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www .msolafrica .org. The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa ( French: Sœurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique ), often called the White Sisters ( Sœurs blanches) [a] is a missionary society founded in 1869 that operates in Africa. It is closely associated with the Society of the Missionaries of Africa, or White Fathers .
Gender roles. Status in Tanzanian society starts from birth and is highly gendered. Female babies are given a title, based on gender, instantly subjecting them to their social identity. Female's are hheekuuso'oo "child who will fetch water", while males are called hee sla/a or muk sla/a "child of the bush".
A ship carrying Polish soldiers and civilian refugees arrives in Iran from the Soviet Union, 1942. On March 19, 1942, General Władysław Anders ordered the evacuation of Polish soldiers and civilians who lived next to army camps. Between March 24 and April 4, 33,069 soldiers left the Soviet Union for Iran, as well as 10,789 civilians ...
An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive. There may be substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home, or the parent may simply be ...
Annie Chikhwaza (born 26 May 1944, in Burgwerd) is a Dutch missionary [1] known as a 'Mother of Malawi' [2] for her work with orphans in Africa through Kondanani Children's Village, an NGO, which has been called "a five star orphanage" and "a centre of excellence" in a Channel 4 documentary. [3] Many of the orphans are survivors of HIV/AIDS and ...
Nyumbani Orphanage. The Nyumbani Children's Home was founded by Father Angelo D'Agostino and Sister Mary Owens in 1992 to serve mostly abandoned children created by the AIDS pandemic. [1] Since then, three more programs (Nyumbani Village, Lea Toto and Nyumbani Diagnostic Laboratory) have been added to the organization.
The Tanzania Media Women’s Association ( TAMWA) - Swahili: Chama cha Wanahabari Wanawake Tanzania (CHAWAHATA) - is a nonprofit non-governmental organization focused on women's rights and children's rights, [1] based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and they also keep an office in Zanzibar .
Orphans and vulnerable children. Orphans and vulnerable children is a term used to identify the most at-risk group among young people in contexts such as humanitarian aid and education in developing countries. It often used relating to countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a high number of AIDS orphans. [1] [2]