Orphans of God
Across Africa, Catholic nuns are providing help and hope for orphaned children facing psychosocial distress, economic hardship, withdrawal from school, malnutrition and illness.
Service Learning
Service trip to volunteer in Ghana scheduled for 2019
In May 2019, volunteers from Chestnut Hill College and Marywood University will spend three weeks volunteering in schools and rehabilitation centers in the west African nation of Ghana under the auspices of ASEC.
Volunteering in Tanzania Changed My Life
Marywood University alumna Emily Schweiger reflects on volunteering in Tanzania through ASEC’s Service Learning Program and its effects on her life.
2018 ASEC Service Learning trip cancelled
A recent alert, issued from the Diplomatic Security Service, has forced the cancellation of ASEC’s 2018 Service Learning trip to Nairobi, Kenya.
Service Learning participants prepare for volunteer experience in Nairobi, Kenya
ASEC’s annual Service Learning trip will take place from May 20-June 9, 2018. A total of 13 participants will be traveling to Kenya and staying with the Little Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (LSOSF), a missionary community, where they will take part in service learning activities within the LSOSF compound and throughout Nairobi.
ASEC Service Learning Trip provides a glimpse of the real-world development work happening in Africa
What surprised me most about my learning during the service trip to Kenya was how unaware I had been about the obvious successes of Catholic sisters in helping the poor become educated, seize economic opportunities, and to lead healthier lives.
Kenya & Africa in a Globalizing World: Service Learning Trip to Kenya 2017, a reflection
Not only do I want to thank ASEC for arranging this eclectic program and allowing me and my group to see the many aspects of a developing country, but I will be ever grateful for the friends I made, because our relationships and interactions made such a powerful impression.
ASEC Service Learning Trip to Kenya 2017: a Reflection
8 students from Marywood University & Chestnut Hill College attended a 3-week service trip to Kenya this summer. They provided service at various sites, including a refugee center, a hospital, a home for street boys, and an orphanage for both physically and mentally disabled children.
A Life-Changing Experience – ASEC’s Service Learning Program
Marywood student Nadine Burton reflects on her experience in the service learning program by describing the experience as “life-changing.”
Service Learning students make donations for Bigwa fish pond
After the Service Learning trip in May 2012, a service learning student donated funds for a second fish pond at Bigwa.
Service Learning Student Donates a Cow to the Bigwa School
As a result of her life-changing experience visiting the Bigwa Secondary School, one Service Learning student donated $1,000 to purchase a cow so that the students at the Bigwa School could benefit.
Service Trip to Morogoro, Tanzania for service opportunity at Bigwa Sisters Secondary School
In May-June 2010 eleven students and three mentors from Chestnut Hill College, Rosemont College and Marywood University traveled to Morogoro, Tanzania to participate in a service opportunity at the Bigwa Sisters Secondary School.