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In Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Sisters Juanita Ortega, Maigualida Riera, and Therese Cheruvallathu are in mission in the “12th of October” barrio. Sister Maiguailida works full-time at Instituto Universitario Jesus Obrero, Sister Therese is studying Chinese medicine and has a clinic each morning, and Sister Juanita assists with many other needs in the barrio. Sister Juanita reports, “Medical care has been made available to everyone and is free. There are now four universities in Barquisimeto, and three have nursing schools. In our barrio there is a rehabilitation center which the people attend for free. There are also free eye clinics and glasses are provided at no charge, along with needed surgeries.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indian Sister Rosamma George Vadakethalackal was part of a team that recently gave psychotherapy sessions for the first year theologians of St. Paul’s Seminary, Trichy, and the novices of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Thomas, Trichy. Sister Rosamma also gave health awareness classes for students of St. Xavier’s School, where she shared the message of the People’s Health Assembly, “People’s Health in People’s Hands.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Our Sisters in England are among the thousands who have joined the Friends of the Earth Big Ask Campaign, calling for a climate change bill that will commit the UK to reduce carbon dioxide emissions every year. They are contacting their Members of Parliament and government, writing articles, and sending postcards in support of this campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Kenya, Sister Agnes Chwala has begun work as a tutor at Nazareth Hospital Nurses Training College. She lives at the College, which is about a one-hour drive from Nairobi.
October 1, 2007
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