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by Melanie Lidman

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Two decades after the Rwandan genocide, its child survivors are grown and making lives of their own, and the Abizeramariya Sisters who took them in are returning boisterous orphanages to their original purpose as homes for impoverished elderly people.

Notre Dame Sr. Sudha Varghese has dedicated years to serving the Musahar, the lowest caste in India. She brought revolutionary changes among the Musahar through Nari Gunjan, an umbrella organization she launched in 1987 to coordinate multilayered activities such as education, advocacy and welfare services.