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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MOU Signing at CUEA
Aug 1, 2012: [Kenya] Nairobi, Kenya: Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Marywood University and CUEA launching a partnership that will promote the Higher Education for Sisters in Africa (HESA) program.
Finance Training
Dec 29, 2011: [none] Finance trainings held in Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia
Graduations in all 5 countries (2011)
Dec 22, 2011: [Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda] 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.
Administrative Training 2011
Sep 21, 2011: [Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia] Administrative training in Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia
Service Learning Student Donates a Cow to the Bigwa School
Sep 9, 2011: [Tanzania] 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
Mar 15, 2011: [Tanzania] 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.
Service Trip to Morogoro, Tanzania for service opportunity at Bigwa Sisters Secondary School
Jun 3, 2010: [Tanzania] 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
Mar 15, 2010: [Tanzania] 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
Jan 14, 2010: [none] 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
Jan 4, 2010: [none] 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
Nov 29, 2009: [Tanzania] Photos of the new Dining Room in the Bigwa Sisters Secondary School in Morogoro, Tanzania.
Addition of Zambia to the SLDI program
Sep 30, 2008: [Zambia] The SLDI program has now expanded to Zambia. Classes are taking place at the Kalunda Study Center in Lusaka, Zambia.
SLDI Session Evaluation: Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya
Sep 21, 2008: [none] This year, our program ran for three target populations - finance, administration, and project directors in five countries. The curriculum was specified and developed for each target population to be taught in two different sessions.
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