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Africa Rising! A Catholic Relief Services Campaign for Change in Africa
By Chris Spoons
By Chris Spoons
Africa Rising, Hope and Healing! is a Catholic Relief Services (CRS) campaign that calls for solidarity and action. It calls for all people to affirm human dignity, responsibility and social justice. Through the mobilization of people in the U.S., CRS hopes to bring attention to the issues Africa is facing and facilitate policy changes in government, international financial institutions and corporations that support development. Click to view more.
AIDS and the Lab that St. Sabina Built
by Chris Spoons
More than 100 people travel this red dirt road each day in the hot, humid African savannah. When they arrive at the series of clay buildings with grass roofs that make up Shekhinah (Hebrew for Presence of God) Clinic, they know they are in good hands. They come from all parts of Ghana (in the western region of Africa) and surrounding countries to seek help from the one many call “the Mother Teresa of Africa.” Click to view more.
Building Peace in Ghana
by Chris Spoons
by Chris Spoons
Peace has not always reigned among the northern tribes of Ghana. More than 2000 people died in what Ghanians call “the 1994 Conflict.”
“The 1994 Conflict was about land,” said Edward Adimazoya, who works for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Ghana and is in charge of the Peace Project. “The conflict over access to land grew to involve all of the northern tribes.” Click to view more.
“The 1994 Conflict was about land,” said Edward Adimazoya, who works for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Ghana and is in charge of the Peace Project. “The conflict over access to land grew to involve all of the northern tribes.” Click to view more.
Encouraging Education in Kpanlori
by Chris Spoons
by Chris Spoons
Kpanlori is a small village in the far eastern part of Ghana near the Togo border with no electricity, no phones and no running water. Kpanlori isn’t even printed on maps of Ghana that one would purchase in Ghana.
The only “road” leading to the village is a dusty, bumpy path bulldozed through rocks in the hot, humid savannah region. The nearest paved road is a good hour and a half drive away. Click to view more.
The only “road” leading to the village is a dusty, bumpy path bulldozed through rocks in the hot, humid savannah region. The nearest paved road is a good hour and a half drive away. Click to view more.
Empilisweni, a healing place in South Africa
by Chris Spoons
by Chris Spoons
“How do you eat an elephant?” Dr. Elzabeth Musaba asked, citing an African proverb. “One bite at a time!” HIV/AIDS is the elephant Dr. Musaba was referring to. “We are going to defeat the disease bite by bite and save lives one at a time,” she said while visiting Chicago from South Africa with representatives from the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB). Click to view more.