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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. […]
If you are one of the recipients of a stimulus check but don’t need to use it to help alleviate the financial strain of day-to-day living (i.e. rent, food), you might consider using that extra money to make a difference in the world. After all, according to a recent NPR article, the stimulus money is […]
Sisters Rising Worldwide COO Kelly Young recently spoke with NCTV-17 on how Sisters throughout the world are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s what do I need to do for my village? What do I need to do to help them?” said Young. “This is their life, this is who they are, it […]
In Peru people are “sheltering in place” which means our school which is a lifeline to so many, is closed. For these children, online learning is not an option. The only access they have to computers is in school. The government is now holding school through the radio and television. During this critical time, many […]
Sisters Rising Worldwide’s Sister Irene O’Neill recently spoke with KARE 11 about the Sisters work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. “They’re right on the front lines, and they’re thinking about the people that they’re serving first. So it’s a scary time, thinking that we could be losing a lot of these caregivers just like […]
