Dennis Owuoche - AJAN

“Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” (Jn 5:8)

The global financial crisis, donor fatigue and the reallocation of funds to other priority areas like global warming are some of the reasons why international AIDS funding is being cut. Faced with this reality, UNAIDS has underscored the need to “invest smartly” today to “curtail the need to spend more

Audio Visuals

Over the years, AJAN has produced several videos, CDs and DVDs, as part of its drive to foster an informed and compassionate response to AIDS in Africa. Many of these audio-visuals have been produced by Jesuits who are enthusiastic about music, drama and communications, and their aim is to get

Give

The AIDS pandemic in Africa may seem to be such a huge problem that it is hard to imagine how one person can make a difference. But the efforts of Jesuits and their co-workers show us otherwise. What they do is usually not high-profile nor does it reach huge numbers

AHAPPY

The AJAN HIV&AIDS Prevention Programme for Youth (AHAPPY) is a unique education package created by AJAN for Jesuit schools and other educational institutions in Africa. Building on Gospel values and on the long and respected pedagogical tradition of the Jesuits, AHAPPY aims first of all at integral development, to equip

HIV/AIDS: A Social Justice Perspective

2010 Fr Michael J. Kelly SJ Renowned AIDS expert Michael Kelly SJ bases his latest book on the premise that AIDS is a justice issue and a comprehensive response to the pandemic must address its fundamental drivers: socio-economic inequalities; discriminatory gender norms, disparities and power structures; stigma and discrimination; and

AIDS, Ancestors and Salvation

2009 Fr Peter Knox SJ This book is the fruit of the doctoral thesis of Fr Peter Knox SJ, for which he was awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Medal in Canada. Fr Peter explores links between AIDS, the Catholic Church and the cult of the ancestors, a significant South African

AIDS and the Church in Africa

Fr Michael Czerny SJ, editor The second edition (first edition 2005) of a compilation of the contributions made at a two-day workshop of SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar) in October 2003 in Dakar, on the theme: To Shepherd the Church, the Family of God in Africa,

Education: For an Africa without AIDS

Fr Michael J. Kelly SJ This book shows how education is an effective social vaccine that really works against HIV and AIDS. It is a sustained argument for education to be strengthened: first, to understand what education is called to be like in response to the pandemic; second, to monitor

Rays of Hope: Managing HIV&AIDS in Africa

2008 Paterne-Auxence Mombé SJ The second edition of Rays of Hope (first edition 2004) provides useful information about HIV and AIDS, their related diseases and symptoms and how to treat them medically and with nutrition, focusing on the means accessible to and affordable for Africans.

Suffering, Belief, Hope: The Wisdom of Job for an AIDS-Stricken Africa

Ghislain Tshikendwa SJ First published in French in 2005, this biblical interpretation explains the Book of Job in the African context of HIV and AIDS. It begins with the anthropology of sickness, suffering and death in Africa, and concludes with a theology and spirituality of life.

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