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As we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, we are reminded of the extraordinary, intrepid and heroic woman throughout history who have stood up against gender injustices.
Woman such as Mother Theresa, who devoted her life to help the sick, needy and poor; or Yaa Asantewaa, a female Ghanaian warrior who led the rebellion...
Pornhub, the world’s largest porn site, reports that in 2017 the globally most searched for term was ‘lesbian’. Their annual statistics show that what some educators might consider fringe sexual interests are now very popular online. In particular, Japanese animated pornography (called Hentai) and family related terms such as ‘step mom‘, and ’...
I will never forget the first person I met with AIDS: a young student in London in 1987. I can tell you the hour, the day, the month.
Just one person sick in a London hospital, out of 72 million who have been infected so far with HIV, of which half have already died, mainly in Africa.
For the rest of my life, I will go on re-...
Your donations bring light and hope to some of the most vulnerable in society. The stories in this issue of our Salt and Light newsletter illustrate some of the projects which your help makes possible. Here's a summary:
Challenging taboo in DR Congo
Before going to ACET DRC's Girls' Club, 13 year old Esther and...
During the last academic year, in collaboration with the educational and clinical staff of a tier 4 mental health unit, we ran a bespoke relationships and sex education programme to meet the needs of a group of young people with mental health disorders.
We covered a range of topics including self-esteem, emotional literacy, friendship,...
acet UK CEO, Sarah Smith, recently returned from Nigeria where she delivered training to our ACET Nigeria colleagues and visited some of their projects. Here she gives a report on the training.
“During our international leaders’ gathering in September 2015, we showcased some of the activities we’d created to raise...
This #MakeADifferenceDay, considering the wellbeing of our young people leads me to ask questions about how we can make a difference to them.
In the 1960s, the ending of national service raised concerns about juvenile delinquency, creating a boom in authority-run youth centres. But, half a century on, we are faced with the collapse, and...
Over 200 ACET Ukraine volunteers work across 75 cities. They are all Christians who have received a call to become salt and light: a source of love and acceptance for young people who find themselves in bleak circumstances.
There are several serious threats impacting the health and wellbeing of young people in Ukraine. 50% of marriages...