ASEC News & Reflections
ASEC is serving sisters in 10 sub-Saharan African countries, providing access to educational opportunities. There is much to celebrate regarding the work of ASEC and the impact of sisters who are benefiting from our programs. We encourage our staff, sisters in the program, and friends of ASEC to contribute their own news and success stories. Below you will find impactful stories and reflections written in their own words.
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Trainings and workshops added for sisters in Lesotho
Aug 14, 2016: [Lesotho] SLDI program has begun its first superiors training in Maseru, Lesotho. The Basic Technology workshop is scheduled for September 2016.
SLDI Phase IV: Superiors Training Sessions
Aug 3, 2016: [none] Ten six-day training sessions for congregational leaders, including Superior Generals and Councilors, began in January and will continue to take place throughout the year.
SLDI offering consulting services for grant-writing support
Aug 2, 2016: [none] For a 6 month pilot period, SLDI has hired part-time consultants in 8 countries to help sisters with the grant-writing process.
Supporting Sisters in South Sudan with Basic Technology Workshop
Jul 30, 2016: [SouthSudan] Earlier this year, ASEC offered a Basic Technology workshop in South Sudan for the first time, with 13 sisters in attendance.
SLDI Presents Phase III Evaluation Report
Jul 26, 2016: [none] After nearly ten years in existence, the program has achieved many successes, including the over $10 million secured by SLDI alumnae and their mentees for urgently needed projects.
Reflecting on SLDI's Phase III Evaluation
Jul 2, 2016: [none] SLDI Program Evaluator, Ms. Jennifer Mudge, reflects on the outcomes of the SLDI Program Phase III which ended in April 2015.
ASEC awarded $15.3 million grant through the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
May 31, 2016: [none] The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation grants its third-largest grant in its history—$15.3 million over four years to Marywood University in to expand the Higher Education for Sisters in Africa (HESA) Initiative, a program of the African Sisters Education Collaborative.
Dormitory expansion in Tanzania is slow but keeps girls in school
Mar 29, 2016: [Tanzania] In so many places around the world, the challenge to lowering teen pregnancy rates is a complicated combination of social pressure, poverty and oppression of women. Tanzania suffers from all of those issues, but they've also found a startlingly simple solution: Build a dormitory. From Global Sisters Report
SLDI Alumni Workshop in Uganda
Mar 15, 2016: [Uganda] In this article, Sr. Mary Germina Keneema, MSMMC, ASEC Program Coordinator in Uganda, shares an update from the recent SLDI workshop in Kampala.
Visit to Medical Missionaries of Mary Clinic
Mar 15, 2016: [Nigeria] Sr. Clementina Obembe, OSF, ASEC's SLDI/HESA West Africa Director shares her visit to the Medical Missionaries of Mary Clinic – New Lugbe, Abuja, Nigeria. In this article, Sr. Clementina describes how Cervical Cancer Screening equipment is saving lives.
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