Akamasoa

Learning From a Vincentian Nobel Prize Nominee

by | February 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment

A Vincentian priest has made it his life’s work to “go out to the margins” of society and try to restore dignity to the “living scraps” of a “throwaway culture”. Pedro Opeka CM, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize… again.

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Akamasoa (Madagascar): a Place for Learning How to Bring St. Vincent’s Words to Life

by | August 11, 2019 | News | 0 Comments

From May 1-7, 2018, Mark McGreevy and I, Anja Bohnsack, went to visit Madagascar to meet and learn from Fr. Pedro Opeka. Over the past three decades he has created Akamasoa-- a project aimed at supporting people living in slums by providing them with the tools,...
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Interviews with Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia, and Albert II, Prince of Monaco, in Support of the Akamasoa Project

by | June 19, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

On May 29, in the Association of Foreign Press in Rome, the press conference "A dream called Akamasoa" was held, attended by Father Tomaž Mavric, Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, Father Pedro Opeka CM, founder of Akamasoa, his SEM Claude Giordan,...
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Love is more than welfare service

by | August 9, 2014 | Systemic change | 0 Comments

Vincentian missioner found his life in a landfill in a Madagascar and has given life to thousands. Fr. Pedro is keen to stress one thing: “I have always said this to them: I love you too much to simply act as a welfare service.

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