Many hungry Haitians come to the sisters’ health clinics expecting food, but the stocks have dwindled.
Desperate bandits not long ago kidnapped one of the sisters and the community vehicle. The nun escaped, but the men demanded a hefty ransom for the car, which the sisters paid.
Asked why the dioceses and the government do not support the nuns’ ministry, Sister Denise explains that the church and civil officials have their own problems. The sisters do not involve themselves in advocacy in the halls of government. They try to let their work do the talking.
The cost of a 110-pound sack of rice in Haiti had risen to more than $50, or a fifth of the average worker’s annual salary. But unemployment rates have soared to 85 percent or more.
More than 60 percent of Haiti’s eight million people are malnourished. One in five Haitian children dies before age 5 because of disease and malnutrition.
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Sister Denise Desil seeking to Make a Difference for Christ
Many hungry Haitians come to the sisters’ health clinics expecting food, but the stocks have dwindled.
Desperate bandits not long ago kidnapped one of the sisters and the community vehicle. The nun escaped, but the men demanded a hefty ransom for the car, which the sisters paid.
Asked why the dioceses and the government do not support the nuns’ ministry, Sister Denise explains that the church and civil officials have their own problems. The sisters do not involve themselves in advocacy in the halls of government. They try to let their work do the talking.
The cost of a 110-pound sack of rice in Haiti had risen to more than $50, or a fifth of the average worker’s annual salary. But unemployment rates have soared to 85 percent or more.
More than 60 percent of Haiti’s eight million people are malnourished. One in five Haitian children dies before age 5 because of disease and malnutrition.
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