Zambia

Scholarship alumna Sr. Judith Zulu was nationally recognized in Zambia with a Labour Day Award for her dedicated service as a clinical officer, improving healthcare for her community.

At the CERRA-Africa Global Research Network Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya, HESA alumnae and ASEC staff presented impactful research, highlighting the vital yet often-overlooked contributions of Catholic sisters to sustainable development across Africa and beyond.

Palliative care is largely recognized as essential to improving the quality of life of those with serious and often terminal illness, even if they may not be able to treat the root cause of their ailment.

Catholic sisters in Africa are using their education to dream up creative human development projects that help their local communities.

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.

Catholic sisters have become a critical component of emergency response among local African communities in crisis.

Sr. Astridah is using the leadership skills she learned in ASEC’s SLDI program to share critical health information about COVID-19 pandemic to 1.5 million Zambians via a multilingual radio show.

The stories of four African women who used their education to change the lives of hundreds of people they serve.

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

ASEC alumnae implement programs and policies that protect and promote the welfare of children in Kenya, Ghana and Zambia.

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

Resource mobilization and project proposal writing skills learned in SLDI enable Sr. Christine to improve conditions at a girls’ boarding school in Zambia

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

Sr. Rita uses her education scholarship to help children grow in spirit, in knowledge and in love of God.

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

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

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.

Sr. Anastasia provides obstetric, gynecological and surgical treatment to patients who would otherwise have limited to no access to medical care.

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.

African Sisters are practicing sustainable agriculture and farming to solve problems like malnutrition and food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

Sr. Prema Anthony is using the education she received through ASEC to improve the quality of education for 1,700 students in Zambia.

Several participants of SLDI workshops are using their education to help their congregations and communities.

Because of Sr. Constancia, an isolated community plagued with HIV cases now has access to basic healthcare.

Reaching out to women in the rural areas, the Mother Earth Centre promotes improved nutrition and self sustainability through multiple projects. In this photo, farmers are cultivating moringa powder.