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. […]
Provide four scholarships for women will increase the number of women trained to be nurses and registered midwives The Situation Half the population of South Sudan had insufficient access to health care services in 2019. The country has some of the worst health indicators in the world, with a child mortality rate of 96 per […]
