Graduations in all 5 countries (2011)
By the end of the three-year program 267 Sisters from Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, and Nigeria completed the program and received a certificate of completion at the graduation ceremonies.
ASEC News & Reflections
Administrative Training 2011
Administrative training in Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia
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.
Bigwa Science Lab Construction Complete
Funding was generously provided by the GHR Foundation out of Minneapolis, MN. A total of $458,222 in funding for the Bigwa Secondary School was was generously provided by the GHR Foundation to build labs for physics, chemistry, and biology and to upgrade science and math curriculum.
Conference in Cape Coast, Ghana
Reflections of the beginnings of ASEC
Nigeria Web Design
Photos from the 2010 Nigeria Web Design class.
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.
Project Bigwa Secondary School
The goal of this project is to raise the classification of Bigwa Secondary School in Morogoro, Tanzania, from the “O” (ordinary) to the “A” (level). This will enable the sister graduates to apply for higher education.
Renewal of Hilton Grant for SLDI Phase II
Our grant for SLDI Phase II (2010-2013) and will provide technological and/or leadership skills to 400 African Sisters in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.
ASEC Alumni Association Formed
To assist the sisters in becoming independent life-long learners and local leaders, an alumni association was formed with the participants from Phase I of the SLDI program
New Dining Room Bigwa
Photos of the new Dining Room in the Bigwa Sisters Secondary School in Morogoro, Tanzania.
Addition of Zambia to the SLDI program
The SLDI program has now expanded to Zambia. Classes are taking place at the Kalunda Study Center in Lusaka, Zambia.