Nigeria

Sr. Grace Akunna John-Emezi, HHCJ is transforming health awareness in African communities through her dedicated advocacy for breast cancer education.

We measure the impact of education through qualitative data by interviewing ASEC sisters, both those current students and alumnae. Through learning their stories, we can connect the dots between education and transformation, both within the sisters and their communities.

Inspired by God’s divine love and the spirit of Saint Katharina Kasper, Sister Salesiana Bach, the then Provincial Superior of the German Province, and her leadership team took a courageous decision to embark on a journey of faith on April 4th, 2006.

In this piece, Rev. Sr. Anthonia Ebong, HHCJ, reflects on the strength and faith it took to persevere through challenges in life and education.

Our Lady’s Nursery School in Nigeria recently hosted Entrepreneurial Month, an opportunity for students to be exposed to workshops and education that can sustain them in the future.

From helping Cameroonian refugees to securing grants to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Sr. Virgilia has helped many with the skills she acquired through ASEC.

Catholic sisters in Africa see how using their education to help just one person can have an exponential positive effect on their communities.

Nuns provide guidance, motivation and support in their critical role as mentors, bringing to life the many benefits of mentorship in Africa.

Five HESA sisters receive Head of Department awards at Veritas University graduation ceremony for their outstanding academic performance.

ASEC program participants are applying their education and skills to create and sustain jobs across Africa.

African nuns are reaching major academic achievements while amplifying their influence on some of the biggest challenges facing African society.

Through education, Catholic sisters are becoming some of the top leaders bringing positive changes throughout Africa.

Congregations of Catholic sisters in Africa are being strengthened from within through ASEC programs.

Sr. Josemaria is using her SLDI education to improve healthcare services and strengthen the resource mobilization skills of several congregations in Nigeria.

Catholic nuns from ASEC programs are using their educational training to support people with disabilities at facilities throughout Africa.

Nuns in Africa are using their education to become change agents and forces multipliers of good by leading and supporting young women.

Entrepreneurial Catholic sisters are building businesses across Africa to meet the needs of the poor and marginalized.

Catholic Sisters in Africa are using education to empower women and work toward gender equality.

SLDI and HESA alumnae are at the forefront of social change and the promotion of justice, as they address injustice in their communities.

Catholic Nuns write grants and raise funds to support clean water projects in African communities.

SLDI alumna Sr. Eunice is ensuring that Nigerian women, regardless of their income, receive health education, proper maternal care and life-saving cervical screenings.

Catholic nuns in Africa receive quality education through ASEC, providing them with valuable nursing skills to improve healthcare in their communities.

ASEC educates religious women who are renewing hope in Africa for poor and marginalized communities. Catholic Sisters provide hope in Africa many people living who are afraid to begin life anew due to disease, poverty and lack of resources.

Sr. Immaculata works to improve the literacy rate in Nigeria by obtaining funds to construct a children’s library and the learning materials to fill it.

Catholic Sisters are using their education to build infrastructure in Africa as they work towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG 9): Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

Sr. Juliana is using the skills she acquired from ASEC’s SLDI administrative track to help give presentations to others on how to better their lives and achieve their goals.

Sr. Veronica, a humanitarian aid worker, has trained over 250 beneficiaries, providing opportunities through her economic empowerment program, as a means to prevent more cases of HIV/AIDS.

Sisters in sub-Saharan Africa work tirelessly to prevent, treat and support those affected and infected with HIV/AIDS.

On World Cancer Awareness Day, ASEC would like to acknowledge the sisters working to prevent, treat and support individuals in their fight against cancer.