What drives development is a Christian heart

The Christian heart and social development. Reflections on St Josemaria's teachings. A paper given by Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei, for the Study Day in commemoration of Harambee’s tenth anniversary, October 5, 2012. Dear friends of Harambee-Africa, The tenth anniversary of your association leads us directly [...]
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A truck and a song

A truck and a song (for the tenth anniversary of the creation of Harambee) A fleeting image When people ask me for my memories of Africa, for one fleeting reminiscence, for a single image that captures the profile of the whole continent, my memory almost always goes back [...]
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School rehabilitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Promoter: Cecfor Recipients: 100 students Harambee Contribution: 33.000 euros In 2008 a group of parents and education professionals have created the African Association for the Education and Training, as a non-profit association (asbl AFEDI). The purpose of AFEDI is to contribute to the education of the young Congolese [...]
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Training For Teachers in Nigeria

A project in which you could help: "Training For Teachers And Students of Public Schools for the Purpose of Improving the Public Sector Education to Yield Academic Excellence" Promoter: Quality Assurance and Research Development Agency, Nigeria (QAARDAN) Recipients: 660 teachers; 300 students from 30 public school Harambee Contribution: [...]
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After School Training Project in Benin

A project in which you could help: "After School Training Project in Parakou" Promoter: Envol Afrique Recipients: 100 young people between 8 and 15 years Harambee contribution: 13.704,30 euros The project arises from an initiative of Don Romain Atekou a Beninese parish Priest in Fiesole, near Florence. Don Romain [...]
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The social message of Saint Josemaria

For its tenth anniversary this year, Harambee Africa International is holding an international conference on "The Social Message of Saint Josemaria", on October 5, 2012. The conference will take place at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. Conference programme Download the Conference programme in pdf format [...]
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Harambee award: the real story in Africa

The 'Communicating Africa' award offers professional audiovisual journalists a challenge: recognizing Africa through a news report
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Spanish TV report wins international Harambee Communicating Africa prize

“Women for a Better World”, a TV report directed by Mayte Pascual, produced by Spanish television channel TVE, and broadcast as part of the programme Weekly Update, has won the Audiovisual prize in the third Harambee International “Communicating Africa” contest, 2008. The jury awarded second [...]
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Harambee Africa International. Rome, October 27th

“Trust in mankind, and love and be close to people of every condition. From these points of reference, the fruit of the teachings of St Josemaria, was born the Harambee Programme for Africa.” This is the way Giovanni Mottini, the president of the new charitable [...]
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Harambee in Rome

ROME, NOV. 16, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Harambee Project awarded its 2nd "Communicate Africa" Prize to a Nigerian and an Irishman, both producers of documentaries that show the wealth of the African continent. The Harambee Project -- born on the occasion of the canonization of Opus [...]
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