The ANW Jesuit Province incorporates Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia. In Nigeria, AIDS ministry is part and parcel of many of the Jesuits\u2019 apostolic works. In Lagos, for example, a Jesuit is chaplain at the University Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n
In Gidan Mangoro, Abuja, AIDS ministry has long been part of the make-up of the Loyola Jesuit College. The school helps affected students and staff, as well as residents of surrounding villages, and has a Youth Against AIDS club for students.<\/span><\/p>\n At St Francis secondary school, of the Jesuits, in Idimu, Lagos, there is a Youth Alive club for those students who completed the Education for Life (EFL) course \u2013 EFL is a value-based HIV prevention approach popular with the Catholic Church in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n There is EFL and YA activity in two parishes run by the Jesuits too: Christ the King Parish in Ilasamaja, Lagos, and St Joseph\u2019s Parish in Benin City. St Joseph\u2019s has a committed Parish Action Committee on AIDS (PACA) whose volunteers visit people living with AIDS. The parish also hosts an AIDS support group, for 10 to 15 people, which meets monthly.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ANW Jesuit Province incorporates Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia. In Nigeria, AIDS ministry is part and parcel of many of the Jesuits\u2019 apostolic works. In Lagos, for example, a Jesuit is chaplain at the University Teaching Hospital. In Gidan Mangoro, Abuja, AIDS ministry has long been part of the make-up<\/p>\n