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 […]
Summary of the Situation Manipur is facing the worst time in the history. More than 100 days of religiously and politically motivated violence and war are destroying the lives of 1000s of people. Many have lost their lives, women mistreated, people killed and burned alive, and people have lost their livelihoods, houses, and dignity. Economic […]
Summary of the Situation St. Mary Immaculate Villa Maria Primary School, located in a rural district, serves primary pupils ages 3-13. Some pupils are orphans; many come from low-income farming families. Attendance depends on the growing calendar; many pupils work on their family farms to help increase crop yields and income. Most families cannot pay […]
Summary of 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 cultures can receive a high-quality education. False accusation of proselytization by missionaries has been used to […]
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 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 […]
