ASEC News & Reflections

ASEC is serving Catholic 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.

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Thanks to Hilton, sisters are trooping back to school!

Oct 30, 2014: [Kenya] From the National Mirror (in Kenya)

Not just facts and figures: Accounting is empowerment

Oct 29, 2014: [Uganda] One innovative approach is securing education so that sisters can take charge of their finances, to help congregations become financially self-sufficient. From Global Sisters Report

Administration Course I - Malawi

Aug 11, 2014: [Malawi] The SLDI Administration I course runs from August 1, 2014 to September 1, 2014. The course is offered at AWRIM G/H & St. Theresa.

2014 Bigwa School Scholarship Recipients

Aug 11, 2014: [Tanzania] Congratulations to the 2014 Bigwa Secondary School Scholarship Recipients

Finance Course II - Ghana

Aug 11, 2014: [Ghana] The SLDI Financial Management course runs from July 28, 2014 to August 23, 2014. The course is offered at the Institute of Continuing Formation.

Finance Course I - Uganda

Aug 4, 2014: [Uganda] The SLDI Financial Management I course ran from June 29, 2014 to July 26, 2014. The course was offered at ARU Kampala.

Administration Course I - Tanzania

Jul 22, 2014: [Tanzania] The SLDI Administration I course ran from June 7, 2014 to July 5, 2014. The course was offered at the Holistic Center.

Administration Course II - Kenya

Jul 14, 2014: [Kenya] The SLDI Administration II course ran from June 2, 2014 to June 27, 2014. The course was offered at the Tumaini Center/ChemChemi.

Take the Journey, Walk the Same Path - A GSR Article

Jul 14, 2014: [none] You never know where that “yes” will lead you, and who you will meet along the way. Sr. Jane Wakahiu has served in various capacities and countries, and have encountered the numerous cultural, social and economic challenges that women have to endure in Africa (from Global Sisters Report).

Administration Course I - Kenya

Jul 14, 2014: [Kenya] The SLDI Administration I course ran from May 5, 2014 to May 30, 2014. The course was offered at the Tumaini Center/ChemChemi.

ASEC Signs a Framework of Reference (FOR) with Catholic University College of Ghana

Jul 11, 2014: [none] ASEC signed a FOR with Catholic University of Ghana (CUCG) to affirm its participation in the HESA program, July 11, 2014.

Q & A with Sr. Mary Germina Keneema

Jul 8, 2014: [none] Sr. Mary Germina Keneema, executive secretary for the Social Communications Commission of the Archdiocese of Mbarara in southwestern Uganda and the assistant coordinator of the leadership program in Uganda through the African Sisters Education Collaborative discusses her work in this Global Sisters Report Article.

Challenges to sisters' education in the Global South

Jun 30, 2014: [none] Higher education for women in the Global South is discussed. Online education is mentioned as the most realistic way to educate sisters, yet there are still challenges to meet with that means of communication. ASEC's Executive Directior Sr. Jane Wakaihu, LSOSF was quoted within. From Global Sisters Report