In Nigeria, since 1963, the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul have been standing alongside the most vulnerable. Through health, education, social and spiritual support initiatives, they offer a listening ear, care and prospects for the future.

Since 1987, the Sainte-Louise community based in Akwa Ibom has been committed to serving the most vulnerable. In this southern Nigerian state, more than half of the population lives in poverty.

People with disabilities, widows, women who have been in prison, and women who are victims of cultural beliefs such as witchcraft suffer discrimination, stigmatisation and exclusion. Too often, they find themselves isolated, unemployed and deprived of dignity.’ Sr Emerechi

Working together to build a more inclusive society

The government recognised the School of the Daughters of Charity. It then approved their vocational training centre for people with disabilities in order to facilitate their integration through learning sewing, knitting, baking, farming, etc.

Thanks to the ‘Repairing the Living’ project in 2023, the Sainte-Louise Community, which had been able to acquire a few plots of land, used them to train these vulnerable people in small-scale farming.
‘This activity gives them employment opportunities and also the ability to produce their own agricultural goods to provide for their families at affordable prices.’ Sr Emerechi

A sustainable and ethical farming project: a pig farm

The sisters have a new project to continue creating a more just and inclusive future for marginalised people. They have a plot of land on which a well has been drilled.

The beneficiaries are 11 women and 15 men who have been trained and are keen to improve their living conditions. They will be involved in setting up and managing this pig farm:

- Visit to a local pig farm to establish a partnership
- Construction of a pig farm
- Sale of meat from the farm
- Use of pig manure as organic fertiliser on existing plantations
- Sale of some of the manure to the public as organic fertiliser.

This project not only offers training and employment with a stable income to these individuals, but also improved self-esteem and genuine integration into the community. It helps transform poverty and exclusion into renewed dignity.

Thank you for your support

With them, thanks to you

If the project is funded beyond its target, the surplus donations received will be allocated to a similar project.