Dennis Owuoche - AJAN

For a Christmas that augurs a great future and hope

As I write my Christmas message, my thoughts go out to some children I visited a year ago, in an orphanage set up by the Jesuits and a religious congregation in Fonte Boa, Mozambique. Some eight to ten children live there with a foster mother and assistant. What they have

Ireland: Jesuit recognised for AIDS work in Africa

Fr Michael J. Kelly SJ, a well-known researcher, speaker and writer on AIDS in Africa, recently received another award in his native country Ireland. At a ceremony in Dublin held in November 2012, Fr Kelly was one of the recipients of the first presentation of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award

Zambia: Home care programme invests in capacity building of people with HIV

Following a report in the October issue of AJANews featuring the sustainable agriculture project of the home-based care (HBC) programme of the Jesuit parish in Chikuni, southern Zambia, we introduce you to Gregory Hazele (pictured above), an HBC team leader in Chikuni and one of the team’s agricultural extension officers.

Kenya: Parish campaign promotes zero mother-to-child transmission

Around 460 people did an HIV test thanks to a door-to-door campaign organised by the Jesuit parish in a poor Nairobi suburb with the aim of promoting zero mother-to-child transmission. Uzima, a programme of St Joseph the Worker Parish that tackles the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS in Kangemi, organised the

KENYA: UPENDO & UZIMA, KANGEMI

The Development Office of the Jesuit parish of St Joseph the Worker in Kangemi runs the sister programmes of Uzima and Upendo. Both belong to the Small Christian Communities (SCCs) of the parish. The first cares for people with HIV and the second for children at risk of abuse or

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Jesuit projects for orphans and vulnerable children in Africa

The Loyola Hope Centre in Lomé, Togo, a centre dedicated to the care of people with HIV and orphans and to HIV prevention, offers orphans educational and psychosocial support. At the start of the 2010-2011 academic year, 122 children received school uniforms and supplies and their school fees were covered.

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POPE BENEDICT: APPEAL FOR WORLD AIDS DAY

“World AIDS Day, a United Nations initiative intended to draw attention to a disease that has caused millions of deaths and tragic human suffering, will fall on 1 December. HIV/AIDS particularly affects the poorest regions of the world, where there is very limited access to effective medicines. My thoughts turn

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