As our East-Asian Mission Vicariate is still heavily involved in the initial formation of members from 5 Asian countries, there is not much personnel left to develop additional apostolates in the Philippines. But that does not mean the mission would be doing nothing outside of initial formation. One of its initiatives is celebrating ten years of existence: Alsa Buhay.

Almost three years have passed since the inauguration of the hydro-energy power plant built in Kapanga by the Salvatorians. ELKAP – ELectricity for KAPanga currently provides electricity to 170 customers including social and commercial entities, among them schools, clinics, the municipality, small business and private households.

Our Society has been active in Tanzania with missionary, educational and social initiatives since 1955. Over 30 years ago the work with local vocations and initial formation was undertaken and now there are over 100 Tanzanian professed Salvatorians who work in parishes, schools and health centers. And, Salvatorians are in Namiungo since 1976; therefore they know the people, the culture and the other local actors.

“Wokovu” is Swahili and means “Salvation”. Through the means of education, the Congolese Pro-Province is helping the work of salvation for over 6,000 children and teenagers.

The Salvatorians have identified in the Apostles of Jesus and their Kenya-based humanitarian organization – Apostles of Jesus AIDS Ministries (AJAM) a valid partner. The Apostles of Jesus are a young diocesan congregation founded in 1968 in Uganda, which convinced SOFIA of its seriousness and demonstrated it had wellprepared members. AJAM was established in 2000 with the scope of responding to the challenges of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Kajiado County, a poor rural and semi-urban area not far from Nairobi. Over the years, following its mission to prevent, control, mitigate and stop the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS at the community level, AJAM has developed a grassroots-based all-encompassing program, which addresses this widespread disease as well as an array of related issues.  

SOFIA – Salvatorian Office for International Aid – has published a Tri-Annual Report, an overview of SOFIA’s project activities during the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 at the service of the Salvatorians worldwide and in particular those active in low-income countries.