After recovering from COVID-19, Sister Anitha in Visakhapatnam, India, sent us this “thank you” video for fully-funding her recent program that provides girls at her school with a safe transportation option to get them to higher-level internships, allowing them to avoid human-trafficking as they prepare for careers that will help them escape poverty. Here is another […]
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 […]
Thanks to our wonderful donors, we were able to secure all of the funding needed to purchase the minivan that will provide safe transportation to higher-level internships for at-risk vulnerable young women in Visakhapatnam, India. This is one more awesome way, with your help, that SRW can protect women from being trafficked. The total amount raised was $23,500. […]
We recently received this update from Sister Sherly in India: As the lockdown progresses, thousands of people in the villages are jobless and starving. The outbreak of COVID-19 is very shocking to the people of Barak Valley as most of the people are unaware of the situation, especially in remote areas where no prior information […]
Thanks to the beauty of technology, Sister Irene and Annie Nolte Henning are staying connected with Sisters around the world each day. Above, they are speaking with Sister Rosey and Margus who run a school in Sindh, one of the four provinces of Pakistan. The Sisters are also part of the Tulitha Kum, a global […]
As we recently heard from news reports, India’s 1.3 billion people have been told to stay at home during a nationwide 21-day shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This news directly affects the Sisters working in Visakhapatnam, India, where funds are being raised to offer free educational and vocational training to prepare young women for […]
Sisters Rising Worldwide COO Kelly Young recently hosted a fundraiser at her home for the the Sisters of St. Joseph Community College in Visakhapatnam, India. The goal of the event was to help the Sisters purchase a minivan that would let them provide transportation to internships for at-risk vulnerable young women, allowing them to avoid […]
