By Jesse Masai When exams began on March 22 for the Kenya Certificate for Primary Education, which completes the first eight years of schooling, reports filtered in that many of the nearly 1.88 million candidates had failed to show up at school. Others took their exams from hospital wards because they had recently given birth. Public health officials estimated in July … [Read more...] about Empowering Kenya’s Teenage Moms
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Joan of Arc’s Family Drama
By Retta Blaney When she was growing up, Jane Anderson had an odd role model for a young girl who was not Catholic. She looked all the way back to the 15th century and found inspiration from a French peasant who was burned at the stake for heresy. “Always when I was a teenager I looked at Joan of Arc as an iconic character,” Anderson said. “I wanted to be like that, with … [Read more...] about Joan of Arc’s Family Drama
Grace and Daily Life
Churchy The Real Life Adventures of a Wife, Mom, and Priest By Sarah Condon Mockingbird Publications. Pp. 164. $13.95 Review by Christine Havens A friend glanced at the cover of Sarah Condon’s memoir, Churchy: The Real Life Adventures of a Wife, Mom, and Priest. He said it reminded him of dress pattern artwork, the kind he saw when shopping in fabric stores with … [Read more...] about Grace and Daily Life