Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa)
AOSK / TUC / CUEA collaborative
WHO WE ARE
The Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-AFRICA) is a Data Centre which is a collaboration of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK), the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) and Tangaza University College (TUC)…
The activities of the Centre will contribute to the development of best practices, data gathering procedures, making CERRA-Africa a repository at an African University for ease and accessibility by researchers, Foundations, Congregations and church institutions…
Through CERRA-Africa partners will contribute to the education pipeline of both catholic sisters and African nations by weaving research methods at the local level as a social value creation strategy to increase the sisters’ competencies in order to reverse poverty trajectories…
Training of data collectors and researchers who will gather as well as collect relevant data from/for congregations.
RECEIVING PROPOSALS
Receiving and scrutinizing of proposals from any apostolate including religious men, women and church parishes.
WORKSHOPS
Conduct workshops on qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods data collection on women religious and partners in Africa.
DIALOGUE
The provision of space for religious sisters to dialogue about thier ministries and publish on their experiences.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Provide thought leadership on women religious in Africa while continuing to gather data, conduct research, and inspire the next generation of African researchers.
INNOVATIVE PLATFORM
Create an innovative platform to repose data and research related to Catholic Sisters in Africa through a partnership with CUEA and Tangaza University College.
DATABASE
The establishment and continuous updating of a demographic database for Religious Sisters to facilitate storage and easy retrieval of information.
TOOLS / PORTAL
Creating data gathering procedures and instruments for institutes. Establishment of a portal that shares what Religious Sisters have accomplished.
OUR SERVICES
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES
CERRA-Africa is equipped to conduct a variety of studies for religious institutes (congregations and provinces) including but not limited…