Sisters' Stories

In Kitale, Kenya, Sister Winnie Mutuku and the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul run a shelter for street children. The aim of their shelter is to protect children from human trafficking and reunite them with family wherever possible. When COVID-19 shut down the city of Kitale and

When the pandemic hit Cambodia, it shut down schools across Phnom Penh, including the nursery, primary and high schools run by the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco. However, the Sisters stayed in touch with families and soon realised that children were going hungry, with no access to free school meals

Thousands would have gone hungry in Bangalore, if not for Sister Lalamma and her congregation’s tireless support. Throughout India’s lockdown, they focused their collective energies on providing critical poverty relief to families facing food insecurity. The Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin prepared and delivered

In Tonantins, Brazil, one of the most isolated and remote communities in the Amazon, Sister Alessandra dos Santos de Santana has a mission. Here, Catholic Sisters provide vital services to people who would otherwise have limited access to healthcare during the pandemic, as well as spiritual and psychological support to