At St. Josephine Bakhita Babies Home in Busia, western Kenya, religious sisters and social workers take in abandoned and orphaned newborns in a region that has seen rising cases of incest and maternal mortality.
It is heartbreaking to see all-girls Catholic schools close, but philanthropy can help preserve them. Investing in all-girls schools, particularly those founded by women religious, is an investment in the future.
Working with Holy Cross Ministries — a Salt Lake City-based nonprofit created by the Sisters of the Holy Cross to aid Utah's marginalized community members — these sisters dedicate their very full days to helping this underserved population.
The goal of Mater Dei Sr. Natalia Vazquez's ministry is to accompany retired, ill and senior priests so that they can live their vocation fully and flourish in the service of Christ and the church.
Though the efforts of sisters in Bosnia are small in scale, and often involve those the sisters have befriended, they are helping mend wounds in a country where war fueled ethnic and religious animosity.
For decades Sr. Consuelo Morales has provided legal and psychological assistance to the families of those who have been killed or are missing, making her one of Mexico's most prominent human rights defenders.
The Kariobangi Women Promotion Training Institute, run by the Comboni Missionary Sisters, helps young women in Nairobi's low-income areas, offering them skills in tailoring and dressmaking, hairdressing, and catering.
As violence continues in Manipur, India, sisters care for children in refugee camps while continuing their ministry of looking after orphaned and abandoned children in their Homes of Hope shelters.