31 May 2015 – I came to Kenya with a limited understanding of the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. I shared in what I think is a common misconception, outside of Africa and AIDS-ridden areas of the world; that the great improvements in the medical field require less need for
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What do I stand for?
1 May 2015 – “AHAPPY is trying to shape us into people who love God, our neighbours and ourselves.” Eric is enthusiastic as he talks about the AJAN HIV and AIDS Prevention Program for Youth. His thin hands gesticulate expressively… Read more
Rwanda: Rediscovering the zest for life
1 May 2015 – The young woman approached Suzanne tentatively. “I want to ask you something,” she said shyly. “I have no family, will you be my aunt please?” Suzanne had first seen Chantal* the day before, when she met a group of widows. Chantal’s life was destroyed during the
Zambia: The path of life
Darrin Zammit Lupi is a photojournalist from Malta who generously volunteers to photograph AJAN projects across Africa. Darrin takes photos for Reuters, which has published this blog about a recent visit to the home-based care project of Chikuni Parish in southern Zambia. Read more…
Renewing our commitment to “a faith that does justice”
6 March – AIDS is first and foremost an urgent challenge to social justice rather than a merely medical problem… Read more
AJAN: Creating safe spaces for people with HIV
6 March 2015 – The Jesuit parish of St Joseph the Worker in Kangemi, on the outskirts of Nairobi, runs the Uzima program for people living with HIV. Uzima has 45 men and 67 women in support groups… Read more
Kenya: Religious leaders meet PLWH to take joint action against stigma
6 March 2015 – People living with HIV in Kenya are still subject to high levels of stigma and some still shun treatment as a result. A national survey based on “lived experiences” rated stigma and discrimination in Kenya at 45%… Read more
Rwanda: Redeeming the world
(30 January 2015) With the eyes of our imagination, we looked upon all the people in our world, each one so different from the other: white and black; healthy and sick, some with AIDS; born and dying, some born with HIV, others dying of AIDS… Read more
CAR: University centre marks start of academic year despite unrest
(30 January 2015) A Jesuit prevention-education centre at the university of Bangui has organised a ceremony for its peer educators to mark the start of the academic year despite the insecurity that plagues the Central African Republic (CAR)… Read more
Zimbabwe: Working miracles
(30 January 2015) The AJAN HIV and AIDS Prevention Program for Youth (AHAPPY) is working miracles. We are seeing young people who have gone through the AHAPPY program move from being self-blaming and passive individuals to confident and assertive people… Read more
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