Derrick Silimina

With the help of Zambian sisters and the Missionaries of Africa, the residential home reintegrates street kids into their families, homes and society while helping them regain their childhood, confidence and dreams.

In response to the effects of climate change, Sr. Juunza Mwangani, who is the project manager of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit, recognized opportunity among the people of southern Zambia, who are farmers by nature.

The Zambia Association of Sisterhoods is working with Lubasi Home, a facility for vulnerable and orphaned children, to transition children from institutional care to nurturing family environments.

At Da Gama Special School, students pay glowing tribute to school administrators for providing a conducive environment for children with disabilities to access holistic education and hope for a brighter future.

At the Youth Community Training Centre run by Baptistine sisters in Livingstone, Zambia, young people acquire valuable skills in food production, electrical engineering, plumbing, carpentry and other vocational fields.

The Mother Theresa Hospice, a refuge for the sick and dying, is on the outskirts of Kabulonga, a suburb adjacent to Kalingalinga, a Lusaka slum. Missionaries of Charity run the facility and care for almost 300 people a day.

Sr. Theresa Kulandai, a member of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception from India and director of Home of Joy, works to provide education, food, clothing and shelter to orphaned girls in Lusaka.

Women in Zambia spoke to GSR about how the Sisters of the Holy Cross helped improve their futures. The women benefited from the sisters' support and dedication to education, via Holy Cross Girls Secondary School in Mongu.

Salesian sisters in Zambia take in girls from the country's most feared slum, pulling them out of addiction and offering them a home while providing vocational training to them and a wider vulnerable population.

Sr. Marjory Mwansa, a physiotherapist administrator at St. John Paul II Mission Orthopaedic Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, said the state-of-the-art medical facility is a beacon of hope for children with disabilities.

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. 

A sisters-run health center provides easier access to quality health care for patients in need, especially those with HIV/AIDS. The center's community posts alleviate fear of stigma and help clients get essential treatment.

Through group sessions and home visits, more than 1,600 mothers in Zambia have benefited from the program known as "Strengthening the Capacity of Religious Women in Early Childhood Development" (SCORE-ECD).

A bookstore in Lusaka, Zambia, operated by the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul, helps people grow in their faith as Christians, and how they can become true friends of Jesus.

Zambian Sr. Beatrice Mwansa of the Daughters of the Redeemer believes society cannot underestimate the role of the media in evangelism because it can spread God's message to the world "in a flash of a minute."

In Africa, there is rampant misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. To save lives amid the pandemic, Catholic sisters have been working to educate and encourage people to get vaccinated as the best means to fight the virus.

In a large slum just southwest of Lusaka, the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family operate the Cheshire Divine Providence Home amid COVID-19 hardships, housing more than 20 elderly homeless people and 30 orphans.

The goal is as simple as it is complicated to achieve: Shift the care of children from institutions like orphanages to a family or family-like environment.