African Sisters Education Collaborative
SLDI alumnae Sr. Vera Ndifoin Nayah, Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (SST (STH)), embraces innovative farming practices that promote healthy living and strengthen her community. Her work with poultry and organic farming reflects the lasting impact of ASEC training and her commitment to sustainable, healthy living.
Sister Mary Florence Anaso, LSOSF reflects on her transformative journey with ASEC, celebrating 25 years of empowering women religious in Uganda. Through lessons in servant leadership, entrepreneurship, and agriculture, she has become a community leader dedicated to mentoring others and promoting sustainable development.
On September 27, 2023 ASEC participant Sr. Josephine Muthoni Kwenga, SJT won a People’s Choice Award for her Sustainable Agriculture Project in Kenya.
“In 2010-2019 average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history, but the rate of growth has slowed.” – IPCC Report on climate change.
Catholic sisters in Africa see how using their education to help just one person can have an exponential positive effect on their communities.
For Sr. Lucy, education has been the key to realizing the vision she had and fulling the mission of her Kenyan community.
Catholic sisters in Africa are using crop and animal farming to sustainably support their local communities.
Sr. Susan is using her education to feed her community through a successful, sustainable farm in rural Kenya.
Sr. Faida noticed how difficult it was for her neighbors to obtain healthy food during lockdown. So, she and the sisters taught them how to plant vegetables using sacks and broken buckets on their veranda.
Catholic sisters have become a critical component of emergency response among local African communities in crisis.
HESA alumna Sr. Winnie provides food, shelter and a new chance at life to adolescent street boys in Kitale, Kenya.
“[SLDI] has helped me a great deal because I couldn’t stand in front of different stakeholders and, you know, address them on issues. ASEC gave me the courage and stance to say, ‘Yeah this is what has to be done.’ For that, I’m grateful.”
