Webinar : Human Costs of Abandoning U.S Help Around the World : Its Effects on Catholic Charitable Works

The Trump administration’s efforts to halt funding and dismantle the United States’ capacity to provide food for the hungry, health care for the sick, and hope for the poorest people on earth are destroying the lives and dignity of millions of our sisters and brothers around the world.

This dialogue focuses on the human consequences and moral implications of this abandonment of our nation’s traditional commitment to the poor around the world. We will look at these actions through the experience and expertise of Catholic sisters serving the poor around the globe and the work of Catholic Relief Services, which offers life-saving humanitarian assistance in almost 100 nations.

Sr. Eneless Chimbali, SBVM is a member of the servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Blantyre, Malawi and a senior program officer for all Africa Conference : Sister to Sister. She serves on the board of Catholic Relief Services.

Sr. Florence Muia, ASN is a member of the Sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Nairobi and the founder of Upendo village, a facility in Kenya, designed to support people living with HIV in low-income communities around Nairobi.

Bill O’Keefe is the executive vice president for mission and mobilization at CRS, where he overseees CRS effortd to change US foreign policy in ways that promote justice and reduce poverty overseas.

Sr. Dee Smith, M.M is a maryknoll sister and one of the founders of Proyecto Vida, an HIV/SIDA education, prevention and treatment effort in Guatemala.