02
Aug

Congo & Rwanda 2004
From July 12—August 2, 2004, Sr. Joyce Meyer, PBVM, Executive Director of the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The genocide that devastated Central Africa apparently ended 10 years ago but for the people living in these countries, the events of the
22
Jan

Cameroon & Nigeria 2004
From December 26, 2003 to January 22, 2004, Sister Joyce Meyer, PBVM, Executive Director of the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters, visited Cameroon and Nigeria in West Africa. While on her first trip to Africa’s Atlantic coast, Sr. Joyce was able to observe the many contrasts between the Eastern and Western regions of the
03
Aug

East Africa 2002
My visit to East Africa began with Uganda, a country with many natural gifts, fertile soil, many variety of bananas, Lake Victoria, and the most important, its people. The sisters I met were very impressive, energetic and industrious.
11
Dec

Ethiopia 2001
Since Ethiopians follow the Julian calendar, I found that I had "stepped back in time" to the year 1994 upon my arrival in Addis Ababa. This is just one of the ways in which I found Ethiopia to be unlike the Africa with which I am most familiar.