Seeing a lack of effective education for children with disabilities in Nigeria, the Sisters of St. Louis launched inclusive education and community-based rehabilitation at St. Louis Nursery and Primary School in Akure.
There is a friendliness at the House of the Good Samaritan, from the Franciscan Sisters of Divine Providence, staff and, above all, from the residents, 87 girls and women, ages 18-94, all with mental disabilities.
Photo essay - Catholic sisters in the provinces of Thua Thien Hue and Yen Bai in Vietnam offered traditional food and hosted festivities so those in need could celebrate the Lunar New Year, or Tet festival.
Though the efforts of sisters in Bosnia are small in scale, and often involve those the sisters have befriended, they are helping mend wounds in a country where war fueled ethnic and religious animosity.
The schools and work of Our Lady of the Missions sisters have educated many members of the Khasi ethnic group in Bangladesh. Several are now established in society and work to protect the land rights of their community.
For decades Sr. Consuelo Morales has provided legal and psychological assistance to the families of those who have been killed or are missing, making her one of Mexico's most prominent human rights defenders.
In Zambia, Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary manage a school to teach and support children with disabilities. More than 200 children with disabilities are enrolled there.
The Kariobangi Women Promotion Training Institute, run by the Comboni Missionary Sisters, helps young women in Nairobi's low-income areas, offering them skills in tailoring and dressmaking, hairdressing, and catering.