Jesuits Africa Annual Review 2022

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President 3 From Editor 4 Section 1 JENA 5 The Bakhita Partnership for Education (BPE) 6 Challenges of Hunger – Alternative Strategies 12 Food Justice and Climate Change at COP 27 14 Section 2 AJIS 16 African Jesuits in Science at the Service of the Mission of Christ 17 The Voice of an African Jesuit in the Area of Cancer Research 18 Developing an Antiviral against the Deadly African Cassava Virus 19 Pondering the Handiwork of God’s Creation through the Lens of a Telescope 20 Section 3 AJAN 21 AJAN at 20 22 Section 4 JASBEAM 26 JASBEAM Colloquium 2022: Rediscovering and Embracing the Spirit of Accessibility 27 Section 5 JEDOAM 31 Development Anchored in Partnerships and Relationships 32 Collaborating in Development to Enhance the Mission of the Society 34 Section 6 SYNODALITY 35 ACWECA: Leadership Listening and Discernment Retreat on Synodality 36 Led by the Spirit to a Truly Synodal Mentality 38 Section 7 SAFEGUARDING 40 Deepening Safeguarding Across the Conference 41 Section 8 FORMATION 43 Called to the service of God’s people 44 Section 9 FINANCIALS 46 Financial Highlights 2022 47 Section 10 AFRICAMA 50 Our People 51

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 03 Letter from the President I have great pleasure once again in welcoming you, our Benefactors, Friends and Companions in Mission, to the 2022 JCAM Annual review. In 1975 a previous Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr Pedro Arrupe, published a collection of essays and reﬂections entitled A Planet to Heal. Fr Arrupe had an extraordinary gift of seeing how the Society needed to be ready to adapt if it was to serve the Church and the World to its fullest capacities. Perhaps the single most important example of his insightfulness was in his decision to create the Jesuit Refugee Service in 1980 in response to the growing number of people who found themselves as migrants or refugees for one reason or another. But A Planet to Heal also presents a more global awareness on Arrupe’s part of the need to bring a healing and wholeness to so much of the created order fractured or diminished by injustices, or by a lack of care or concern or sometimes even a simple lack of knowledge of what harms are being done. As you read through this year’s annual review I hope you will agree with me that so much of the work of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar mirrors Arrupe’s concern to bring healing in many diﬀerent ways: the considerable labours which are evidenced in the work for integral ecology carried on by the staﬀ of the Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network of Africa; the work of the Africa Jesuit Aids Network which through education and pastoral support seeks to help many who are challenged still with the eﬀects of disease; the continued eﬀorts of the Safeguarding initiatives to keep children and vulnerable adults in our Church and communities safe from harm; the very important work of advancing the mission of the Church on a truly synodal path which allows for new structures of involvement and greater participation; and the training of Jesuits across this continent to carry forward these labours in the years ahead. This will be my last year as President of JCAM and more than ever before I ﬁnd myself saying that we could not do what we do without your very generous support in prayer and in giving in so many other ways. Thank you! Asanteni! Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, President of JCAM

04 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review From the Editor Welcome to the 5th edition of the JCAM Annual Review for 2022! This has been an eventful and exciting year for us post Covid-19 (we pray!). With the opening of the gates came a burst of visitors from across the Conference and beyond but especially welcome were the Xavier Network members who made the journey from diﬀerent parts of Europe. This annual review is a presentation of JCAM initiatives, some with new perspectives and others a continuation of the various works that are grounded in these oﬃces here in Nairobi. What stands out, certainly, is the commitment to programmes that are rooted in the Society’s Universal Apostolic Preferences www.jesuits.africa/apostolic-preferences which continue to guide and enable us, and those with whom we work, to rethink how we live and work. Certain themes of course take the spotlight: JENA’s leading in gender responsive recovery from Covid-19, which is focussed on giving girls in Africa equal rights and access to quality education; putting justice at the heart of climate ﬁnance; or a burgeoning interest in God’s creation through observation and discovery by African Jesuit scientists at the highest levels. Also, in AJAN, now beyond 20 years in the making, and continuing to strengthen our commitment to social justice through its advocacy on health and development, which are part of our Jesuit DNA, vital to fulﬁlling our mission, and attaining real and lasting change in society. But whether it is in JASBEAM’s development of education networks or widening the reach of Safeguarding in our ministries or in engaging with the wider Church in preparing for the Synod on Synodality all of “Our JCAM People” featured on page 51 make enormous contributions to the strength of the service provided. Thank you all for your prayers and support and - Happy reading! Anastasia Makunu, Communications Officer, JCAM

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06 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review Girls learning agriculture at St. Francis Xavier Laudato Si’ Action programme, at Modern, a BPE partner. Boni Concilli, a BPE partner. he Bakhita Partnership for Education (BPE) – A JENA Picture of xxxxxxxxxxxx Response to Safeguard Girls’ T Education in Africa Fr. Charles Chilufya, SJ Director, JENA With the support of the Hilton Foundation, the Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA) launched the Bakhita Partnership for Education (BPE) in October 2020 as a platform for collaboration among Jesuits and other Catholic Church actors in the field of education to protect African girls’ right to quality education in the wake of COVID-19. In response to Pope Francis’ call on the Church to mobilise leadership for the construction of a healthier and more just post-COVID-19 world, the BPE is working with its partners and various actors for the needed transformation of institutions, minds and hearts to build that world that cares about the wellbeing of girls.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 07 The BPE Flagship supports three pillars of action: Through the BPE the Jesuits, the Catholic sisters and their • Policy advocacy based on the generation and use of data, collaborators in Africa who have a very large network of schools evidence and research to inform public policies, programmes leverage their long experience in education to advocate for better and plans for education transformation and for increased pathways for holistic education and formation and suggest policy enrolment and increased retention of girls in school; responses to the crisis of education that Africa needs. • Action and advocacy eﬀorts to ensure return to school for drop COVID-19 has shut an entire generation of adolescent girls in Africa out of school girls and continuity of learning out of the education system. Millions of children in low- and • Country, community and school-level action to promote safe middle-income African countries have not returned to schools as schools and education that empowers in order to prevent schools reopened at the beginning of last year. widening gender inequalities in education. St. Tereza of Calcutta, BPE partner - beneficiaries visiting their school garden.

08 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review Parombo, after a storytelling event on how they have benefited from BPE programme . The major reason was the loss of family livelihoods during the pandemic, which aﬀected parents’ ability to pay school fees and given a choice, parents preferred to send their boy children to school rather than send the girls. Teen pregnancies, early marriages, and sexual violence were another major disruption of education for girls across Africa. But even before COVID-19, Africa was already a long way from gender equality in and through education. While global ﬁgures showing gender parity in education are often cited as a great success story for gender equality, these ﬁgures mask large regional, national and local disparities. Sub-Saharan African girls today are the most disadvantaged in terms of access to schooling. Twelve out of 17 countries in the world that have not yet reached Dokolo Girls, a BPE partner - gender parity in primary education are located in Sub-Saharan students attending an outdoor class activity. Africa, as are 15 of the 20 that have not achieved gender parity in lower secondary education.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 09 Why should we be concerned? Every child has the right to a safe, formal, quality education and people to build a hope-ﬁlled future. ” We were further guided by access to lifelong learning. Education is a tool by which girls are the Vatican II’s document, Gaudium et Spes #1, which reminds us empowered to exercise their agency, make their voice heard, and that“ the joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the access their ﬁrst leadership opportunities. Being out of school people of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way doesn’t just have devastating consequences for girls’ life aﬄicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of opportunities – it places them at risk of teen pregnancy, child the followers of Christ.” marriage, female genital mutilation and other forms of gender-based violence. Education is critical in tackling harmful gender norms, and empowering girls to drive change. It gives girls the skills to become leaders, innovators and change makers, and to tackle future crises. We, at JENA, have heeded the call of the second universal apostolic preference of the Jesuits that invites us to “walk with the poor…and those whose dignity has been violated, in the mission of reconciliation and justice. When we looked at the situation of the girls whose life’s dreams are being curtailed by violence and denial St. Francis Xavier Modern, BPE partner - of the right to education, we heard the invitation to respond to the students in a computer science class. third universal apostolic preference to “walk together with young Adumi, BPE partner - beneficiaries in Arua Diocese, Uganda.

10 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review Morulem Girls in Kotido diocese Thank you, for the BPE Karamoja, Uganda. programme support.

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12 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review ©africaag.org hallenges of Hunger – Alternative Strategies Kevin Okoth Ouko CResearch and Policy Analyst, JENA The Covid-19 global pandemic, climate change and the In response to these challenges, JENA in line with its 2022/2023 Russia-Ukraine war have left huge gaps in the food systems strategic framework seeks to achieve increased attention and of the global south. A legacy of the pandemic is the rise in relevant and improved responses to vulnerable communities from cases of inequality and deepening poverty levels among most policy makers and other external actors through rigorous and evidence-based research and advocacy. Key among these communities in the region and stagnating human discussions included the regional webinar on the “Russia-Ukraine development with its devastating impact on children, War - a Thorn for Global Food Systems” held in July 2022 in women, and youth. As a part of the solution, transforming collaboration with Jesuit Centre for Ecology and Development the food system to resolve the unending hunger appears a (JCED)-Malawi, Kasisi Agricultural Training College (KATC)-Zambia, promising frontier. Given the ever-growing economic divide Caritas Africa and Hekima University-Kenya. between urban and rural dwellers, countries in the global south, and mostly Sub-Saharan Africa can institute plans that seek to diversify food sources and job creation to boost income growth.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 13 that we value the environment as our source of sustenance. Going by the encyclical letter of Pope Francis, Laudato Si’, the responsibility of taking care of the environment is upon us all as a God-given duty. Having found ourselves in this present predicament, Africa can still chart a new path. The call is to create new alternative food systems prioritizing local food production to compensate for food imports. Even though commodity food imports are there to stay, prioritizing local food production at the height of climate change and the Maasai women, fetching water.© hadynyah | iStock continued impacts of Covid-19 calls for a socially broad-based food and nutritional security. The varied ecological zones of the region and the large arable capacity signify room for the continent to The Russia-Ukraine webinar attracted food security experts, revamp its agricultural policies. In addition, even as countries academics, farmers, and agricultural leaders across the region and adhere to calls for structural transformation, emphasizing critical areas to reimagining the food system to cushion against the manufacturing sectoral development, through agricultural rising crises were discussed in depth. The webinar provided a innovation, the great labour force of the youthful continent can be platform to exchange ideas, success stories, and JENA's perspective harnessed to propel food production in the continent. on food justice in Sub-Saharan Africa. The role of gender in strengthening the diversity of our food systems was highlighted along with women and youth access to resources. In reducing food commodity imports, participants alluded to the negative impacts of import overreliance at such a time when the global supply chain had been disrupted. More elaborately, the devastating eﬀect of the Russia-Ukraine war on meeting cereal demand in the region was discussed. Members noted that Sub-Saharan Africa has diverse ecological zones that can support the production of some of the grains being imported from Russia and Ukraine. The need for continued research and development was echoed as a promising A farmer tills her farm. path that can be undertaken by institutions of higher learning and organizations on the frontline in promoting food security and ©CIAT, CC BY-SA 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons promoting agricultural innovation. JENA ﬁnds the recent developments in the global food system a JENA’s call to our leaders is to stand with marginalized communities threat to communities’ access to food. At stake are issues ranging in realizing their food needs. With appropriate legislative support, from taking care of the world’s vulnerable groups locked out by the government can change dietary patterns by promoting local food prevailing economic and food systems, to recognizing the need to production through the provision of input subsidies. Equally, the protect the environment and its ecosystem. Emphasis on food government can reign on the quality of imported food. Food sovereignty seeks to cement the need for an alternative food quality and safety are critical for a healthy population. With this system, where food is produced more locally and where shorter approach we can stem the dumping of our food market with supply chains create a lower burden on the environment through ultra-processed foods with no or little nutritional content, and thus waste reduction. JENA’s approach underscores the need to address reduce cases of lifestyle-related diseases associated with such the voice of the marginalized, uphold people’s rights, and ensure ultra-processed foods.

14 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa ©United Nations/M. Yousuf Tushar | Flickr Annual Review ood Justice and Climate Change at COP 27 Sch. Bryan Galligan, SJ Research and Policy Analyst, JENA F According to the latest statistics from the UN, around 800 Globally, food systems are not just aﬀected by the problem: they million people experienced hunger in 2021, almost 50 million are also a signiﬁcant contributor to it. An overreliance on synthetic more than in 2020. And while food insecurity is on the rise fertilizers and unsustainable livestock farming in the Global North globally, the largest increase in both proportional and makes agriculture one of the highest emitting sectors. And if these aspects of production are considered alongside land use change, absolute terms was here in Africa. Although that increase is supply chains, and food waste, the global food system contributes caused by a variety of factors, one of the most significant around one-third of total greenhouse gas emissions. There can be drivers is climate change. Storms damage roads and bridges, no climate action without a holistic transformation of global fracturing supply chains. Droughts limit crop yields and kill food systems. livestock. Warming oceans cause fish populations to move poleward.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 15 Agriculture drew to a close, the negotiators responsible for it had two tasks at the COP: to report on what they learned after years of workshops and discussions, and to make key recommendations regarding the future of food governance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). JENA worked with our partners in Catholic and secular civil society to give food governance under the UNFCCC a broad food systems mandate, concrete ways to channel climate ﬁnance to small-scale producers in the Global South and an emphasis on agroecology as a highly eﬀective and socially just means of adaptation that also limits carbon emissions. Progress was made but not all the goals Charcoal balls made by farmers in Malawi were achieved. Agroecology was discussed, and some of its to promote agro-ecology. principles were included in the text, but the formal support hoped for did not materialize. However, negotiators were able to chart a clear path forward for channeling climate ﬁnance to the communities and food producers who need it most. JCED Malawi staff show Bryan, SJ, their agro-ecology project. Small-scale producers in the Global South, who make disproportionate contributions to food security, need support adapting to the eﬀects of climate change. On the other hand, the industrial food system dominated by corporate interests in the Global North must be reconﬁgured to become more equitable and sustainable. These two goals–adapting food systems to the eﬀects of climate change and minimizing their contributions to it–were what brought JENA to COP27. Jesuit Southern Africa Province staff, This year’s climate conference was an important one for food. As a during a climate campaign. four-year work programme known as the Koronivia Joint Work on

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www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 17 frican Jesuits in Science at the Service of the Mission of Christ A History tells us that Jesuits have been at the forefront of major scientific observation and discovery, and not only of the stars. From the revolutionary Jesuit bark, (quinine), to the popular “maté” beverage in South America to present day space exploration as part of the Vatican Observatory team Jesuits continue to find God in the wonders of creation Participants of the AJIS symposium from the vastness of open skies to the minutiae of molecular held in Nairobi. exploration. In 2022 for the first time ever, a multi-disciplinary symposium was held in Africama bringing together about 15 scientifically oriented Jesuits with contributions in the natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology) and formal sciences (mathematics, computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, information technology, systems science, etc). Below we feature three Jesuits dispersed across the globe yet engaged in research that is significant to the continent and the world at large. AJIS symposium in session.

18 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review he Voice of an African Jesuit in the Area of Cancer Research Picture of xxxxxxxxxxxx Fr. Michael Otieno, SJ Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) T Fr. Otieno, SJ, handling specimen in the lab. Microscopic examination of specimen. I am Michael Ochieng Otieno, SJ, a Jesuit from Kenya. My interest in Currently, I am studying for PhD in Molecular Oncology at the cancer research can be traced back two decades when I had a sad Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). My research experience of cancer that runs deep in my family. Losing my focuses on the role of DNA and RNA binding protein known as grandmother to cancer motivated me to pursue education at heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP K) in solid Kenyatta University in Nairobi, specializing in biology with the tumours. The oncogenic function of hnRNP K has been observed in intention of pursuing cancer biology in the future. patients with solid tumours where its increased expression has been associated with poor prognosis. My research focuses on how In Kenya, many cancer patients travel to India for treatment to develop a small molecule (drug) to prohibit hnRNP K from because the latter has better facilities and lower treatment cost. promoting the development of pancreatic cancer. There are only 20 cancer oncologists in Kenya most of whom are working in Nairobi and very few researchers. While cancer survival The excellent facilities and professors at CNIO will instil in me skills rates have greatly improved in the developed countries, the and knowledge, which will enable me to become an important reverse is true in Kenya. player in cancer research.

eveloping an Antiviral Against the Deadly African Cassava Virus Disease Fr. Alain Pitti Djida, SJ Pharmaceutical Chemistry Group, Barcelona D My name is Alain Pitti Djida. I am a Cameroonian Jesuit priest from So, the aim of my work is to develop an antiviral against the virus the West Africa Province (AOC). I am both a chemical engineer called African cassava mosaic virus that aﬀects cassava and other (pharmaceutical chemist) and bioengineer (biotechnology). I was vegetables in the world and especially in Africa. The disease caused missioned to Barcelona to do a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. by ACMV is one of the major problems aﬀecting agriculture in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. I decided to choose this topic for diﬀerent reasons. The ﬁrst is that I wanted to investigate something related to our African continent; the second is because it is easier to develop and test new drugs in plant models than animal models. The title of my PhD is: Design of potential inhibitory compounds of the replication of the "African Cassava Mosaic Virus" (ACMV). I decided to choose this topic for diﬀerent reasons. The ﬁrst is that I wanted to investigate something related to our African continent; the second is because it is easier to develop and test new drugs in plant models than animal models. CMD symptoms, farm in Tanzania. ©H.Holmes_RTB) Despite biotechnological advances, the virus continues to cause many losses and a decreased yield in cassava production. Therefore, a sustainable solution to the problem is needed. The direct impact of the results of my investigations would be a signiﬁcant increase of cassava production in the continent. And I Fr. Alain, SJ, taking sample for testing. would like to say that it is my way of collaborating for food safety in Africa.

20 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review ondering the Handiwork of God’s Creation Through the Lens of a Telescope Fr. Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya, SJ Astronomer, Vatican Observatory P production of crops, etc.) Experiencing any impact from meteoroids, these satellites could be destroyed. In order to build solid and robust satellites, one has to consider the physical proprieties of the meteoroids (what they are and what they are made of). This was my contribution in studying the density of very faint meteoroids. What I aim to achieve is to keep contributing to science through my research in meteoroids, ﬁreballs, and asteroids that cross the Earth orbit, and we call NEOs (Near Earth Objects). As recently as September 2022, Dart, a Nasa spacecraft, impacted Dimorphos (160 m in size) to change its orbit around its parent body, Didymos, an asteroid with a size of 780 m. This experiment was conducted as a test to learn whether it would be possible to Fr. Kikwaya, SJ, inside a radio telescope. deﬂect an asteroid that could cause a threat to the Earth. The ultimate goal of such missions is to protect humanity from extinction due to any impact of another of another celestial body on Earth. Besides the desire to answer questions regarding our I’m Father Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya Eluo, Jesuit, priest, scientist origin (how the universe came to be), and also evolution (where the (astronomer) and I have been working for the Vatican Observatory universe is going), astronomy is also engaged in protecting our since 2003. I ﬁnd myself today in Astronomy by the invitation of the mother planet and all that it contains. Technological achievements Society of Jesus after my studies in Mathematics (Celestial in astronomy (space missions, etc.) help the world to move forward. Mechanics) in which I reconnected with my personal interest in the sky and its world of wonders (the moon, the stars, etc.). Usually, in astronomy, we think about (or imagine) telescopes, and they are important. But for me, to put Africa on the path to research I contribute to science through my research on meteoroids in astronomy, we need ﬁrst very well-trained astronomers who (shooting stars). Meteoroids constitute a threat to artiﬁcial satellites could accompany students to become astronomers. (for communication, surveillance for security, for the climate, for

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22 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review Traditional dancer in Bujumbura, Burundi, entertaining guests. In 2022 AJAN celebrated its 20th birthday with a wonderful gathering in Burundi. Below are some extracts from a JAN reflection on AJAN’s achievements and purpose. Twenty years ago AJAN was started under the banner of at 20 fidelity with the motto ‘Linked for life and well-being.’ The Fr. Ismael Matambura, SJ Society of Jesus in Africa and Madagascar since then, has Director, AJAN been a consistent presence, seeking to contribute to Justice and Equality for youth, children and adults affected and A infected by HIV, through its action-oriented programmes carried out at the community level.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 23 Annual Review At the centre of all our work is compassion and justice, values that programming, providing resources, when the person is internally characterize the entire work of the Jesuits in the ﬁght against HIV/ broken. Forming the conscience of the young person is equally AIDS. This mission, that draws its strength and direction from the critical in order that their responses emerge in a space of personal Gospel, Catholic social teaching, the Universal Apostolic responsibility (whereby they are capable of addressing life Preferences (UAP’s) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), challenges including health threats). aspires to contribute to the global agenda of promoting healthy lives and well-being by working towards an HIV free generation. So, the UAPs call on all of us to accompany the young people to a AJAN’s strategic direction purposes to oﬀer more holistic point of deep mentoring of each of them into a mature walk with interventions for HIV & AIDS to the frontiers of holistic health and God into life, into the future. well-being of the communities and to accompany the youth by placing them at the centre of integrated eﬀorts against HIV & AIDS through its value-based education programme – AHAPPY, (AJAN HIV & AIDS Prevention programme for Youth). What the Society’s UAPs call us to do is not to prepare a future for the young people; rather, to prepare the youth for the future. It is not enough to operate on the outside environment, of policies, Winner of AJAN at 20 school competition gifted by AJAN director. Beneficiaries of the AJAN programme dancing. Dancers from Burundi entertain guests.

24 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review Dear young people, make the most of these years of your youth. Don’t observe life from a “ balcony. Don’t confuse happiness with an armchair or live your life behind a screen. Whatever you do, do not become the sorry sight of an abandoned vehicle! Don’t be parked cars but dream freely and make good decisions. Take risks, even if it means making mistakes. Don’t go through life anaesthetized or approach the world like tourists. Make a ruckus! Cast out the fears that paralyze you, so that you don’t become young mummies. Live! Give yourselves over to the best of life! Open the door of the cage, go out and fly! Please, don’t take early retirement. (Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, no.143) ” Mwansa Chalo, young economist from Zambia, meets Pope Francis, at Economy of Francesco 2022, Assisi, Italy.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 25 Annual Review Choir at AJAN at 20 break into song during Mass. Fr. Jeyaraj, SJ, being welcomed from Rome by AJAN Jesuits join in dancing at the AJAN at 20 celebrations. director, RWB superior and JCAM president.

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www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 27 asbeam Colloquium 2022: Rediscovering And Embracing The Spirit Of Accessibility J Sharon Oduor Administrator, JASBEAM Participants at JASBEAM Colloquium planting trees at LJC.

28 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review In September 2022, as the morning sun rose over Loyola Jesuit College (LJC) in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, something great was imminent in the school. Jesuit educators and collaborators in Africa and Madagascar were converging in this prestigious 25-year-old establishment for a particular purpose. What could draw over 65 delegates from Africa and Madagascar as well as Europe here? This day marked the first ever colloquium of the Jesuit Association of Secondary and Basic Education in Africa and Madagascar (JASBEAM), and the Loyola Jesuit College was privileged to host this event. Fr. Orobator, SJ, the JCAM President addresses JASBEAM colloquium participants.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 29 Q&A during the JASBEAM event. Primary and Secondary students of Loyola Jesuit College (LJC), Abuja, Nigeria. On the ﬁrst day of the seminar, Fr. Chukwuyenum Aﬁawari SJ, the best we can, one student at a time". His words aligned with the ANW Provincial Superior, celebrated mass at which the students at theme of this year's colloquium ‘Rediscovering Ourselves and LJC staged a very lively and uplifting opening mass, to the awe of Embracing the Spirit of Accessibility to all for JASBEAM’ the Jesuit educators and collaborators. Over the next ﬁve days, the colloquium had enlightening An opening ceremony led by Fr. Joe Arimoso SJ, the JASBEAM conversations about the accessibility of the network of the coordinator from the Southern African Province, was held at the 60 JASBEAM schools to Africa and Madagascar by using either ﬁnancial Angels Memorial Hall. The key speakers were Fr. Aﬁawari SJ, Fr. aid or online educational resources. It also discussed the impact of Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator SJ (the JCAM president), Fr. José Mesa Covid-19 on the schools and how the pandemic initiated the SJ (the Chair of the International Commission on the Apostolate on transition to online learning. Other teams made presentations on Jesuit Education (ICAJE), and Mr. Olusade Adesola representing the the funding and sustainability of the network of schools, and how Executive Secretary of Federal Capital Development to prepare the students to be global citizens. Also, the colloquium Authority (FCDA). had conversations about the living tradition, the global identiﬁers of the Jesuit schools, and the diﬀerences between a Jesuit school In his welcome remarks, the JCAM president told participants, “By and a companion school. the fact that we gather here today, we are making a powerful statement. We believe that all is not lost. Although we cannot solve Jesuit Schools are owned by the Society while companion schools the global problem of inaccessibility to education, we are doing the are managed by the Society on behalf of a diocese.

30 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review After these deliberations, there was a chance to share In the later days of the seminar, the JASBEAM delegates collectively recommendations. A signiﬁcant one was the introduction of participated in a tree-planting session, something that the school collective responsibility for the funding of the JASBEAM network. has been doing for many years in alignment with the fourth UAP, Another well-thought of suggestion was holding the colloquium caring for our common home. This was also in the hope that the once every two years. If implemented, such a colloquium could be a visitors would implement this tradition once they got home. great way of monitoring progress, since the JASBEAM delegation can compare notes. Finally, a team recommended boosting “Education is the key to making sure that the world is what we want accessibility to schools in the network by discounting fees, oﬀering it to be.” - Fr. José Mesa. scholarships, and availing reading materials to the students. Participants engage in conversations A participant showcases her tree planting moment. and group sessions.

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32 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review evelopment Anchored in Partnerships and DRelationships Fr. Tito Victor Yétongo, SJ Development Director, West Africa Province (AOC) The JEDOAM 2022 meeting was very rewarding, fully satisfactory, without pressure and with a well-developed ﬂexible program. The various presentations of the ﬁve provinces, and one region as well as the presentation on communication on the tools of communication that can be useful in the development work, and the sharing of the local experiences of fund raising especially in the North-West Africa province (ANW) Development Oﬃce were very informative. What stood out for me was the call to a local fundraising model that invites us to engage further with those whom we share our spirituality through spiritual conversations, retreats, recollections and various Ignatian Spirituality forums. Fr. Rakotozanany Alexis, SJ Development Director, Madagascar Province (MDG) The JEDOAM experience for me was rewarding. The attitude and spirit of free sharing gave the meeting an atmosphere of fraternity, caring about the life, and the mission of the Society of Jesus. The methodology adopted (sharing of experiences, reﬂection together and in groups) presented the opportunity to gather new knowledge and ideas. From the beginning, the same concerns were well perceived and felt; that of encouragement and success towards a common mission. Participants were able to share openly their own local realities of development work, leading to engaging discussions that brought out the opportunities, and the challenges in development work. There is need to put eﬀort into improving development oﬃces that is to eﬃciently equip them with resources for communications and also designate communication experts who are versed in communications for development. JEDOAM has already come a long way.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 33 Nobert Tembo Development Officer, Zambia-Malawi Country Office, Southern Africa Province (SAP) The sharing brought to me a sense of comfort and relief in that I had always imagined that maybe our oﬃce in SAP was one of those oﬃces still struggling especially with the issues of funding the operations of the Development Oﬃce and promotion of local fundraising. However nearly all the provinces that attended the meeting shared their own struggles with these same issues. Therefore, what needs to change in the provinces is the perception that the Development Oﬃce must only focus on raising funds for the province, but that the development oﬃce must be seen as a vehicle through which partnerships / collaboration with diﬀerent stakeholders must be promoted and encouraged. The eﬀective use of the Jesuit brand for marketing and friend raising must be at the center of promoting diﬀerent Jesuit works and promotion of fundraising as a ministry (spirituality of fundraising) among the lay collaborators/partners. The sustainability of the development work in the provinces must therefore be anchored in telling our stories of the impact of our projects to those we serve especially the major Superiors, directors of works, Jesuits in formation and those charged with communication to help interface our works with potential donors especially the local donors. Grégoire Baisle Development Director, Rwanda Burundi Region (RWB) What a formative experience! As a development oﬃcer, I often wonder if my approach is the most eﬀective. How do other provinces do? What are the expectations of our various interlocutors? During JEDOAM meeting at Africama House, we trained, reﬂected, and shared and broadened our views, becoming aware that development is not only about raising funds abroad, but there is a vast array of possibilities to improve ourselves locally. I am grateful to the people I met and both the formal and informal conversations we had. The meeting gave a new impetus to our oﬃce, and I am sure that we are only beginning to see the fruit of it. Finally, we also realized that all the provinces do not develop at the same pace. If this diﬀerence in the development stage seems to be, at ﬁrst, an obstacle in the sense that we do not have the same issues, it actually happens to be a strength, because provinces become inspiring to each other, and learn from each other through new perspectives. What an enriching experience!

34 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review ollaborating in Development to Enhance the Mission of the Society Agatha Chidera Nwile Programs Officer, North-West Africa Province (ANW) C The presentations at the 2022 JEDOAM pointed to trends of giving The relationship between communications and development gets which are changing. People now give to charitable projects broader frequently and so to ensure that the ANW Province is in involving the consequences of war, the needs of children, women tune with the dynamics, we need to look beyond sitting in our and disease, the media are also very quick to talk about these. This oﬃces to write grant applications and embrace the use of can pose a challenge to ANW Province (and others) where we have communication techniques. The volume of work in the construction projects to cater for. However, this also serves as a development oﬃce can be reduced if the right communication push to explore other ways of locally raising funds especially platforms are utilized, such that links and handles with the outside our regular donors. necessary details are shared instead of word-of-mouth explanations. During my two weeks of internship, I worked with the The set up in Africama House Jesuit Development Director was one I had never come on a fundraising project in across anywhere else. Each Gambia and scrutinized some unit has their function but of our previously completed they also depend on the projects. This project was an communications expert to eye opener to the points we develop suitable content for overlooked while writing our public consumption. The job grant applications. Fr. Paul roles and units (AJAN, JENA, Hamill, also gave suggestions Safeguarding, Synodality) are on maintaining our relevance also unique and educative. within the community of benefactors. I am able to speak about the provinces and JCAM because I The four days spent with Conference Communications Oﬃcer was travelled to Nairobi and learned from those travels. But I strongly indeed overwhelming and ﬁlled with many details. I heard diﬀerent believe that our ability to function successfully across the terminologies and applications regarding the Communication Conference should not always or only be on account our travels; we methods we could adopt in our oﬃce. I struggled to understand need to learn to do better and share information and experiences some of the details owing to the fact that I do not have a and knowledge in more accessible ways. background in communication.

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36 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review CWECA: Leadership Listening and Discernment Retreat on Synodality Picture of xxxxxxxxxxxx African Synodality Initiative A Prayer moment during the ACWECA retreat. In May 2022, women leaders in the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA), from various religious orders, came together at Africama House to listen and discern together on the Synodal process through spiritual conversations.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 37 Annual Review ACWECA women leaders - larger group session. This retreat was in line with the goal of the African Synodality initiative (ASI), which is to support the formation of the faithful, and convene various groups to reﬂect critically on synodality and develop informative media productions and webinars within the African context. ASI is a programme by the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM) in partnership with the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA). ASI aims to enrich the synodal process of “journeying together” as the pilgrim and missionary people of God. Retreat prayer session. The retreat was facilitated by Sr. Anne Arabome, from Sisters of Social Service (SSS), and the Associate Director of Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Marquette University in the United States of America. In her own words she said through an invitation letter addressed to the major superiors of ACWECA, that Synodality entails journeying together, listening to one another and together listening to the Holy Spirit as the people of God. She also said that the voices and opinions of Consecrated women are signiﬁcant if the Church is to “dream together, pray together and work together”. The outcome of the retreat was a drafting of a vision statement on Synodality by the Consecrated women which will be submitted to Breakout session. the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops in Rome.

38 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review ed by the Spirit to a Truly Synodal Mentality Picture of xxxxxxxxxxxx A Pocket Companion to LSynodality: Voices From Africa and Youth Gatherings Also, as 2022 drew to a close there were two large scale youth events focussing on Synodality and on participation in the synodal Participants of the ASI theological colloquium process held in Zimbabwe and in Ghana where with strong inputs on Synodality in Africa. from theologians and others youth and student leaders were helped to see the importance of this Synodal process in the African Synodal Initiative (ASI) continues its work across the development of the life of the Church and the importance of their continent as the Synod itself draws closer in 2023. As part of the active participation within that same Church and process. preparations there have already been many events which are documented on the JCAM website www.jesuits.africa/asi/ but two examples of the work of ASI indicate the depth of preparation and range of those involved. In the course of 2022, A Pocket Companion to Synodality: Voices from Africa was published as part of the work of the Africa Synodality Initiative, ﬁrst in English and then in French. Some of its authors from across the continent reﬂect on the process which gave rise to the publication and to its content. The volume can be downloaded as a pdf ﬁle in English and French on the JCAM website ASI page Youth formation on synodality held in Zimbabwe. www.jesuits.africa/asi/ or the JCAM website publications page www.jesuits.africa/publications/

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 39 Sr. Bridgita S. Mwawasi Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa - ACWECA The Pocket Companion on Synodality is good for the synodal process in Africa. It speaks to Africans on the African experience of living Synodality given the traditions, values, beliefs and practices that deﬁne the people of this great Continent. In it is displayed the challenge to revive the spirit of dialogue, companionship and service as attested to by the concepts of ubuntu, ujamaa and the closely knit extended family relationships that saw a brother in every family member, in every neighbour and in every stranger who was to be received, protected and treated well by every member of the community. The booklet has become my own companion in my personal daily synodal reﬂections and prayer life. Noluthando Honono University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Post-Graduate Law Student Reading and having been part of the process to put the booklet together has been an enriching experience that, not only opened me up to new perspectives, but extended my thoughts on various subjects as they relate to the Church and the process of synodality. The process of synodality, speciﬁcally focus groups, post mass prayers and conversations related thereto, has allowed for more open dialog within the church and proves to be the ﬁrst step towards the church not just being a big establishment. Dr. David Kaulemu Arupe Jesuit University, Harare, Zimbabwe The booklet oﬀers excellent insights about Synodality. I have personally used it for reﬂection and prayer. The majority of the faithful are yet to genuinely accept the need for Synodal transformation. Many are simply used to the ecclesial status quo and are carried away by the local day-to-day political and economic demands. People who desire change, are daunted by the demands of transformation. Little eﬀort has been made to reach out to those who have been hurt in the church. Too many priests are uninterested and unconvinced. Genuine engagement and mutual listening is yet to happen. Yet the need is urgent. Dr. Nontando Hadebe Theologian, St. Augustine College of South Africa As a lay woman theologian, this booklet provides the tools for opening up safe spaces for women and other marginalized groups including LGBTIQ and people with disabilities to have their voices heard without fear or intimidation. My diocese supports the voices of marginalized groups and the inclusion of African culture as critical to the synodical process. A pocket companion like this provides the guiding principles so that safe spaces can be created for fearless expression and transparency which are critical for the Church to be in touch with the needs, aspirations and cries of the laity and wider context. This vision of the Church as the people of God (equal participation) and as responsive to the concrete lived experiences of the laity and context reﬂects the vision of Vatican 2.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 41 Annual Review Tina Campbell, PCCP project assistant presenting. eepening Safeguarding Across the Conference Beatrice Mumbi Safeguarding Coordinator, JCAM D The resumption of air travel and the easing of COVID-19 restrictions were a major boost to the continuity of activities within the safeguarding programme in the second quarter of the year. In the month of May Child Protection Oﬃcers (CPOs) from across JCAM were ﬁnally able to have an in-person meeting in Nairobi providing an opportunity for all to share their experiences, successes, and challenges and more importantly, to reconnect with their peers and colleagues in mission. Ms. Tina Campbell, the PCCP Project Assistant was in attendance and facilitated a full day’s session on victim support and accompaniment. 2022 is also important for seeing a changing face of Province CPOs as four women have been appointed as CPOs: North-West Africa (ANW), Madagascar (MDG), Southern Africa (SAP) and Rwanda Burundi Region (RWB). Central Africa (ACE) was also represented at Beatrice Mumbi at the ANW theological training. the May meeting by two religious women collaborators with safeguarding responsibilities in the province.

42 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review CPO meeting at Africama House, Nairobi. In June, the Safeguarding Coordinator, and the JCAM Socius practices and there is a profound need for a paradigm shift in conducted a 4-day workshop with over 30 directors of works for approaching these issues through cultural dialogue. ANW Province in Lagos, Nigeria. This served not only to establish a common understanding of safeguarding, but it also allowed the Another major event was the International Safeguarding Province safeguarding team to showcase work already done and to Conference (ISC) held in Rome at which the JCAM president made appeal for greater involvement from directors of works in their a presentation on ‘Barriers to reporting and some lessons for the respective apostolates. Church and society’. The Conference Safeguarding Coordinator participated in the preparatory work for this Conference in three June also saw an international conference on the theme of regional working groups to discuss pre-determined themes, which ‘Violence and Sexual Abuse of Children and Women in Africa’ held then provided materials for further discussions during the at the Institut de Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus (ITCJ) in Conference itself. Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The conference was an insightful and enriching experience with over 20 presentations from practitioners Later in the year 59 Child Protection Oﬃcers of Madagascar working to prevent and eradicate violence and sexual abuse of Province came together in Antananarivo. The CPOs represented all children and women. It was evident in this conference that of the apostolic works in the Province. The goal was to provide a signiﬁcant research has been conducted highlighting practices refresher workshop and to provide updates to the team regarding that contribute and engender abuse of children and women. the review of the Province safeguarding Protocols. However, very little has been done towards alleviating these

44 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review alled to the Service of God’s People Fr. John the Baptist Anyeh-Zamcho, SJ CFormation Assistant, JCAM In his letter titled Promoting Vocations to the Society of Jesus of 11th April 2021 addressed to the whole Society after wide-ranging consultation with those involved in the promotion of vocations, Father General, Arturo Sosa emphasised that “it is clear that the Lord is continuing to call men to the Society, but we can and must do more to collaborate with his call and help it be heard.” This does not seem like much of a Fr. General with scholastics during his visit to Madagascar Province. revelation, but faced with declining numbers worldwide, there has been added attention to vocation promotion. The provinces and regions of the Jesuit TABLE 1/ JCAM NOVITIATE STATISTICS 2022/2023 Conference of Africa and Madagascar YEAR ACE ANW AOC AOR MDG RWB SAP TOTALS (JCAM) have been thrust into the centre of Year 1 29 13 13 17 9 6 12 99 the vocation promotion conversation Year2 20 8 19 17 6 5 9 84 because JCAM is the only Conference today Totals 49 21 32 34 15 11 21 183 with a net increase in yearly intake into the Society. Father Arturo Sosa, however, reminded Jesuits that encouraging the TABLE 2/ JCAM NOVITIATE STATISTICS 2021/2022 promotion of vocations into the Society was YEAR ACE ANW AOC AOR MDG RWB SAP TOTALS neither an ancillary concern nor a reaction Year 1 22 10 19 13 8 9 11 92 to the decreasing numbers, but rather “an Year 2 16 12 8 17 11 5 13 82 essential characteristic of our Jesuit culture Totals 38 22 27 30 19 14 24 174 and identity.”

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 45 Two calls from that letter are worth asserting and present-day novitiate statistics could shed more light as to why there ought to be “strategic leadership and consistent support at the highest levels of the province.” These calls include the need to rekindle a broad and deep culture of vocation promotion and the reimagining and promotion of the vocation of Brothers in the Society of Jesus. TABLE 3/ DISPERSION BY COUNTRIES NOVITIATE COUNTRIES PRESENT Arusha (AOR) 9 Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Uganda Lusaka (SAP) 8 Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho Bafoussam (AOC) 8 Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, RCA, Congo, RDC, Angola, Tchad. Cyangugu (RWB) 7 Burundi, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Congo, RDC, Cameroon, Benin Benin City (ANW) 5 Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Liberia, Kenya Kisantu (ACE) 2 RDC, Angola Antananarivo (MDG) 1 Madagascar These statistics show a net gain in numbers from one year to the Table 4 shows the countries providing the bulk of the novices this next. All provinces and regions seem to be responding positively to year. While this single table cannot provide any reasonable trends Father Sosa’s invitation to focus more on vocation promotion. worth developing, these countries remain the main areas where Another visible trend is the sharing of novices across provinces and Jesuit vocations come from. The one constant is that vocations the evidence of inter-novitiate collaboration as shown in table 3. come from countries having important Jesuit ministries, or places The novitiate in Antananarivo could have men from several where at least one Jesuit community exists countries but for the language barrier as all must speak Malagasy in order to be sent for experiments. This is absolutely the case of the countries with double digits, which are the traditional vocation hubs in the Conference, and it The work of vocation promotion on the ground from country to could be interesting to see in the course of say ﬁve years if these country, however, could be telling a diﬀerent story. values could be grown even further, and what could be done to Table 4/ Novices by Country achieve this. There are some countries with high single digit values, which have been growing steadily through the years, and this is down to the work of Jesuits dedicated to vocation promotion. RDC 38 There are, on the other hand, some countries which seem to be )(*&+&! Nigeria 18 '.%.//. Tanzania 16 declining. The low water mark in these values is the fact that in all, !"#$%&! Madagascar 15 "&-8! $#83) there is only one brother candidate out of 183 novices. 0$+)$%*,+!7!%! Kenya 12 Angola 11 /!3$,4$%2$ '!(%&)!*&! Cameroon 10 '!"& *&#$% <91- 6*-1, $%&)%$! Benin 8 In his three-point strategy for vocation promotion, Father Sosa +$*$#!" $ #(&*$!,-&++!( )*+=.,1 " 25&-.()& Zambia 8 #(&*$! @167/( called for a decisive vocation plan to be put in place in each ).#. ,.;5+.1 +.'!"&! Rwanda 6 +&$%%!,"$.*! /.)$ ;91,1 $# <5,8+13 67*89 589.7?.1 26&4.&%$ & 1@+.<1,/+5?A 6*-1, $ Zimbabwe 6 province or region. He also asked that a diverse vocation team be 3.)5+.1 <125+77, & & $ )5,., $' Burundi 5 # $/(!).%&!",#(&*$! <7,;7 *;1,-1 =5,>1 Congo 5 constituted at the level of the province or region including Jesuits & $& #!-.* ! -527<+18.< +01,-1/% Bukina Faso 4 +5?*3.

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 47 inancial Highlights 2022 Fr. Paul Hamill, SJ F Treasurer, JCAM INCOME $1,579,281 EXPENDITURE $2,146,279 2022 has presented many considerable challenges in many Throughout 2022 JCAM has tried to increase its support for the diﬀerent guises to almost all of those who help fund JCAM and its training of Jesuits in formation across Africa and Madagascar. It has works and, of course, to all those who are the beneﬁciaries of this also extended its work in Safeguarding and in the preparation for funding. Even as the year draws to a close there remains a high level the Synod on Synodality working with the Episcopal Conferences of uncertainty about what can be aﬀorded and, as always, an of Africa and Madagascar. ever-increasing level of real need, especially in this part of the world. JCAM remains ever-thankful to its donors, its partners in Much of this year’s JENA activity centred on the areas of supporting mission, its advocates and friends; all are remembered in our women and girls in education, integral ecology, tax justice and in prayers throughout the year. AJAN the training and support of those living with HIV/Aids especially through small grant programmes to local centres. JCAM welcomes donations of any size and full details of how to support our work can be found on our website www.jesuits.africa The percentage of our income which is used in administration JCAM always aims to account for all its grant income from donors remained at approximately 7%. and trusts in a timely and transparent manner. Any deﬁcit in the year is almost all covered by grant funds received JCAM’s accounts are externally and independently audited each but not expended in 2021. year according to the International Standards on Auditing. Our auditors are FH & Company, 216 Muthaiga North, PO Box 64587, Nairobi 00620. To Give and Not to Count the Cost. For any further information please contact the JCAM treasurer: “ - St. Ignatius of Loyola ” [email protected]

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www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 49 EXPENDITURE $2,146,279 FACSI Partnership 55,434 JENA major grants - Project - The Fadica Gambia AJAN grants to Safeguarding ﬁeld partners and core expenses 30,457 55,755 17,150 JENA major grants - Fadica JENA major 1,136,918 two 62,584 grants - Fadica JENA major grants - one Conrad Hilton JENA major Foundation grants - Fadica one 32,004 400,000 Support to JCAM Provs + Region using formation 162,917 centres in Conference JCAM administration 75,000 costs - salaries, JCAM support for ITCJ, 12,750 insurance, travel Cote d'Ivoire 257,276 Training of Jesuits in 135,000 special studies and JCAM led JCAM support for 12,750 formation costs Safeguarding 17,000 JENA/Justice and work Ecology JCAM Support for Jesuit Historical JCAM Support Institute in Africa for AJAN “Wherever you are, build change! Pope Francis ” Speaking to the Festival of Social Doctrine of the Church, Verona, Italy: November 2021

www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 51 Annual Review ur People O Agbonkhianmeghe Mary Wanjiku Kenneth Mmata Scholastica Kilonzo Bryan Galligan, SJ Orobator, SJ President, JCAM Support Staff, Africama House Support Staff, Africama House Support Staff, Africama House Research and Policy Analyst - Housekeeping - Gardening - Catering Ecosystems and Climate Justice, JENA Joyce Githae Dennis Owuoche Abbas Mohammed Anastasia Makunu Ismael Matambura, SJ Accountant, JCAM Communications Ofﬁcer, AJAN Clerk of Works, Africama House Development Communications Ofﬁcer, Director, AJAN Webmaster and Child Protection Ofﬁcer, JCAM Pascalia Sergon Wambua Mulwa Beatrice Mumbi Paul Hamill, SJ Sharon Achieng Oduor Capacity Building Ofﬁcer, AJAN Support Staff, Africama House Safeguarding Coordinator, JCAM Treasurer and Development Director, Receptionist, Africama House and - Gardening JCAM JASBEAM Administrator John the Baptist Anyeh Faith Kivuva Charles Chilufya, SJ Caroline Kavita Kevin Ouko -Zamcho, SJ Research and Policy Analyst - Support Staff, Africama House Director, JENA Programme Coordinator Socius, JCAM - Housekeeping/Catering African Synodality Initiative Re-thinking African Development, JENA

The mission of the Society of Jesus since the time of its foundation by Saint Ignatius has always relied on the generosity of women and men whose readiness to share in supporting the works of the Society has enabled the carrying forward of the work of building the kingdom of God in the service of God’s people. Here at the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar our various ministries are a graced and privileged point of contact with people in their daily lives and especially at a time when there are such serious health and economic challenges to many across Africa. ANNUAL We are very grateful for this support here in this youngest part of the Society. All your donations continue to make possible the daily miracles of the Society of Jesus REViEW in its works. If you are at all able to share something of what you have in support of this mission, you can make a gift online in the currency of your choice at www.jesuitsdevelopment.africa/donate or www.jesuits.africa You can also donate as an individual or as a community or organisation through bank transfer, by contacting Fr. Paul Hamill SJ, [email protected] If your giving is only through prayer then know that you too are remembered and across the world. For any further information Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM) Africama House, 260 Dagoretti Road – Karen P.O. Box 1540 – 00502 Nairobi, Kenya. +254 (0) 20 3884528 Fr. Paul Hamill SJ [email protected] Anastasia Makunu [email protected] www.jesuits.africa www.jesuitsdevelopment.africa www.ej.jesuits.africa www.ajan.africa www.jenaafrica.org Designed and published by Psych marketing Kenya