Wycliff Oundo of Nairobi, Kenya, is a journalism intern working with Global Sisters Report.

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Sr. Tresa Palakudy of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, right, poses with Sr. Julia Mulvihill of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia at Nyumbani Children's Home for orphans living with HIV/AIDS. (Wycliff Oundo)

Q & A with Sr. Tresa Palakudy, supporting children in Kenya’s forgotten HIV/AIDs epidemic

Jan 11, 2022

Because of the spread of COVID-19, Kenya has experienced a massive shortage of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), threatening the lives of HIV/AIDS patients. Sr. Tresa Palakudy has provided the children she cares for at the Nyumbani Children's Home, an orphanage for children living with HIV, with ARVs, shelter and food so that they could withstand their intense medical treatment.

Mary Wanjiku, 26, displays one of her beaded products next to her shop in Limuru, a town in central Kenya. Wanjiku is a beneficiary of the Limuru Cheshire Home, a charitable institution for girls living with disabilities in Kenya. (Wycliff Oundo)

'Disability is not inability,' Assumption Sisters teach girls in central Kenya

Dec 9, 2021

The Assumption Sisters of Nairobi have helped thousands of women in Kenya who live with disabilities. The sisters manage a center that offers shelter to girls living with disabilities and teaches them skills to meet their potential.