AMECEA: CUEA Seek to Empower African Sisters through Higher Education
The Catholic
University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) is seeking
to empower African Sisters following the
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between CUEA and African Sisters
Education Collaborative (ASEC) on 20th January 2014, at CUEA Lang’ata Campus,
Nairobi Kenya.
The MoU was
signed by Msg. Dr. Pius Rutechura, Vice Chancellor, CUEA and Sr. Dr. Jane
Wakahiu, the Executive Director of ASEC and Sisters Leadership Development
Initiative (SLDI) Project Manager. Also in attendance was Sr. Agnes Wamuyu,
Executive Secretary of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK); ASEC
coordinators from Kenya, Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and
Zambia. Others who attended the ceremony were the Administration of the CUEA,
staff and students.
signed by Msg. Dr. Pius Rutechura, Vice Chancellor, CUEA and Sr. Dr. Jane
Wakahiu, the Executive Director of ASEC and Sisters Leadership Development
Initiative (SLDI) Project Manager. Also in attendance was Sr. Agnes Wamuyu,
Executive Secretary of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK); ASEC
coordinators from Kenya, Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and
Zambia. Others who attended the ceremony were the Administration of the CUEA,
staff and students.
The signing
of the Framework becomes the starting point of the long way of partnership
between CUEA and ASEC which seeks to empower African Sisters to develop
creative and innovative skills sets through higher education, so that they can
efficiently serve the society.
of the Framework becomes the starting point of the long way of partnership
between CUEA and ASEC which seeks to empower African Sisters to develop
creative and innovative skills sets through higher education, so that they can
efficiently serve the society.
ASEC’s
mission is to facilitate educational opportunities for women religious in
Africa which will enable them to enhance and expand access to educational,
healthcare, social and spiritual services for the people they serve. ASEC is a
not-for-profit organization that has been in existence since 2006.
mission is to facilitate educational opportunities for women religious in
Africa which will enable them to enhance and expand access to educational,
healthcare, social and spiritual services for the people they serve. ASEC is a
not-for-profit organization that has been in existence since 2006.
Under this
framework, five sisters joined CUEA this trimester for their studies, four in
the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and one in the Faculty of Commerce.
framework, five sisters joined CUEA this trimester for their studies, four in
the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and one in the Faculty of Commerce.
SOURCE: CUEA Press
