SLDI Administration class takes a field trip to the Cottolengo Centre in Nairobi Kenya.
Kenya
2015 SLDI Faculty Workshop
A total of 29 faculty and coordinators were present for the three-day workshop held at Donum Dei Center in Nairobi, Kenya.
Fourteen HESA sisters enroll at Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Cohort two at Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 14 sisters, enrolled in various degree programs.
Site Visit to Kenya
The purpose of this visit was to facilitate a two-week training course for the ASEC Staff in Africa, to explore the possibility of working with the Fund for Sisters to design a program whereby both ASEC and the Fund for Sisters could collaborate more closely with the Catholic Sisters Initiative (CSI), and to visit several SLDI alumnae ministries that have been funded by the Fund for Sisters.
Sisters in Africa break barriers via online distance learning
Catholic Sisters in Africa break the barriers to acquire higher education via online distance learning
Addressing food insecurity in Africa through sustainable farming. Sisters lead by example.
Changing food insecurity trajectory is daunting; however, Catholic sisters are working quietly to address the challenge in their localities in Africa – saving one life at a time. They are teaching by example –practicing sustainable and ecofriendly agriculture to ensure that there is sufficient food in their communities.
HESA Students Gather at CUEA
There are 83 HESA students studying at CUEA onsite and online via partnership with Marywood University. The sisters gathered for a group photo after a meeting at CUEA.
Thanks to Hilton, sisters are trooping back to school!
From the National Mirror (in Kenya)
Administration Course II – Kenya
The SLDI Administration II course ran from June 2, 2014 to June 27, 2014. The course was offered at the Tumaini Center/ChemChemi.
Administration Course I – 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 partners with the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)
ASEC forms a partnership with CUEA in Nairobi. Students in the HESA program will transfer to CUEA in their second year of studies.
Site Visit to Kenya
In January of 2014 Sister Marcia Sichol, SHCJ, Executive Director of the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters, and Sister Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF, ASEC, Executive Director made a site visit to Kenya.