The sight of women struggling to raise their families within the confines of slums became a distress call for one woman: Stella Mwende Agatha. Stella, also brought up in a slum, is the founder of Mrembo empowerment centre. Mrembo empowerment centre is a social enterprise that was started in 2017. In Swahili, Mrembo means beauty. …
Wearing a mask is essential when faced with a virus like Covid-19. The notion of human protection from disease by the use of masks is a practice that goes back thousands of years in the traditions of great civilisations all over the world. A glance at African cultures. In Africa, various traditions have used masks …
For over nine years, violence and displacement have devastated opportunities for youth across the country. Here are nine of the most pressing challenges facing young people in Syria today. Damaged schools School buildings across Syria have not been shielded from the conflict. Many classrooms have been severely damaged and, in some cases, only rubble remains. …
The catastrophe is upon us. The world is suffering and in shock as hundreds of thousands of people are dying from the coronavirus and economies are in chaos. This is because humans disrupted the natural world and caused this deadly virus to awaken like an angry dragon that is now infecting the world. Human encroachment …
Reflection: We All Must Change to Defeat Covid-19 Read More »
He was a 28-year-old aid worker who was gunned down in Somalia in 1993. He had worked on missions in Liberia and for the UN in Somalia. A passionate opponent of the illegal arms trade he was killed by bullets from a foreign rifle. Sean was fascinated by Africa. When his first application to work …
A long time ago it is believed that the Pokot people were very similar to cattle. They could all speak the same language face to face and loved keeping the other company. They would also share duties among themselves and whenever there was an issue to discuss, they would do this during the night hours. …
From a tragic experience a new vocation was born. Ordination under the shadow of Coronavirus. The desire to work with young people. A Ugandan Comboni Missionary speaks with us about his vocation journey. The desire to serve God as a priest started quite early when I was a little boy. While at St. Joseph’s College …
Vocation Story: Father Opiyo Constanz, Becoming Friends of God and of Humanity Read More »
The speed with which they spread, the lack of management preparation and the possibility of a “second wave”. Billions of locusts attacked the fields of Africa and Asia while, in parallel, Covid-19 reaped a harvest of victims all over the world. The similarities between the two phenomena are impressive. We may start with the speed …
An entire generation of children globally have had their education disrupted due to the pandemic. Children who have been forced to flee their homes are at most risk. Ten reasons why we should support displaced children’s right to education: 1 – This emergency comes on top of an existing learning crisis Even before the Covid-19 …
“I believe in the force of the truth. I believe in what is called a moral liberating force.” Dom Hélder Càmara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife was one of the great prophets of the Catholic Church. Hélder Càmara was born in 1909, the eleventh of thirteen children, into a family of modest means. He soon …
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