Uttom S. Rozario

Stephan Uttom Rozario

Stephan Uttom Rozario is a journalist and photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, covering human rights, minorities, and other contemporary issues. He also covers stories related to the Catholic Church.

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Sr. Ombretta Neri, of the Contemplative Missionary Movement of Charles De Foucauld, visits St. Mary's Infant School ‍in the Rupsha area of Bangladesh and talks to the students. (Stephan Uttom Rozario)

'Blue Sisters' foster a vital role for education in Bangladeshi slums

The Contemplative Missionary Movement of Charles De Foucauld, known as "Blue Sisters," started a school in 1983 to serve nursery-aged children in the slums of Bangladesh's Rupsha area. Their work has made a difference.

Two students pose for a photo on the grounds of the S.F.X. Greenherald International School in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The school is the first English-language school in Bangladesh after the country's independence in 1971. (Uttom S. Rozario)

Q & A with Sr. Virginia Asha Gomes, head of an international school in Bangladesh

Sr. Virginia Asha Gomes, 76, has run the S.F.X. Greenherald International School in Dhaka, Bangladesh, since 2005.

Sr. Roberta Pignone examines a patient in her chamber at Damien Hospital in Khulna, Bangladesh. (Uttom S. Rozario)

Q & A with Sr. Roberta Pignone, working for leprosy and tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh

After earning her medical degree, Italian Sr. Roberta Pignone joined the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate. For about 12 years, Pignone has been working for the recovery of patients as the director of Damien Hospital.

Sister Falguni, a member of the Associates of Mary Queen of Apostles and a student at Kumudini Nursing College in Mirzapur, Bangladesh, attends to a patient. (Uttom S. Rozario)

Though a tiny religious minority, Bangladesh's nuns chart new path for nursing

After seeing the work of the nuns at the Catholic Church's 80 health care facilities across Bangladesh, many girls from remote areas now show interest in becoming nurses, which was unimaginable 20 years ago.