They all call her the “Mother Teresa of Burma”: Sister Marta Mya Thwe, a religious of the Congregation of St. Joseph of the Apparition (SJA), is committed to taking care of people with AIDS or HIV, who lack proper care, Continue reading →
Announcing life and hope in Trujillo, a city in coastal Northwestern Peru, where poverty persists and the law of the strongest and crime triumph, becomes a challenge. Here is the testimony of a Comboni Missionary who has lived 32 years Continue reading →
A contemplative community inserted into the social texture of the village, through prayer and work, gives testimony of the presence of the Kingdom of God.
At last we reached Natitingou, in the heart of the Atakora Continue reading →
Napenda Kuishi Rehabilitation is a rehabilitation programme for Nairobi street children run by Comboni Missionaries. It is based in the shanty towns of Korogocho, Dandora, and Huruma in the eastern outskirts of Nairobi. The director of the project talked to Continue reading →
She has helped deliver 34,000 babies. Close friendship with a Moslem Imam; she has lived in the country for more than half a century. Witness to much suffering but also to great hope like that of the new-born child.
Issa Kouyaté is the Founder and Director of Maison de la Gare, a shelter in Senegal for hundreds of street children, often called talibés, to give them hope for a better future.
Radio ‘Voice of Peace’ has managed to capture the attention of the Nuba population and has become an instrument of peace and development enhanced by the Catholic Church in the area.
They give hospitality and accompany and guide Nigerian, Somali and Eritrean women who were victims of human trafficking, giving them hope.This is the commitment of two Comboni Sisters in the SOLWODI project.
The retired bishop from South Sudan, has lived through decades of war in his native country, but he holds hope like a candle in the darkness, its light bringing hope to others.
