Doreen Ajiambo

Religious leaders, including sisters attending COP28, have vowed to advocate for funds to be adopted and immediately disbursed to vulnerable communities impacted by the effects of climate change and who are unable to adapt to significant loss of lives and livelihoods.

A weeklong in-person training session was held in Nairobi, Kenya, to impart essential leadership skills to promote collaboration for preventing and creating awareness against human trafficking around the globe.

Sisters step up to provide assistance for the thousands who have been displaced after torrential rain, which experts say is related to climate change, flood northern Kenya.  

Hermanas del Inmaculado Corazón de María Reparadora-Ggogonya ofrecen un refugio en la Escuela de Niñas de Kalas a las niñas que escapan del matrimonio infantil y la mutilación genital femenina en el norte de Uganda, en donde las casan antes de completar su educación.  

Catholic sisters foster healing and reconciliation for survivors of Sierra Leone's civil war, many of whom now find themselves neighbors with former rebel soldiers who killed their families during the conflict.

Women religious in Nigeria rejoice after gunmen released three sisters, as well as a priest and their driver, who had been abducted for nine days.

Maasai tribespeople and their supporters, including sisters, face intimidation as the Tanzanian government, in the name of conservation and tourism, has tried to force the Maasai from their northern ancestral land.

A Kenya hospital founded in 1964 and owned by the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar now has 200 beds for inpatient services and specialized doctors to treat life-threatening conditions of Kakuma Refugee Settlement residents. 

¿Qué harías si tuvieras que elegir entre estudiar o trabajar? ¿Y si tuvieras que hacerlo desde los 12 años? Esa es la realidad de muchos niños pastores de Lesoto, un país africano donde la pobreza y la tradición les impiden acceder a la educación. Pero hay una esperanza: las Hermanas del Buen Pastor de Quebec, que han creado una escuela nocturna para ellos. Allí, mientras los animales descansan por la noche, los pequeños aprenden inglés, matemáticas y otros conocimientos que les pueden abrir las puertas a un futuro mejor. En este reportaje de GSR te contamos la historia de Thabo Kobo, un joven pastor que sueña con ser contador y que no se rinde ante las dificultades, y el apoyo que las hermanas le ofrecen para que siga su vocación y supere los obstáculos: un testimonio de lucha y de solidaridad. 

La creencia generalizada en la brujería en África Occidental tiene consecuencias devastadoras: en el norte de Ghana, cientos de mujeres acusadas de hechicería o magia negra encuentran refugio en campamentos tras ser expulsadas de sus hogares. Golpeadas y señaladas por supuestamente causar muertes, estas viudas con hijos son despojadas de sus propiedades por la familiares de sus difunto esposos. La codicia suele motivar las acusaciones. Sin embargo, un grupo de hermanas católicas las rescata y protege, mientras educan a las comunidades para erradicar esta persecución basada en supersticiones.

The agenda at Rwanda conference included sexual and gender-based violence prevention, sexual and reproductive health and rights, climate change, technological innovation, and youth advancement programs. 

Global leaders and women religious attending the Women Deliver 2023 Conference in Rwanda's capital city of Kigali have called on all countries to emulate Rwanda regarding gender equality and women's empowerment.

The Women Deliver 2023 Conference has begun in Kigali. The conference, held July 17-20, is one of the world's largest conferences focused on gender equality, health, and the rights and well-being of girls and women.

En el campo de refugiados de Kakuma, en Kenia, las tensiones entre tribus sursudanesas son altas y la violencia es común. Un grupo de religiosas, sin embargo, siembra semillas de reconciliación y de paz: la Hna. Molly Lim, de las Franciscanas Misioneras de María, y la Hna. Elizabetta Grobberio, de las Hermanas Misioneras de De Foucauld, lideran sesiones de asesoramiento, actividades deportivas y culturales, y difunden el Evangelio para lograr la sanación de miles de refugiados. ¿Podrá el perdón florecer en este árido terreno?

Despite a prolonged drought in Kenya, Catholic sisters help ward off mass hunger by providing food relief and "transformative solutions" that keep traditionalist villagers in isolated areas from becoming dependent on aid.

Sisters on a pilgrimage to honor Ugandan martyrs describe the journey as a way to renew their faith and zeal in the service to the church. They use the event to pray to God to intervene in the challenges the country is facing and to recommit their faith to God.

At a May 16-18 gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, sisters and other religious and civil leaders in African countries, the U.S. and Italy gathered to exchange ideas for new models of caring for vulnerable children.

Sisters in Kakuma Refugee Camp organize regular gatherings to help facilitate peace and reconciliation between the Dinka and Nuer ethnic tribes, who have had violent conflicts long before they moved to the camp.

Violent clashes throughout Sudan have forced women religious to shut down their ministries and join hundreds of thousands also fleeing their homes. "Our country is now dead," one sister said.

Following the deaths of more than 100 cult followers in what is now known as the "Shakahola Forest Massacre," Catholic sisters and church leaders in Kenya are pressing the government to implement tighter regulations on religious bodies and clerics.