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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

What the Camino has taught me…

Kevin Kelly SJ raised 6,000 euro for AJAN walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela earlier this year. He writes about his experience of this unique pilgrimage. The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear. I’ve seen that road before, it always leads me here.

Burundi: Changing perspective

In summer, Jacques Ngimbous SJ left Hekima College of Theology in Nairobi to do pastoral fieldwork at the Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) in Bujumbura. SYM is a project of the Jesuit Region of Rwanda-Burundi that is dedicated to the care and support of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and

Rwanda: Jesuit novices learn about AIDS ministry

Patrice Ndayisenga SJ 30 September 2013 – In July I paid a visit to the Jesuit novitiate in Cyangugu, Rwanda, just around the time the new novices were being welcomed and introduced to the history, life and works of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). The novice master asked me to

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. This is what Florence Anam believes; Florence is a young Kenyan woman who is HIV-positive and who has worked with

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. The Somali-based al-Shabaab militant group has claimed responsibility for the massacre, which started on Saturday 21 September, when 10 to 15

AJANews 121 – July/August 2013

On 31 July, Fr Michael Lewis SJ, President of the Jesuit Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (JESAM), declared Chikuni Parish Home-Based Care (HBC) program in southern Zambia as the winner of the first award for excellence in Jesuit AIDS ministry in Africa and Madagascar. JESAM and the African Jesuit AIDS

Togo: Centre Espérance Loyola

The Centre Espérance Loyola (CEL – Loyola Hope Centre) in Togo presented as its best practice a summer camp that teaches youth the values of solidarity and mutual respect. Set up by the West African Jesuit Province in 2006, the CEL is based in Agoè-Nyivé, a suburb of Lomé. The

Kenya: Upendo

The Upendo program for vulnerable children is located in Kangemi, a slum in Nairobi that is marked by many social problems, among them AIDS, high levels of unemployment, poor housing conditions, drug, alcohol and substance abuse. Many children are at risk of neglect and abuse, and some live on the

Kenya: St Aloysius Secondary School

St Aloysius Secondary School aims to provide quality education to needy orphans and vulnerable children living in Kibera slum, Nairobi. In the tradition of Ignatian pedagogy, the education offered, while primarily academic, is holistic in nature and aims to form the young students to become “men and women for others”.

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