HIV/AIDS Ministry

Filles de Marie Immaculée Srs. Mary Do Thi Ha and Anne Nguyen Thi Nguyet, who work at the Kim Long Charity Clinic in Hue, Vietnam, talk to GSR about the clinic's model of healing people in need.

Vietnam has an estimated 242,000 people with HIV. Religious sisters run a clinic where they serve some 200 HIV/AIDS patients; the sisters support those rejected by family and society, and they fight misinformation.

Three Catholic sisters were among 11 entrepreneurs recognized with a Builders of Africa's Future award in 2022 by the African Diaspora Network. Each sister wrote about her experience and shared it with Global Sisters Report.

Catholic nuns from various congregations are engaged in saving India's young people from addictions to substances and alcohol.

Because of the spread of COVID-19, Kenya has experienced a massive shortage of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), threatening the lives of HIV/AIDS patients. Sr. Tresa Palakudy has provided the children she cares for at the Nyumbani Children's Home, an orphanage for children living with HIV, with ARVs, shelter and food so that they could withstand their intense medical treatment.

The spirituality of love unites Christians and Muslims working at and being served by Sister Marie Stella's association, which provides support to nearly 1,500 children, mostly orphans from AIDS, and to other people who are living with HIV.