03/10/08 - Article from America magazine by rector of Hekima College, Nairobi
posted: Thursday, March 13, 2008
Local and international observers quote a popular saying to characterize the current postelection crisis in Kenya: “When two elephants fight, the grass suffers.” For us in Kenya this is not just a quaint figure of speech.
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02/23/08 - View from the Jesuit theology school in Nairobi
posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008
There is tension of families that have been displaced, there are families that are not accepted when they relocate to their ancestral homes, there are still several displaced persons in camps, stadiums, show grounds and picnic grounds.
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02/15/08 - Update from Chicago Jesuit and founder the Gonzaga school in Nairobi
posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008
St Aloysius Gonzaga secondary school is raising money to help some of the students' families get back on their feet and to care for several students who no longer have any family members living in Kibera.
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02/04/08 - Jesuits in a Nairobi neighborhood meet to discuss a way forward
posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008
Every obstacle, tension or crisis that we encounter in life introduces us afresh to our human dignity and solidarity. A meeting at AJAN House for the Kangemi Jesuits helped the community to voice deep-rooted questions, previously taken for granted, and to open its eyes to the post-election trauma.
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02/08/08 - Analysis and A Way Forward, by a Kenyan Jesuit professor at LeMoyne College
posted: Friday, February 08, 2008
The question of ethnicity is a related issue but this is not the underlying cause of the revolt in Kenya.
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02/08/08 - Updates from the Jesuit Refiugee Service in Kenya
posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Kenya's emergency assistance to meet the needs of displaced persons in the Kitale region in the west of the country will be extended to a long-term response.
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02/04/08 - Update from a Wisconsin Jesuit in Nairobi
posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008
“When the elephants fight it is the grass that suffers” is an African proverb perhaps appropriate to the present situation in Kenya.
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02/02/08 - On the Ground in Kenya
posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008
The Church in Kenya has not been left unscathed by the violence, including the Jesuits. Kenyan Jesuits suffer personal grief as their families are affected.
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