Tag Archive: Covid-19

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SRW Annual Report 2022

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Give a Little, Help a Lot: COVID-19 Relief in Assam, India

A little generosity goes a long way… The Problem: Hospitals in Srikona, Assam, operate on very small budgets. They are able to provide medication for patients being treated for COVID-19, but these facilities do not provide food. Frequent natural disasters also make it difficult to give or receive adequate care in this region.  The Solution: […]

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Sisters’ Program to Intensify School Support for Struggling Youth Has Been Fully Funded

The Sisters’ program to itensify school support for struggling youth in Peru has been fully funded! In Tacna, Peru, children are often not able to succeed in school which is their most likely way of moving out of extreme poverty and living a sustainable life. “Home situations are awful among our students,” said Sister Sally […]

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Help People Who are Suffering from COVID in India

***Campaign Update: We did it! Thanks to our amazing donors, we were able to raise more than $2,500 for Sister Remya’s community. Those funds will be used to purchase much-needed basic living resources such as food, clothing and toiletries. A thank you message from Sister Remya: Program Details Sister Remya Thomas of St. Joseph’s Sevasadan […]

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Deep Gratitude from Faith and Joy School in Tacna, Peru

This is an update from our fully-funded program in Tacna, Peru Arriving just in time to help the students, teachers, and families cope with the COVID crisis, the Sisters Rising Worldwide donation was able to help a part-time psychologist who has been serving the Fei & Allegri School for the last four years to move […]

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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 […]

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SRW Board Member Helps Organize “Women Religious on the Frontlines” Symposium

SRW board member Sr. Pat Murray of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was part of the leadership team that organized the recent “Women Religious on the Frontlines” symposium in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and the British Embassy to the Holy See.  The symposium highlighted the humanitarian efforts of Catholic […]

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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 […]

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COO Kelly Young Shares How Sisters Are Responding to COVID-19 on NCTV-17

Sisters Rising Worldwide COO Kelly Young recently spoke with NCTV-17 on how Sisters throughout the world are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s what do I need to do for my village? What do I need to do to help them?” said Young. “This is their life, this is who they are, it […]

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Sister Irene: “This way of being is a way of life. And it happens every week of the year, not just in Holy Week.”

Sisters Rising Worldwide’s Sister Irene O’Neill recently spoke with KARE 11 about the Sisters work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. “They’re right on the front lines, and they’re thinking about the people that they’re serving first. So it’s a scary time, thinking that we could be losing a lot of these caregivers just like […]