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AJANews 128 – March 2014

Burkina Faso: New centre for AIDS association – There were a dozen or so people, mostly women and children, crammed into the rundown room in Pissy, a neighbourhood of Ouagadougou. They were in a poor state; the room didn’t even have a door or windows to keep out bad weather…

Burundi: SYM helping flood victims

The Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) in Bujumbura is helping some of its beneficiaries who lost everything when torrential rains swept away their belongings. The rains lashed suburbs of Bujumbura on the night between 9 and 10 February. They left many victims in their wake, who were offered shelter in a

Cameroonian Jesuit writes book about AIDS in Africa

Cameroonian Jesuit Harris Cleaver Tombi SJ has written a book in French about AIDS in Africa. The book, Prévenir le VIH/Sida en Afrique subsaharienne – Pour un engagement responsable du malade (Preventing HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa – towards a responsible commitment of people with HIV) has been published by the

Togo: 100 youth attend peer education workshop

Euloge Viho, Centre Espérance Loyola Nearly 100 teenagers have attended a four-day workshop in peer education organised by the Centre Espérance Loyola (CEL – Loyola Hope Centre) in Lomé. The young people, aged between 14 and 19 years, were chosen from vocational and high schools in the neighbourhoods of Agoè-Nord

West Africa: Jesuits plan future of AIDS ministry

Fr Philippe Habada SJ Jesuits from West Africa analysing the AIDS ministry of their province underlined capacity-building and enhancing knowledge about HIV as main elements of their future plans. Four out of six members of the AIDS committee of the Jesuit West African Province (AOC) – Fr Bernard Hounnougbo SJ,

Burkina Faso: New centre for AIDS association

There were a dozen or so people, mostly women and children, crammed into the rundown room in Pissy, a neighbourhood of Ouagadougou. They were in a poor state; the room didn’t even have a door or windows to keep out bad weather. They desperately needed help, but their families had

AJANews 127 – February 2014

AJAN Lenten reflections 2014: Everyone who loves… knows God – Following the success of the weekly Lenten reflections published on its website (ajanweb.org) in 2013, the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) is going to repeat the initiative this year. The 2014 series of Lenten reflections will focus on the theme:

Lenten reflections 2014: Everyone who loves… knows God

“Let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.” – 1 Jn 4:7-8 Following the success of the weekly Lenten reflections published on its website (ajanweb.org) in

Kenya: Nyumbani lab gets ISO certification

The Nyumbani Diagnostic Laboratory has received ISO certification that confers international recognition for the standards of its quality services offered to people with HIV. The certificate of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was presented by Kenya Accreditation Service officials during an event held at Nyumbani on 22 January. The

Southern Africa: New Book about Catholic responses to AIDS

A new book has been published about the way the Catholic Church has dealt with AIDS over the past 30 years. Catholic Responses to AIDS in Southern Africa is the fruit of collaboration between the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) AIDS Office and St Joseph’s Theological Institute in South

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