Indian nun lives in slum to work for the rights of the poor
Sister Philomena Pichhappilly teaches women to become more self-reliant, giving them more options to overcome poverty
Aug 30, 2017
MUMBAI: Sushila Nagpure clearly remembers her first meeting with Sister Philomena Pichhappilly.
Nagpure stood inside the door of her tin-shed-like home in a corner of a sprawling slum. The nun stood outside, talking to the resident, who was afraid to come out.
"I was a timid woman, afraid to step out of my home on my own and did not know how to interact with people," said the 56-year wife of a rickshaw puller in the slum near Nagpur, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
That was 17 years ago when her family, and many thousands like them, lived in abject poverty. For Nagpure the income of only her husband, Santosh, was not enough even to feed the five-member family, including three children.--Ucanews.Com
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