RELATED PROJECT
Educating AIDS Orphans in Kenya
In July 2010 undergraduate student Ryan Covington conducted interviews in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of an ongoing initiative of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service at Georgetown University. Covington focused on...
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RELATED PROJECT
Education and Social Justice Project
In early 2010 two Georgetown University Centers – the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service – created the Education and Social Justice Project to engage students and build knowledge about the deep connections between...
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AT THE CENTER
Oscar Juma
Oscar Juma is a former student at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School who graduated in November 2010, spending the subsequent six months doing community service through the St. Aloysius Gonzaga recent graduate program. Pending receipt of his results on the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam, Juma plans on pursuing studies in economics at the university level with the goal of applying his studies towards uplifting people from poverty. While at St. Aloysius Gonzaga, he pursued academic excellence in the classroom, explored his concern for his community and broader humanity, and cultivated skills and interests outside of the classroom including journalism, photography, and football (soccer).
INTERVIEWS
A Discussion with Oscar Juma, 2010 Graduate of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School, Nairobi, Kenya
June 1, 2010
Background: As part of the Education and Global Social Justice Project, in July 2010 undergraduate student Ryan Covington interviewed Oscar Juma, a 2010 graduate of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School. Juma lost his father and mother in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and now lives with his aunt...