Summary of the Situation In Haiti, only 1% of eligible students are able to attend college due to many reasons. These include the financial burden, which is out of reach for the majority of Haitians; logistical issues, including travel, room and board; and other systemic reasons, including the fact that there are limited higher education […]
SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION Dynamics of violence characterize Apopa, that is, the inclusion of children and young people in criminal groups; this is caused mainly by the high rates of poverty and social exclusion that the municipality presents, thus causing little access to safe public spaces for practicing sports; in addition, children and young people […]
Summary of the Situation An African proverb says it takes a village to raise a child. The sisters find that the way to achieve the greatest outcomes for these families willing to take in a relative is to begin by calling together the tribal chief and assistant chief, elders of the family, the priest or […]
Summary of the Situation Mariae College is a school that provides holistic education and entrepreneurial skill for a meaningful life in the future. Some parents can’t afford to pay their children’s school fees; some want to opt-out, making the work difficult. We want the best for them because education is the best gift we can […]
Summary of the Situation Growing social deprivation of women in Bangalore, India, is manifested by their lack of opportunity to have a personal identity and education, being socially ostracized, and dependent on the decisions of their fathers, brothers, husbands, and sons as they move from one stage of their life to another. Among the most […]
Summary of the Situation Since 2007, Lifeway Network, founded and supported by Catholic Sisters, has operated safe houses for human trafficking survivors in the New York metropolitan area. Lifeway recognizes that human trafficking is the result of many overlapping forms of systemic oppression. Traffickers often prey on financially vulnerable individuals, such as those experiencing poverty, […]
Summary of the Situation Literacy rate in the Assam Valley has increased, yet 75% of the population is still illiterate. With the enactment of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, it was expected that issues of dropout, out-of-school children, quality of education, and availability of trained teachers would be […]
Summary of the Situation Cor Mariae Schools Nursery, Primary, Junior Kiambu Kenya is situated in tea and coffee plantation. We get children from different places; some are street children who have nobody to support them financially, pay school fees, and purchase personal effects. Parents are not able to pay their school fees because they earn […]
Summary of the Situation The water catchment system is needed because the majority of families live higher up in the mountain area, away from the lake. They spend valuable time making several trips with water pans to fetch water from the lake. The water they get is not treated. Water fetching is a task for […]
Summary of the Situation Growing social deprivation of women in Bangalore, India is manifested by their lack of opportunity to have a personal identity and education, being socially ostracized, and totally dependent on the decisions of their fathers, brothers, husbands, and sons as they move from one stage of their life to another. Among the […]
