Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education

Founded in India in 1870, the Apostolic Carmel sisters started a century and a half of their devotion to educate girls in India at a time when very few girls were provided any formal education.

In San Pedro Sula, Casa Corazón de la Misericordia has served more than 1,000 HIV-positive children who have come through its doors since it was established in 1995 by Mercy Srs. Masbely Del Cid and Sandra Hernández.

Association Compassion Asian Youth helps underage inmates better themselves. Its Second Chance program depends on volunteers and alumni who help offenders recognize destructive patterns and opportunities to change.

Meet the alumni of a pair of programs started in the Philippines that help young people in trouble with the law or who are recovering from trauma and need advocacy and guidance — and the Missionaries of Mary sisters whose ACAY program provides them foundations for life.

At the six houses of Sanjoepuram Children's Village in Chandpur, India, 17 nuns from four congregations serve 64 girls and women with disabilities, in one of the few institutions that offer inclusive education.

In 2017, I began working as a social worker at Bosco Boys, a program started by Salesian priests to help boys overcome addictions and behaviors learned on the street and get them an education.

As a Grail sister of Tanzania I have had the privilege of ministering in the Maasai community of northern Tanzania, East Africa for many years.

Adrian Dominican Sr. Corinne Florek spoke to GSR about leading the Religious Communities Impact Fund. The fund's members, all women religious communities, pool their investment money, which enables larger loans, less paperwork and more effective financing.