Nigeria
The Daughters of Charity are engaged in a variety of work in four different areas in Nigeria. Please read on to find out more, and how you can help in each area:
Tungan Gero – Kontogora
This hot dry rural area in north-west Nigeria has high levels of illiteracy. The sisters provide basic primary health care and primary education for the most marginalized and for children who are malnourished.
Fresh milk for malnourished children. €10
Iwara Oka – Ondo State
In this very under-developed village in western Nigeria, the sisters provide residential/rehabilitation services for women who have a mental illness and are destitute, and health services for people with leprosy, TB and HIV/AIDS.
Personal items for women with mental illness. €10
Emu Delta State
A swampy rural area where there are high levels of poverty. The sisters here are providing education for children who would otherwise not go to school.
School supplies for poor children. €5
Kano – Northern Nigeria
Kano is in the north of Nigeria, where there is a lot of· cultural and religious tension. There are high levels of malnutrition in children. The sisters provide primary health care and nutrition programmes.
