 – Fr Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator SJ has been appointed President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (JESAM). Fr Bator knows AJAN well. He previously served on the board of the AJAN Director, co-edited a book published in 2012 by AJAN and Paulines Publications, and has

Treat everyone as a human being

4 March 2017 – People never ever lose their humanity. Even when they are seriously ill, they remain human beings, with a special gift to share with others. Pope Francis underscored the inalienable dignity and uniqueness of each one of us in his annual message for the World Day of

Are we listening to what young people are telling us?

4 March 2017 – Many young people living with HIV are dying AIDS-related deaths. This is what latest evidence reveals. Poor or lack of adherence to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) has been identified from our interactions with youth as the reason why we lose many of them… Read on

Making choices with Christ

Our reflection for the first Sunday of Lent is written by Fr Fernando Azpiroz SJ from the Ricci Social Services Foundation in China, which includes services for people living with HIV. Every time we make choices in our lives and service to others, we are tested. From where do we

Come back to me with all your heart

Our reflection for Ash Wednesday is written by Sr Mary Owens, executive director of Nyumbani, Children of God Relief Institute, in Kenya. “Come back to me with all your heart… Turn to your God again, for he is all tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in graciousness.” Joel

AJANews 153 – February 2017

New JESAM President Read the first Lenten reflection of AJAN: Come back to me with all your heart Pope Francis: Treat everyone as a human being Social Media: Great power needs great responsibility Perspectives for 2017: At the start of 2017, AJAN asked Jesuits and co-workers involved in AIDS ministry what they

Social Media: Great power needs great responsibility

Time Baluwa is the coordinator of Integral Youth Development, a program that forms part of the Youth Office of the Jesuit Province in Zimbabwe. An expert in peer education, Time is spearheading a new IYD campaign called “Be switched on”. He shares with us his views on social media as

From AJAN House

Moses Owade-Were writes: Recent years have seen significant reductions in AIDS-related deaths as well as new HIV infections at global level, coupled with extensive rollout of ARVs. The gains are impressive: an estimated 18.2 million people were accessing antiretroviral therapy in 2016, up from 7.5 million in 2010. However, while AIDS

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