Tanzania

ASEC’s long-term partnership with Bigwa Secondary School in Tanzania has expanded educational access, strengthened facilities, and empowered women religious and local students to become confident, skilled leaders in their communities.

Guided by ASEC connections and inspired leadership, Sr. Caroline Ngati, ASE, transformed barren land in Kenya into the thriving Dorothea Rescue Center, offering safety, education, and hope to vulnerable girls while enriching ASEC’s Service Learning experiences.

Through ASEC’s education programs, Catholic sisters in Tanzania are breaking barriers in the legal field as they teach, practice law, and advocate for justice and gender equality in their communities.

Sr. Catherine Felix Kimario, SCC, a 2023 ASEC Scholarship graduate from Tanzania, is combating antimicrobial resistance by educating patients and ensuring proper medication use at the Holy Cross Health Centre.

The Higher Education for Sisters in Africa (HESA) program has helped education for women religious in Africa make strides, despite education for women in Africa facing significant barriers. In 2023, over 200 sisters graduated from HESA programs, overcoming challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic and contributing to their communities’ development and gender equality.

At the St. Joseph’s Center, Sr. Magreth currently serves as a Direct Support Professional, assisting in caring for adults and children with disabilities. She continues to utilize the knowledge and skills she gained from the ASEC Scholarship program and HESA on a daily basis. She feels grateful for the opportunity to serve across the globe and remains connected to the ASEC alumnae network, attending virtual ASEC Alumnae Workshops annually despite her placement in the United States.

Networking, team building, and relationship building activities led to a successful 2024 SLDI Partners Workshop.

Over the past 7 years, the Orphanage Centre of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters in Tanzania has undergone an immense transformation.

At just 12 years old a Maasai girl captivated participants at the 2024 SLDI Partner Workshop and represented the impact delivered by ASEC sisters

In 2019, Sr. Magdalena Laurent Izengo started her courses through ASEC’s SLDI program in Tanzania. Since then, she has used her knowledge and skills to secure funding for projects that keep children in her community safe. Read about it in her own words.

Equipped with confidence, skills and a psychology degree, Sr. Swai is helping physically and mentally disabled children in Africa get the early intervention services they need.

Catholic sisters in Africa are using crop and animal farming to sustainably support their local communities.

How Catholic nuns translate computer and tech skills into enhanced social services for Africa’s poor and vulnerable.

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

Catholic sisters are creating and running programs to protect the children who are the most at-risk among Africa’s rapidly growing population.

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

Sr. Edna earns a degree to serve as a pharmaceutical technician in Tanzania to improve healthcare in the country.

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.

Sr. Magreth continues her education in order to assist her congregation in developing its rural ministries across Tanzania.

Catholic sisters are providing much needed health and wellness services throughout Africa.

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

Sr. Efrosina and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters provide love and comfort to orphans in Tanzania, giving them hope for a brighter tomorrow.

Across Africa, Catholic nuns are providing help and hope for orphaned children facing psychosocial distress, economic hardship, withdrawal from school, malnutrition and illness.

Sisters are dedicated to solving the serious environmental issues facing Africa today, leaving the world in better condition than how they received it.

Across Africa, Catholic Sisters battle educational poverty and so much more as they mold the minds of the future generation.

Religious sisters across Africa are using their ASEC education to spearhead projects in support of Africa’s youth and future generation.

Sr. Benedicta Anslem is improving infrastructure and building hope in Tanzania, one brick at a time.

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. Florida receives two promotions in her accountant career after completing her ASEC-sponsored education.

Marywood University alumna Emily Schweiger reflects on volunteering in Tanzania through ASEC’s Service Learning Program and its effects on her life.

Understanding the severe impact that drug abuse has on health, development, peace and security in developing countries of Africa.