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SRW Annual Report 2022

News Update

Sisters COVID-19 Response: Final Report

Facing an unprecedented moment, and with the support of GHR, SRW teamed up with Alight to reach over 1,300 Sisters and 54,000 people in their communities across 37 countries, getting them the tools they need to keep their communities safe. The Approach From mid-April through July 2020, we convened hundreds of Sisters, helping protect those most […]

Program Updates

Program Update: Barrack Valley, India

Sr. Sherly’s program in Barrack Valley, India, was one of the SRW projects that has been fully funded.  Their efforts to eradicate child labor and human trafficking in Barrack Valley Region, Assam, India, have been challenged due to the spread of COVID in the region. In a recent update from Sr. Sherly, we have learned that although […]

News Update

More Global Conversations about Stopping the Spread of COVID-19: Uganda and Nairobi

Once again, Sisters Rising Worldwide and Alight hosted Zoom calls with Sisters in Uganda and Nairobi. Here, is a picture of their conversation with the Sisters and lay people working in Uganda.  “It was such a big group we could never really get a good picture of everyone,” said Sister Irene.  The group discussed the […]

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Sisters Rising Worldwide on MSNBC: Helping to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 Globally

Last night, SRW’s Sister Irene joined Daniel Wordsworth of Alight on an interview with Craig Melvin on MSNBC discussing the Sisters work in helping to stop the spread of COVID-19. “Sisters are like the Mcdonald’s of doing good,” said Wordsworth. “They’re on every corner of the world, they’re living in every neighborhood doing remarkable work.” Watch […]

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Sisters Rising Worldwide and Alight Work Together to Help Sisters with Covid-19 Crisis

We continue to work with Alight to help Sisters around the world fight COVID-19 in their communities.  We recently reported on the needs of the Sisters in El Salvador and now, we are helping Sisters who work in vulnerable communities with little access to health systems. Many Sisters have expressed to Sisters Rising Worldwide the […]

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Helping Sisters Stop COVID-19

During a time when it seems our news feeds are filled with bad news, it is so refreshing to receive word that good work is happening even in the midst of chaos. Annie Nolte-Henning, an Alight project manager for The Color Movement, a  joint project with Sisters Rising Worldwide, just returned from El Salvador and […]