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 […]
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 […]
Prevent human trafficking in a rural area by investing in a residential school, coaching center, and Women’s Association The Situation Rural women in Assam suffer from being both economically and socially invisible. For them there is continued vulnerability and inequality in all sectors — economic, social, political, education, health care and legal. Also, female drop-out […]
Van needed to prevent human trafficking of students participating in internships The Situation Economic conditions in rural communities lead many to migrate to cities in search of livelihood. There they are often exploited and tricked into human trafficking situations. The sisters realized that the young girls and women between 14 and 20 years of age […]
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 & […]
Together we can build a school where gender equality and quality education provide opportunity in Bangladesh The Situation Bhadun, Gazipur District, Bangladesh, is on the growing edge of Dhaka and on one of the main roads leading into that city from other parts of the country. The parents and village leaders in this rural area […]
