Sr Chinweze of the Sisters Immaculate Heart of Mary in Nigeria shares the following thank you video from her students in the Youth Training and Empowerment Program on Soap Making in Nigeria.
Thanks to our generous donors, Sisters Rising Worldwide sponsored workshops to teach 100 young men and women how to make different kinds of soap. Today, Nigeria offers few employment opportunities due to local political and economic turmoil. By equipping young people with needed skills like soapmaking and empowering them to start their own small scale businesses, Sisters are reducing unemployment among the vulnerable, fostering self-reliance, and protecting the health and wellbeing of entire communities by ensuring access to healthcare essentials like soap and detergent.
Our latest Impact Report highlights a season filled with significant achievements and unwavering dedication to addressing the root causes of injustice worldwide.
Around the world, humanitarian needs are growing amid the defunding of key U.S. foreign assistance programs like USAID. Support systems that once served the most vulnerable have collapsed — especially in hard-to-reach places in Africa. As NGOs lose funding and their staff have had to exit these regions, the Sisters remain. Embedded in the very […]
