MARY AND JOSEPH LIFE CENTER (MJLC)

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MARY AND JOSEPH LIFE CENTER (MJLC): PROMOTING HUMAN DIGNITY & NURTURING STRONGER BONDS

By: Sr. Jovalet Ariho BA, MA Candidate It is within an era characterized by immense and rapid social changes and…

September 30, 2023October 13, 2023 By (MJLC)

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Kenya: An Islamic Perspective on the Mary & Joseph Centre

By: Ilhan Ali Salah. Published by Independent Catholic News (ICN), on May 30th, 2023 Protecting the Dignity of Life and…

May 31, 2023October 12, 2023 By MJLC 0

Addressing Violence against Women and Children from Conception to Natural Death

Year in Operation

Informal Urban Settlements (Slums) Reached

The Mary & Joseph Life Center is located at St. Josphat’s House, in the outskirts of Nairobi where seven informal urban settlements or slum areas – Kawangware, Kabiria, Satelite, Kangemi, Dagoretti, Waithaka, and Kibera – interface with or are close to each other. The Center is also accessible from Mathare and Kariobangi slums.

Women & Children Supported

Counselling Clients Engaged

Expectant Women & Girls Benefitted from Ultrasound (Sonogram) Services
(Since Sept. 2022)

The three main purposes of the Mary and Joseph Life Center are to:

1. OFFER Pregnant women and girls, fathers responsible for the pregnancy, and families, who are considering and/or are being coerced to have abortions, other options to have their baby(ies) born.

2. OFFER Educational workshops/seminars that are oriented to help prevent crisis pregnancies and help those already in need with supportive guidance for psychological, spiritual and economic livelihood resilience.

3. OFFER Counseling, medical support, guidance, and empowerment to women who have had abortions and are seeking assistance for trauma, self-esteem and healing in one form or another.

Mary & Joseph Life Center will provide the following Services

1. Crisis Pregnancy Resource Center

The MJLC will equip women with services to help them to make enlightened decisions, knowing that they are not alone then or in the years ahead, for their own well-being and the life of their unborn baby. When a woman with an unexpected pregnancy enters our doors, we will offer her a free ultrasound in the presence of qualified personel to help her decide on the way forward for her, baby and family. Thanks to the generosity of donors, we will offer ultrasound that gives a pregnant woman an incredible view of what is occurring within her body - with amazingly detailed images in 3D/4D.

2. Educational Workshops/Seminars

Educational workshops/seminars will be oriented to help prevent crisis pregnancies and helping those already in need. The educational programmes will include issues such as fertility care and support, religious freedom, theology of the body, and more to be determined on the basis of need.

3. Counseling services

The Center is committed to spreading God’s powerful and transformative message of desiring great love, mercy, reconciliation and happiness for us. Providing counseling services will be a significant part of this process.

Our Vision

A society where the dignity of human life, women and children, including the unborn, are free from violence and unjust social structures.

Our Mission

To promote the human rights and dignity of women and children, addressing all acts of violence against them from conception to natural death

Core Values

The Center promotes:
• Dignity of women and children
• Dignity of human life from conception
• Gender equality and social inclusion
• Integral human development and security.

In the Mary and Joseph Life Center (MJLC), we believe that the elimination of violence against women and children is a human rights obligation as set out in various UN declarations: