AJANews 65 – March 2008 [pdf, 145 kb]
  • Burundi: "Our hope is back"
  • Zimbabwe: Youth against AIDS
  • Comings and goings at AJAN House

Yezu Mwiza Service, a Christian social ministry of compassion in the Rwanda-Burundi Region. Its catchment area: the parishes of rural Bujumbura, an area abandoned by all. [pdf, 67 kb]
AJANews 64 Kenya special I and II – February 2008 [pdf, 562 kb]
Two special issues of AJANews on Kenya, for you to picture how Jesuit communities and works in Kenya were affected during the post-electoral violence in Jan-Feb 2008, how everyone struggled to carry on and reach out to those affected by the unthinking violence.
AJANews 63 – January 2008 [pdf, 186 kb]
  • Pope Benedict XVI: Church continues to assist those affected by AIDS
  • Spanish Jesuit contributes to crucial discovery about HIV transmission
  • D.R.Congo: Love that heals: Adieu, Tina!

World AIDS Day 2007 [pdf, 128 kb]
Seeking miracles in AIDS ministry. An article by Michael Czerny SJ. Healing is tougher than handing out pills, and God heals through us.
The Kingdom of God in the Time of AIDS: America magazine of the U.S. Jesuits interviewed Michael Czerny SJ, coordinator of AJAN.
Special feature on Fr. Michael J. Kelly SJ, Zambia.
AIDS: Africa’s greatest threat since the slave trade - Michael F. Czerny, S.J.
Behind the statistics on AIDS in Africa there are unspeakable sufferings. The HIV-virus tends to spread the stain of shame and stigma, leading many to deny its impact on their lives. The Church’s ministry affirms people’s dignity and forms their morality, so as to have the courage to say “No” to oneself for the sake of “Yes” to life.
ARVs IF POSSIBLE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY
By Michael Czerny SJ. "You seem to place great emphasis on the caring / receiving / supporting community as the essential and principal 'therapeutic' strategy for those living with HIV or AIDS."
RADIO EDUCATION ABOUT AIDS “Radio Kwizera is our radio”… By all accounts, its programmes are well liked and widely listened to, making Radio Kwizera an ideal ally in the struggle against AIDS.

On AIDS in Africa

Dark wind howls across
The land pregnant with curses
What wind is this
That brings wayward dirges?

The tender fruit falls
On the ground, premature
And dark wind sweeps it into
The gaping wound of earth
Let branches wave in loneliness
Ancient boulders bear witness
The green land is gone
Scorched with sorrow
Cold mounds sprout
In fields fertile with bones
While renegade souls lie
In helpless quietude
The sorrowful drum
Moans no longer

So when will You deliver
Tormented spirits from
This stranded nightmare?

Bring back receding hope
You who will breathe
Life into the dry bones
Bathe the barren fields
With hallowed fertility
Make lonely branches sway
Heavy with tender fruit
Come at dawn and rebuke
The dark wind of plague
Make haste and reveal Yourself
To the grief-stricken hearts
Embedded in harrowing ebony
Let them be healed
At the touch of Your hidden hand.

Joseph Arimoso, S.J., Zimbabwe

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