Category: Empowering New Generations

Honouring Religious Sisters in DR Congo

Tribute to religious sisters in the war-torn region of the Great Lakes in Africa March 8, International Women’s Day, is an opportunity to support these women who care for people who have endured atrocities. The religious sisters introduced below extend often the only aid and social structures to which vulnerable people and victims of violence

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Training on trauma healing for sisters in conflict zones in DR Congo

This week, the regional Africa Coordinator of Pax Christi International, Mr Serakabuza,  is organizing a training for religious sisters in the Democratic Republic in Congo, in skills and methods to deal with victims of violence, in particular girls, children and women. Our partners are the Episcopal Commission for the Institute of Consecrated Life and Societies

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Great Lakes: Instability continues but partner projects provide hope

From 15-18 January, the Standing Committee of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACEAC) held their annual session in the Amani Spiritual Center in Bukavu, DR Congo. During this meeting, also attended by Dieudonné Serukabuza, Pax Christi International’s Africa Regional Coordinator, the bishops discussed the major challenges affecting the three ACEAC countries of

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