Providing the structure and education to children in extreme poverty so they have a chance for a dignified life The Situation Education changes lives, but unfortunately, it is not universally available. Extreme poverty and the inability of many parents to afford school fees place severe limits on children’s educational opportunities in many places, including in […]
Engage non-school attending and dropout students and prepare them to be re-enrolled in regular school. The Situation Literacy rate in the Assam Valley has increased, yet still, 75% of the population is illiterate. With the enactment of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, it was expected that issues of drop out, out-of-school […]
Rebuild the wall which is a security for the girls of the hostel, and equip their study room with resources and tools. The Situation Tambacounda, the largest of Senegal’s 14 regions, is sparsely populated and its economy lags behind the rest of the country. Multiple human rights reports have documented the impact that extreme poverty and illiteracy (less than 52% […]
Provide psychological support for students struggling at a school in the slums of Peru The Situation In Tacna, Peru, children often need to work to support their families, so it is a big financial sacrifice for families when children attend school. Tacna is a city of 400,000, where about 1,000 youth attend the Fe & […]
Train leaders to organize effective programming and help immigrant youth navigate acculturation into the U.S. The Situation The St. Louis metropolitan area has been one of the fastest-growing areas in the country for immigrants, both documented and undocumented. Latinx youth are increasingly vulnerable to gang activity. Mothers often work two jobs at odd hours, their children are […]
The Situation The Instituto Madre Assunta shelter in Tijuana was not meeting the needs of its residents, so Sister Albertina and her team searched for a new property. This new location is more economical, has more rooms, a safer location and a beautiful outdoor space. The team is excited to now begin making the place a home […]
A school that serves children of all castes, religions, and colors, creating harmony where there once was violence The Situation In 2008, anti-Christian violence reduced the Sankarakhol mission to ashes. By 2011 the Sisters began the slow process of rebuilding and today Sankarakhol boasts an “English Medium Convent School” where people across religions, castes, and […]
The Situation Odisha is one of the poorest states in India, with a high number of tribal and scheduled caste populations in the rural areas, often migrating to the southern part of India or to other states to earn their living. A pilot study revealed that many migrant youths reside with unfavorable living conditions in […]
Program Update: We have received word from Sister Florence that work has begun on building the vertical gardens! “Greetings from Benin City, Nigeria. I went today to check on the welder working on the equipment for the garden,” writes Sister Florence. “He is doing well with the construction, but I made some corrections which led […]
Support for the work Sisters are doing to contribute to the awareness and prevention of human trafficking The Situation In El Salvador, children and adolescents are caught for commercial sexual exploitation, from the rural areas to the capital, ports and cities such as San Miguel and San Salvador. Salvadorans are enslaved for labor and sexual […]
