Sisters whose ministries focus on housing and homelessness say progress is possible, but it must always be mindful of local experiences and dynamics. And in every place, there are complexities and challenges, and housing alone is not a singular solution.
A Place to Call Home - Three Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary work with about 1,600 migrants, mostly tribal women of various religions, in the state of Goa, India's tourism hub.
GSR Today - In February, months before the global spread of the coronavirus, Global Sisters Report launched a series focusing on Catholic sisters helping those who are homeless or lack adequate shelter worldwide.
GSR Today - In February, months before the global spread of the coronavirus, Global Sisters Report launched a series focusing on Catholic sisters helping those who are homeless or lack adequate shelter worldwide.
In Vietnam, cultural change and family crises are leaving more elderly people abandoned and living in poverty on the streets. In Da Nang, Elderly Loving Home offers refuge to elderly women.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage Kenya, Sr. Winnie Mutuku has managed to sustain a feeding program for street children and families in Kitale, a town about 280 miles west of Nairobi.
The earthquake that struck Puerto Rico Jan. 7 damaged over 8,000 houses, leaving 2,500 uninhabitable. Thousands of people now live in tents, awaiting home repairs or afraid that their houses may cave in.
At the 50-bed Home of the Good Shepherd in San Juan, Puerto Rico, homeless men and women with a history of drug abuse are welcome to stay so long as their recovery journey focuses on drug abstinence.
In India, in the name of development, the government is simply "evicting" people who live in substandard housing, leaving them with no shelter. But those people are part of communities, and local women leaders are trying to assert their rights.
