Will Civil Unrest in Malawi Affect Dzaleka?
People living in Dzaleka Refugee Camp have fled from conflict in their own countries to the stability of Malawi. But a contested election result has now caused civil unrest...
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Nobody is too Poor to Give Time
“In looking ahead, it’s good to look back!” says Kenneth Simalalo SJ, Head Teacher of Loyola Jesuit Secondary School, Malawi, as he reflects on the last ten years...
Tilt the World on its Axis
Noelle Fitzpatrick is the new Country Director for JRS South Sudan and has previously worked with Irish Jesuit Missions and the Xavier Network. In this article she looks...
New Library for St Ignatius School
A new library for a Jesuit school in Lusaka will help to close the education gap in Zambia, helping its students to fulfil their potential. St Ignatius College...
Smiles Matter in South Sudan
“In South Sudan, everything makes a difference, even a smile.” Those were the words that were said to Fr Joseph Afulo SJ, Provincial of the Eastern Africa Province by...
Congratulations to the Class of 2019!
Friday, June 7th will be a very special day for Loyola Jesuit Secondary School (LJSS), when 49 girls and 48 boys will be its first ever graduates! LJSS...
I want to be a teacher
Basamat Osman Atom was born just a few kilometres away from Maban, in a small market centre known as Jam in Blue Nile State, Sudan. Her story is...
Investing in Peace Through Education
Education is a tool not only for imparting knowledge, but for achieving societal and political change. This month, our colleague Noelle Fitzpatrick left Ireland for South Sudan, to...
Belvedere Boys’ Fundraiser
A first-year home economics class in Belvedere College, Dublin has donated more than €2,000 towards the building of a science classroom in the Adjumani refugee settlement of northern Uganda....
Death of an Influential Educator
Fr Alfred (Freddie) Deignan SJ, of the Irish Jesuit community in Hong Kong died, aged 91, on December 11, 2018. As Principal of both Wah Yan Colleges and Chairman...
Irish Teachers Visit Ugandan Schools
Kris Vekic, Education for Justice Coordinator, visited Uganda with a group of teachers from Irish Jesuit schools in November. It is the second year that he has brought a ...
An Oasis at the Margins
“Women and girls are Africa’s greatest untapped resource, and it is they, not diamonds or oil and minerals, that will be the foundation for solid, sustainable and equitable progress”....