AFJN Signs: Africa People’s Summit Joint Declaration

February 16, 2022 “Whatever is done for Africa without the African people is not for Africa.” A joint declaration of Social Movements and Peasant farmers, Faith-Based Organizations and CSO delivered at the “African People’s Summit” ahead of the 6th EU-Africa Summit,...

Zambia Association of Sisterhoods (ZAS) Workshop on Advocacy

December 23, 2021 By Sr. Astridah Banda, OP The workshop’s theme was “Religious Vocation, Justice Ministry and Evangelization” and was held from 12-17th November 2021. They were beautiful sunny days in November 2021 when all roads led to City of Hope Training Center...

AFJN eBulletin | November 2021

View the web version here: https://afjn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AFJN-eBulletin-2021.11.pdf. View the pdf version below: AFJN eBulletin 2021.11Download

Turning Trash Into Cash!

“Lets turn trash into cash!” -Nzambi Matee. A kenyan woman named Nzambi Matee is bringing positive change to Kenyan infrastructure by turning plastic waste into building products with her startup Gjenge Makers. Ms.Matee has expressed that she started the startup after...

AFJN Welcomes Our Fall Intern: Ayo Adeyemi

By: Ayo Adeyemi, AFJN Fall Intern Ayo Adeyemi is a first-year undergraduate student at American University. She majors in Business, Language, and Culture with a language specialization in Mandarin Chinese. She has participated as a club-head of a Peace and Justice...

Malawian Man Brings Electricity to His Village

This is the story of Colrerd Nkosi, a young man from Malawi who single handedly brought electricity to his village for the first time, basically free-of-charge for the residents. Yobe Nkosi is a remote village located in northern Malawi where Mr. Nkosi grew up. Gift...