Rosalia Sakayombo

Rosalia Sakayombo

Rosalia Sakayombo is a Sister of the Holy Spirit who lives in Zambia. She has spent most of her working life as a teacher of agricultural science, biology and religion, and she later spent time as school administrator in a rural boarding school in Chivuna Southern Province. She has a passion for education and agriculture that she sees as an emancipator and equalizer for the marginalized. She is currently the superior general of her congregation and the president of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA).

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