Ghana

Guided by ASEC connections and inspired leadership, Sr. Caroline Ngati, ASE, transformed barren land in Kenya into the thriving Dorothea Rescue Center, offering safety, education, and hope to vulnerable girls while enriching ASEC’s Service Learning experiences.

Through the ASEC Scholarship Program, a sister in Ghana is transforming early childhood education by mentoring teachers, engaging young learners, and promoting sustainability through teaching materials made from recyclables.

During ASEC’s 2023 Service Learning trip to Ghana, Marywood University student D’Ambra Galvin used her music therapy training to connect with children and support local schools—an experience she says changed her life.

Sr. Mavis Ackaah Mensah, SIJ leverages her knowledge gained from the SLDI program and accounting skills to enhance healthcare quality and financial stability.

The ASEC Service Learning Program resumed in 2023, with students from Chestnut Hill College and Marywood University traveling to Ghana for three weeks, where they engaged in volunteer work, cultural immersion, and academic study.

We measure the impact of education through qualitative data by interviewing ASEC sisters, both those current students and alumnae. Through learning their stories, we can connect the dots between education and transformation, both within the sisters and their communities.

Sr. Grace became the first woman religious elected as Faculty Student President at CUCG in 2021 and since then she has been using her ASEC education to better her congregation.

Sr. Irene Christine Oparku’s leadership and grant-writing skills have changed the lives of her students in Ghana.

Nuns provide guidance, motivation and support in their critical role as mentors, bringing to life the many benefits of mentorship in Africa.

Catholic sisters are creating and running programs to protect the children who are the most at-risk among Africa’s rapidly growing population.

ASEC alumnae implement programs and policies that protect and promote the welfare of children in Kenya, Ghana and Zambia.

ASEC program participants are applying their education and skills to create and sustain jobs across Africa.

African nuns are reaching major academic achievements while amplifying their influence on some of the biggest challenges facing African society.

Catholic sisters are providing much needed health and wellness services throughout Africa.

Catholic nuns from ASEC programs are using their educational training to support people with disabilities at facilities throughout Africa.

Service Learning participant reflects on her volunteer experience and sharing her love of music with children with special needs in Ghana.

An SLDI alumna is helping children to realize that disability is not inability while advocating for the rights of Ghanaians with physical and mental disabilities.

Entrepreneurial Catholic sisters are building businesses across Africa to meet the needs of the poor and marginalized.

Catholic Sisters in Africa are using education to empower women and work toward gender equality.

In Africa, severe food insecurity and undernourishment is on the rise. But, educated Nuns are changing that reality for the communities they serve.

Catholic Nuns write grants and raise funds to support clean water projects in African communities.

Sisters are dedicated to solving the serious environmental issues facing Africa today, leaving the world in better condition than how they received it.

Across Africa, Catholic Sisters battle educational poverty and so much more as they mold the minds of the future generation.

Optometry Nurse and Catholic Nun Sr. Mary Frimpong follows in Jesus’ footsteps with a special emphasis on patient dignity in her healthcare ministry in Ghana.

ASEC educates religious women who are renewing hope in Africa for poor and marginalized communities. Catholic Sisters provide hope in Africa many people living who are afraid to begin life anew due to disease, poverty and lack of resources.

Sr. Stephany’s human development projects are improving nutrition, reducing poverty and creating jobs in Ghana.

Catholic Sisters are using their education to build infrastructure in Africa as they work towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG 9): Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

Sr. Joyce works with her congregation and the community to ensure that disabled children receive medical care, education and a chance at inclusive development in Ghana.

The urgent need to stop a major cholera outbreak prompted the Sisters of St. Louis to find funding for a filtered water project. What they didn’t expect was for clean water to transform their community in so many other ways.