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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Sr. Germina, ASEC Country Director in Uganda, signing the DHL delivery note to receive the laptops

Laptops have arrived in the Uganda office for HESA and SLDI students

Feb 1, 2017: [Uganda] The 100 laptops are a donation from ASEC Office in USA to the Ugandan sisters who will participate in the SLDI and HESA programs this year.

Sr. Clarisse Remjika Jaiwo, ASEC Director, Cameroon, searching for an internet connection on the side of the road.

Internet connectivity issues resolved for sisters in Cameroon

Feb 1, 2017: [Cameroon] Almost all sisters have been moved to locations with internet connectivity, thanks to the understanding of the Superiors and their commitment to have the Sisters continue studies

Lesotho celebrates its first Catholic Cardinal

Jan 31, 2017: [Lesotho] Supporters joined Lesotho King Letsie III to celebrate the installation of the country's first and only Catholic cardinal, His Eminence Sebastian Koto Khoarai.

Women and girls spend several hours a day collecting water, often standing in baking heat. They then carry the heavy jerry cans home, either on their heads or tied to the end of poles.

Clean Drinking Water Transforms Communities in Ghana

Jan 25, 2017: [Ghana] The urgent need to stop a major cholera outbreak prompted the Sisters of St. Louis to find funding for a filtered water project. What they didn't expect was for clean water to transform their community in so many other ways.

Uganda Alumni new executive members with Uganda ASEC staff. From L-R: Sr Mary Germina Keneema MSMMC (ASEC Director-- Uganda), Sr. Mary Goretti Nassuuna LSOSF (Member), Sr. Anne Jolly GSS Namugga (Secretary), Sr. Julie Awacango SHS (Treasurer), Sr. Theresa Nakamya DM (Chairperson), Sr. Petronilla Kyomugisha MSMMC (Vice-Chairperson), Sr. Irene Lucy Onyai LSMIG (ASEC Programs Coordinator-- Uganda)

ASEC Uganda Alumni Association gets new executive members

Jan 24, 2017: [Uganda] Uganda Alumni Association elects new executive members during their Annual workshop and general meeting at Ggaba National Major Seminary in Kampala, Uganda.

ASEC board members Brighid Blake (standing, top) and Terri Peters (bottom, right) pose for a group photo with ASEC staff.

Team Building in Tanzania

Jan 23, 2017: [Tanzania] Brighid Blake, ASEC board member, reflects on staff team building during her recent visit to Tanzania to present the draft strategic plan to ASEC staff.

The Power of Togetherness, ASEC Staff Forging Forward to Achieve ASEC Mission!

Jan 20, 2017: [Tanzania] The power of working together as a team as evident during ASEC staff development training in Tanzania.

Srs. Eleanora, Francisca, Germina and Martha (clockwise from top left) participating in the ASEC staff training.

ASEC Staff Training in Tanzania

Jan 19, 2017: [Tanzania] ASEC Program Directors and Coordinators from ten countries gathered together in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a week-long staff training.

Alumnae Workshop, Tanzania: 64 attendees, including 4 new alumnae from HESA (graduated in December 2016) and 9 mentees of SLDI Alumnae participated in the ASEC alumnae meeting in Tanzania from January 6-8, 2017

2017 Alumnae-mentee networking workshops held in Africa

Jan 6, 2017: [Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda] Workshops held for SLDI and HESA alumnae held in Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

Donate to ASEC using Amazon Smile

Jan 4, 2017: [USA] Shop on Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate to African Sisters Education Collaborative on your behalf!

"Building" a Global Sisterhood

Jan 4, 2017: [USA] Brad Myers, Senior Program Officer, Catholic Sisters Initiative, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, offers a few lessons learned about working with his hands to build material things that apply equally as well to working with our minds to build immaterial things like the global sisterhood.

Reflecting on our work in 2016 (Executive Director Reflection)

Jan 3, 2017: [USA] As we enter 2017 with hope and optimism, Sr. Jane Wakahiu reflects on all of the events and accomplishments of ASEC throughout 2016.

Sr. Rosemarie Nassif, SSND, Ph.D., Director of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Catholic Sisters Initiative (center), was the keynote speaker for the graduation ceremony at CUEA (October, 2016). Here she poses with HESA graduates, ASEC directors, and Dr. Ann Rita Njageh, Deputy Director of Academic Linkages of CUEA, after the ceremony.

Voice of the Proud Mama

Dec 16, 2016: [Kenya] Sr. Rosemarie Nassif, Guest Speaker at the CUEA commencement in October 2016, reflects on her humbling role as "mama" of the sisters in the ASEC program.

Sister's Voices: ASEC partnership HESA in collaboration with AOSK, Chemchemi ya Uzima Centre

Dec 14, 2016: [Kenya] Sr. Emma reflects on how HESA, in collaboration with the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya and Chemchemi ya Uzima Centre, is training a new breed of catechists who are integrated.

Transformed Person... Transformed Society

Dec 13, 2016: [Kenya] Sr. Rosemarie Nassif, guest of honor at the CUEA graduation in October, 2016, shares 3 stories exemplifying a transformed person... transformed society through the themes of know yourself, give yourself away, and live your passion.

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