Sunday 21 June 2015 was a special day for the Foyer Louis de Gonzague, a Jesuit organization for people living with HIV in Kikwit, western DRC. Fr Crispin Mukiay celebrated the marriage of Richard Lumbidi and Liliane Bundu, two members of the Foyer. Fr Crispin describes the event as “a
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Kenya: A tribute to Ayub
From someone who was close to Ayub, and who prefers to remain anonymous. Ayub Meme was born on 20 October 1992. He died just over 22 years later, on 3 November 2014. The seventh in a family of eight children, he was the only one to be born HIV-positive. He
Some words of wisdom from Max aka Ayub:
Be the hero of your own story. Whatever mistakes you have made up until now are off the table – the only thing that matters from this point on is how you move forward. Do it with passion for it is in you. Do not expect anyone else to create
Kenya: From the time he was born
In this issue of AJANews, we remember Ayub Meme, who died of AIDS at the age of 22 a year ago. Ayub wrote one of the winning scripts of the AJAN competition Youth Movies for Life and Love. We share an abridged version: the script is his own painful story
AJANews 143 – September 2015
Evaluation finds AHAPPY “brilliant” – An external evaluation has showered praise on AHAPPY, the HIV prevention program for youth created and run by AJAN. AJAN commissioned an evaluation of the pilot phase of AHAPPY to ascertain whether the program has truly managed to empower young people to make informed and responsible
A special story among winners in AJAN competition
30 September 2015, Nairobi – The story of a Kenyan teenager who had AIDS, told in his own words shortly before he died, is one of the winning scripts in the AJAN competition Youth Movies for Life and Love. The second edition of the competition has 30 winners out of
Evaluation finds AHAPPY “brilliant”
30 September 2015, Nairobi – An external evaluation has showered praise on AHAPPY, the HIV prevention program for youth created and run by AJAN. AJAN commissioned an evaluation of the pilot phase of AHAPPY to ascertain whether the program has truly managed to empower young people to make informed and
AJANews 142 – July-August 2015
AJAN is found where AIDS and Jesuits meet – “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)
Burundi: Jesuit AIDS project kept doors open during unrest
31 August 2015, Bujumbura – The Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) in Bujumbura continued to offer essential treatment to people living with HIV and TB during Burundi’s recent political unrest. The Jesuit healthcare project faced an uphill struggle to keep its doors open, treating not only its usual beneficiaries but also others who
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. This priority emerged during a meeting held by AJAN in late July for Jesuits and co-workers involved in AIDS ministry in sub-Saharan
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