Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education

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The United Nations calls its 17 Sustainable Development Goals "the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all." With a target of achieving them by 2030, the goals are all interconnected and address the global challenges we face.

Goal 4 is "Quality Education." As the UN puts it: "Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people's lives and sustainable development."

This series includes stories of sisters working on the frontlines of education.

Q & A with Sr. Anne Onyancha, educating with excellence in Kenya

Dec 21, 2021

By Doreen Ajiambo

Sr. Anne Onyancha, a member of the Sisters of Mary of Kakamega and head teacher of St Peter's Mumias Boys Primary School, was among 31 teachers across Kenya who were honored for this year's World Teachers' Day.

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

Dec 09, 2021

By Wycliff Oundo

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.

Classroom questions and answers on God and life's fairness

Nov 12, 2021

By Jennifer Wilson

Horizons: My classes watched a documentary about immigrant students who were in high school. They were from different countries with different circumstances regarding their legal status. After watching the film, my students had some questions.

Q&A with Sr. Theresa Crasta, who worked with special needs children before evacuating Kabul

Sep 21, 2021

By Thomas Scaria

Sr. Theresa Crasta of the Sisters of Maria Bambina shares her experiences of working with special needs children in Afghanistan as well as her rescue from the war-stricken country after the Taliban captured Kabul.

Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education

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Q & A with Sr. Anne Onyancha, educating with excellence in Kenya

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

Classroom questions and answers on God and life's fairness

Q&A with Sr. Theresa Crasta, who worked with special needs children before evacuating Kabul

Q & A with Sr. Rita Wynne, educating adults in inner-city Dublin

Warning girls about the tactics of human traffickers

Q & A with Sr. Matilda Inyang, supporting children whose families think they're witches

Apostolic Carmel nuns complete 150 years as pioneers of women's education in India

Sisters of Mercy orphanage in Honduras nurtures children living with HIV

French and Filipino volunteers help young detainees secure a better future

Sisters set troubled Filipino teens on course to self-sufficiency

Four congregations work in common cause for girls with disabilities

Bringing Catholic social teaching to boys recovering from street life

Education and nutrition ministry for women and girls of the Maasai community

Q & A with Sr. Corinne Florek, helping sisters invest to develop communities

Sisters' compassion home helps educate and heal children in Bangladesh

Amazing stories come out of Vi Nhan School for special needs children

Superhero Assumption Sisters use their 'powers' to empower others

Dominican sisters' love for children in Vietnam

Afterschool teaching helped students soar

Vietnamese sisters in Kontum Diocese host summer schools for ethnic students

Recognized for high quality, preschool run by Catholic sisters in Vietnam grows by leaps

Q & A with Sr. Boitumelo Albertina Matlhabe, directing Botswana's oldest Catholic school

Where gangs are family, job training offers chance to escape violence

No blues at St. Louis Catholic schools conference