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AJANews 152 – January 2017

As we start 2017, AJAN asks Jesuits and co-workers involved in AIDS ministry about what they see as the main hopes and challenges in the struggle against AIDS for the year. We put the same question to Florence Anam, a veteran advocate for the rights of people living with HIV

AJANews 151 – December 2016

MESSAGES FROM AJAN DIRECTORS OLD AND NEW! To a reinvigorating and life-giving new year! A Christmas of renewal in Christ’s mission BOOK LAUNCH Determined to live: A story of courage & hope WORLD AIDS DAY 2016 Kenya: Test, Protect, Prevent Togo: Campaign draws thousands for testing Zimbabwe: Be switched on!

Determined to live: A story of courage & hope

Moses Were, AJAN staff Kenyan Peter Ouma Ojunga, a long standing member of AJAN, has launched his book, Determined to Live: A Story of Courage & Hope. In his brief autobiography, published by Aura Books and launched in Nairobi on 12 November 2016, Peter eloquently writes about the many times

Kenya: Test, Protect, Prevent

Bob Maurice Oduor Odhiambo, AJAN Staff Test, Protect and Prevent. This was the theme of an event held for World AIDS Day on 1 December by the Uzima Program of St Joseph Parish in Kangemi together with AJAN and other local organizations. The day-long event reached an estimated 10,000 people,

Togo: Campaign draws thousands for testing

Ornela Emefa Pakou, CEL A campaign just undertaken by the Centre Esperance Loyola (CEL) and partners in Togo did no less than 7,000 tests for HIV, Hepatitis and blood group in just over two weeks. The campaign raised awareness and offered Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) in schools and other

Zimbabwe: Be switched on!

Time Baluwa, IYD Over 400 young people from 14 schools gathered on 1 December to mark World AIDS Day at the Young People Making a Difference (YPMD) Expo 2016. The YPMD Expo was held at St Peter’s Kubatana High School in Highfield, a high-density suburb of Harare. It is an

For a reinvigorating and life-giving new year!

Fr Elphège Quenum SJ (pictured above, left) At the dawn of the year 2017, my thoughts turn to all those for and with whom AJAN accomplishes its mission. May the new year, heralded by the light of the Nativity of Christ, once again bring vigour and life-giving grace to people

For a Christmas of renewal in Christ’s mission

Fr Paterne Mombé SJ (pictured right) It has been my habit to write a long message by way of sending my Season’s Greetings to you all: partners, friends and co-workers who have been part of AJAN and contributed to its works in so many ways. So it has become quite difficult to

World Aids Day

Harnessing the ability of young people to take good decisions and to act wisely and compassionately is crucial to face up to the AIDS pandemic. The African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) firmly believes that young people have this potential however they… Read more

World Aids Day

BELIEVING IN & MAXIMISING THE POTENTIAL OF YOUNG PEOPLE A message from Fr Michael Lewis SJ, President of JESAM (Jesuit Superiors of Africa and Madagascar) Harnessing the ability of young people to take good decisions and to act wisely and compassionately is crucial to face up to the AIDS pandemic.

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