Child protection: A task for everyone amid trying times
By Fr. Benedict Mayaki SJ, Vatican News Safeguarding Coordinator of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM), Beatrice Mumbi, discusses child protection and calls for proactive involvement in challenging abusive
Gender-Based Inequalities Amplified by COVID-19 Pandemic
By Professor Father Michael J. KellyContributing to the Key Correspondent Programme | Luwisha House, Lusaka, Zambia The United Nations has reminded us that a pandemic amplifies and heightens all inequalities. The
Safeguarding during Covid-19: A Victim’s Perspective
Almost 500 people from 70 countries registered for a webinar sponsored by the International Safeguarding Conference on the theme “A Safer Church” on Friday afternoon. Beatrice Mumbi, Safeguarding Coordinator for
Giving hope to people living with HIV/AIDS amidst COVID-19
By Caleb Mwamisi, AJAN A few minutes after 9:00 AM on Friday, 22 May 2020, at the conclusion of a #WalkwithaVulnerableFamily exercise at Upendo OVC buildings, the AJAN team joins
Jesuits mourn the passing of former Superior General
“A man of grace and wisdom, simple, unpretentious, dedicated” 20/05/2020 {The letter of Fr Sosa to the whole Society of Jesus is available HERE} The Jesuit General Curia in Rome today
Jesuits in Africa are commited to work together to promote social support efforts for the urban poor in Africa amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
PRESS RELEASENairobi| 15 May 2020 African Governments must protect the poor and vulnerable from Covid-19 effects The Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM) made an unprecedented move and commitment to
COVID-19 as a Parable of the Community
Amadi Eziokwubundu SJ Eerie. Visible. Sullen. Probing. No other adjectives could better describe the silence that now engulfs our relatively quiet neighbourhood of Angré every night. It is even more
Jesuit Social ministries in Africa launch relief response to feed vulnerable families
By Anastasia Makunu, JCAM Communications Jesuits in Africa have been at the forefront in support of local vulnerable families within the communities where they serve. Jesuit Provinces have launched several