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AJANews 123 – October 2013

DRC: More needs to be done for HIV+ survivors of sexual violence–Between May and July 2013, Kenyan Jesuit Augostine Ekeno SJ visited South Kivu in eastern Congo to research sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) on behalf of AJAN, of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Eastern Africa and the Hekima Institute

Burundi: Renewing enthusiasm for the Stop SIDA club

Justin Hagabimana SJ On 7 August 2011, a young Jesuit regent* burning with enthusiasm, I turned up at the office of the rector of the Lycée du Saint Esprit (Holy Spirit High School) in Bujumbura to find out what kind of work had been entrusted to me. I was given

DRC: More needs to be done for HIV+ survivors of sexual violence

Between May and July 2013, Kenyan Jesuit Augostine Ekeno SJ visited South Kivu in eastern Congo to conduct research about sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), on behalf of AJAN, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Eastern Africa and the Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations in Nairobi. The aim

Kenya: Countering mindless terror with love

Pauline Wanjau, AHAPPY program manager, AJAN The spirit of the Good Samaritan came alive in the self-sacrificial love shown by people from all walks of life in the wake of the mindless terror attack that struck Kenyans on 21 September. This was the day terrorists stormed Westgate, a busy upscale

Zambia: The changing role of HBC caregivers

Danielle Vella The home-based care (HBC) centre of Chikuni parish in southern Zambia is a hive of activity. In this remote rural area, thriving enterprises are lined up in the neat compound: a restaurant, a bakery, a shop, a tailoring workshop, a poultry run, a vegetable garden and machines for

What the Camino has taught me…

30 September 2013 – Kevin Kelly SJ raised 6,000 euro for AJAN walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela earlier this year… Read more

Burundi: Changing perspective

30 September 2013 – When Jacques Ngimbous SJ went to do pastoral fieldwork at the Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) in Bujumbura, Burundi, and met men and women living with HIV, he let go of some mistaken impressions… Read more

Kenya: Keeping track of the reality of AIDS

30 September 2013 – The Church affirms the humanity of people with HIV by offering them care and support and, above all, a place where they do not feel judged… Read more

Kenya: Jesuits condemn Westgate attack

30 September 2013 – The Jesuit Eastern Africa Province has condemned the terror attack on Westgate Mall in Nairobi that left 67 people dead and scores of others injured… Read more

AJANews 122 – September 2013

Kenya: Keeping track of the reality of AIDS –The Church affirms the humanity of people with HIV by offering them care and support and, above all, a place where they do not feel judged. This is what Florence Anam believes; Florence is a young Kenyan woman who is HIV-positive and

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