For 50 years, Kenya's Franciscan Sisters of St. Anna have educated children with disabilities. "Parents should not write off any of their children," said Sr. Celestine Mangiti.
The Association of Sisterhoods in Kenya, which brings together more than 6,000 women religious from congregations throughout Kenya, recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding.
The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul run one of only 70 facilities in Kenya that offer palliative care to terminally ill patients. Since 2010, the nine-bed center has provided care to more than 500 patients.
Six Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph, a local Kenyan congregation, run a home in a region with high maternal mortality, taking care of newborns who have lost their mothers. Currently, they are caring for 42 children.
