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Once again, Sisters Rising Worldwide and Alight hosted Zoom calls with Sisters in Uganda and Nairobi. Here, is a picture of their conversation with the Sisters and lay people working in Uganda. “It was such a big group we could never really get a good picture of everyone,” said Sister Irene. The group discussed the […]
Last night, SRW’s Sister Irene joined Daniel Wordsworth of Alight on an interview with Craig Melvin on MSNBC discussing the Sisters work in helping to stop the spread of COVID-19. “Sisters are like the Mcdonald’s of doing good,” said Wordsworth. “They’re on every corner of the world, they’re living in every neighborhood doing remarkable work.” Watch […]
We recently received this update from Sister Sherly in India: As the lockdown progresses, thousands of people in the villages are jobless and starving. The outbreak of COVID-19 is very shocking to the people of Barak Valley as most of the people are unaware of the situation, especially in remote areas where no prior information […]
Thanks to the beauty of technology, Sister Irene and Annie Nolte Henning are staying connected with Sisters around the world each day. Above, they are speaking with Sister Rosey and Margus who run a school in Sindh, one of the four provinces of Pakistan. The Sisters are also part of the Tulitha Kum, a global […]
We continue to work with Alight to help Sisters around the world fight COVID-19 in their communities. We recently reported on the needs of the Sisters in El Salvador and now, we are helping Sisters who work in vulnerable communities with little access to health systems. Many Sisters have expressed to Sisters Rising Worldwide the […]
As we recently heard from news reports, India’s 1.3 billion people have been told to stay at home during a nationwide 21-day shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This news directly affects the Sisters working in Visakhapatnam, India, where funds are being raised to offer free educational and vocational training to prepare young women for […]
During a time when it seems our news feeds are filled with bad news, it is so refreshing to receive word that good work is happening even in the midst of chaos. Annie Nolte-Henning, an Alight project manager for The Color Movement, a joint project with Sisters Rising Worldwide, just returned from El Salvador and […]
In Mindanao, Philippines, the land is just not producing like it used to. Paying the price from years of pesticide use, Sister Helen has convinced the famers that the solution to their dilemma is organic farming–and after five years of helping them rehabilitate their land, fishing, and forests, those practices are working and more and […]
Sisters Rising Worldwide COO Kelly Young recently hosted a fundraiser at her home for the the Sisters of St. Joseph Community College in Visakhapatnam, India. The goal of the event was to help the Sisters purchase a minivan that would let them provide transportation to internships for at-risk vulnerable young women, allowing them to avoid […]
