African Universities Responding to HIV/AIDS:

A Progress Report

Links to:

December 2001 meeting in Nairobi

October 2002 Project report

University planning documents

• Sokoine University of Agriculture
• Egerton University,
  • course plan
  • student input
• Maseno University
• Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology
• Kenyatta University

Lecture/SLIDE Presentations

• Impact of HIV/AIDS on teaching and learning- Part 1
• Impact-Part 2
• Building interdisciplinary education HIV/AIDS

Marion Fass' Trip Journal, Oct 2002
Part 2

PHOTOS

• Egerton University,
• Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology,
• Kenyatta University,
• Maseno University.
• Maseno community connections
• Sokoine University of Agriculture,

In 2001, professors in Africa and the US began a collaboration to promote the development of undergraduate core courses about HIV/AIDS, funded by USAID through the Association Liason Office. African Women in Science and Engineering (AWSE), an NGO based in Nairobi, joined forces with the SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) project of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Lecturers and professors from South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania attended the SENCER Summer Institute in San Jose, California in 2001 and 2002 to learn about courses at US universities that address complex social problems like HIV/AIDS. Five universities- Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania, Maseno University in Kisumu, Kenya, Egerton University in Njoro, Kenya, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya- have been actively involved with SENCER and in implementing courses at their universities.

In October 2002, with funds from the Global Partners Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, I was able to visit these universities and assist with their course planning. These web pages document my activities.

Marion Field Fass
Associate Professor of Biology
Beloit College, Beloit, WI USA
fassm@beloit.edu

This page was last updated on December 16, 2002. For more information about this project, contact AWSE at AWSE@CGIAR.ORG.

Photo above: Egerton University student recites poem "We are all positive unless we've tested negative" October 2002.

Community health worker Nyanza province at meeting to form collaboration with Maseno University in Kisumu, Kenya