More than a year after an AJAN team introduced AHAPPY to the Loreto Convent Girls Secondary in Matunda, Sr Immaculate Shisanya writes about the changes that the HIV prevention workshop brought about. “When a brilliant person is hopeless, you have no idea of how much harm he can cause to
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Kenya: Responding to the needs of young people today
Sr Veneranda Shieta Lusuli IBVM writes about the AHAPPY sessions offered by AJAN at the Loreto High School in Limuru, central Kenya, in March and May 2014. What I like about the AJAN AHAPPY program is that although it follows the teachings of the Catholic Church, it is nonetheless relevant
Rwanda: The CLC-Ireme Centre
The Christian Life Community (CLC) in Kigali is running a centre to welcome and help people living with HIV, building on years of spiritual and pastoral support that its members have been offering. In 2005, the CLC adopted the spiritual care of people living with HIV as its common mission.
CAR: A profound experience
Jean-Pierre Boubane SJ has just finished a two-year stint as coordinator of an HIV-prevention centre run by the Jesuits on the university campus of Bangui. In an article featured in the newsletter of the centre, he thanks the students for their welcome, commitment and support, and urges them to work
DRC: “You need to teach us how to look after ourselves”
“You need to teach us how to look after ourselves. Giving us ideas and skills will do us more good and make us feel more worthy than giving us flour, because then we will realize that we are strong and can do plenty of things for ourselves. What’s more, one
Training health workers for Ebola
Frontline health workers are struggling to keep pace with the Ebola outbreak. Powering Frontline Health Workers and IntraHealth are organizing four free webinars that aim to provide health workers with clear, reliable, and timely information to protect themselves, to detect the disease, and to respond. Go here to learn more.
Zimbabwe: So much to thank God for
5 October 2014 – It was an experience where the heart and mind were interlocked to live in the moment. The experience was that of true accompaniment for those who have lost hope and meaning of life… Read more
Zimbabwe: Faith in action
5 October 2014 – The pluck and openness of patients at an AIDS hospice left a deep impact on a group of African and European youth who visited as part of their MAGIS experience in Zimbabwe… Read more
Zambia: Surprised and inspired
5 October 2014 – Having young people around at the home-based care (HBC) project of his parish in rural Zambia has made Fr Kelly Michelo realize how much they are needed in the fight against AIDS… Read more
Magis Africa 2014: “It all starts with me”
5 October 2014 – “It all starts with me”. The realisation of what each one can and should do to build a world of love, justice and peace was one of the highlights of the Magis Africa 2014 Experience… Read more
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