The Situation Driven by violence, insecurity, and a lack of economic opportunity, Central American migration to the United States has increased in the last four years. Those who have failed to reach the United States have settled for a permanent home in Mexico. One of the biggest challenges for these migrants is to find the […]
Provide Skills Training to young vulnerable women who got pregnant during the two covid lockdowns
Help women and girls in rural India know their rights and feel empowered to develop a sustainable quality of life. The Situation After a successful first year of funding for this program, this video and the results shared below show the difference that this programming is making to address the systemic issues of injustice that […]
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 […]
Finish building provide farmers with needed training and workshops to learn organic and sustainable farming The Situation Farmers in war-torn Mindanao, Philippines, were experiencing lower crop yields as their land became more acidic due to pesticides. Sisters’ Response The sisters founded the Mercy Center for Alternative Re-Creation of Earth (MCARE). For five years the sisters have […]
Offering young girls the opportunity to become proficient in English and having working knowledge of computers The Situation Poverty drives youth from their rural Indian village of Raidihi to big cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Goa. Nearly one-third of them earn subsistence wages in unskilled work, leaving them poor and without hope of […]
Women better their lives through programs that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment The Situation Although India is making strategic gains, the poor, and especially women, are left behind. Statistics show the utter poverty in the Madurai District of Tamil, India. Sisters’ Response For more than 30 years, Sister-led St Joseph’s Social Service Center has […]
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 […]
Provide nomadic people of the Kattunaickar Tribe with the skills needed to mainstream into society The Situation Nomadic children and women in Kanyakumari are often found begging, and the children are exploited as child labor. They are outside of mainstream society and have significant social barriers that must be overcome to save them from abuse. […]
