We continue to get wonderful updates from our recent fully-funded program in Visakhapatnam, India. Thanks to our donors, Sister Anitha and her team were able to purchase a van that provides girls at their school with a safe transportation option to get them to higher-level internships, allowing them to avoid human-trafficking as they prepare for careers […]
This is an update from our fully-funded program in Tacna, Peru Arriving just in time to help the students, teachers, and families cope with the COVID crisis, the Sisters Rising Worldwide donation was able to help a part-time psychologist who has been serving the Fei & Allegri School for the last four years to move […]
Facing an unprecedented moment, and with the support of GHR, SRW teamed up with Alight to reach over 1,300 Sisters and 54,000 people in their communities across 37 countries, getting them the tools they need to keep their communities safe. The Approach From mid-April through July 2020, we convened hundreds of Sisters, helping protect those most […]
After recovering from COVID-19, Sister Anitha in Visakhapatnam, India, sent us this “thank you” video for fully-funding her recent program that provides girls at her school with a safe transportation option to get them to higher-level internships, allowing them to avoid human-trafficking as they prepare for careers that will help them escape poverty. Here is another […]
Sisters Rising Worldwide (SRW) has designed and developed a technology platform, The Peace Room, that is now being distributed to Sisters in 187 countries. The platform is a game-changer for it allows Sisters to connect with one another and work closely together to cast a more significant web over social injustices. The Peace Room is […]
Through our strategic partnership with a humanitarian organization and their COVID Emergency Fund, we’ve been able to connect with Sisters and provide much-needed resources during this global pandemic. Here is an update of how the COVID Emergency efforts have been working in El Salvador. San SalvadorSince March, 28 sisters in 6 communities, have participated in virtual emergency […]
Sisters Rising Worldwide’s Sister Irene O’Neill recently talked with the Global Sisters Report regarding the upcoming launch of our new online platform that will expand the ability of Sisters to connect with each other and to the resources their ministry needs. “Imagine 700,000 women with a prophetic call of compassion, [who] chose to give their […]
SRW board member Sr. Pat Murray of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was part of the leadership team that organized the recent “Women Religious on the Frontlines” symposium in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and the British Embassy to the Holy See. The symposium highlighted the humanitarian efforts of Catholic […]
Sr. Sherly’s program in Barrack Valley, India, was one of the SRW projects that has been fully funded. Their efforts to eradicate child labor and human trafficking in Barrack Valley Region, Assam, India, have been challenged due to the spread of COVID in the region. In a recent update from Sr. Sherly, we have learned that although […]
Thanks to our wonderful donors, we were able to secure all of the funding needed to purchase the minivan that will provide safe transportation to higher-level internships for at-risk vulnerable young women in Visakhapatnam, India. This is one more awesome way, with your help, that SRW can protect women from being trafficked. The total amount raised was $23,500. […]
