SRF is pleased to continue our longstanding commitment to our partner, the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Africa (FMSA) by funding an annual grant toward operating expenses. With this crucial support, FMSA can continue its mission to provide relief and recovery for the destitute and vulnerable of this region. 

The Sisters provide numerous humanitarian programs that are changing — and saving — lives every day. Through their tireless efforts, children who otherwise would not be able are attending local schools; lepers, shunned and forced out of their communities, are able to receive the care they need. For over 100 years, FMSA has been fiercely devoted to ensuring that marginalized and otherwise forgotten people here are treated with dignity, kindness, and respect. 

 FMSA focuses its work on three key areas. The first is improving access to basic skills education in remote areas, responding to humanitarian needs, and exploring agricultural programs to create food sustainability. The second involves addressing the plight of refugees and returnees from war-torn Sudan. The third focuses on improving emotional and spiritual wellbeing of parish groups in the Diocese of Wau. This work will reach thousands, experiencing a variety of needs. 

With the continued support of SRF donors, FMSA is helping build a foundation for a better tomorrow in this struggling location. 

The tireless work of Dr. Tom Catena and his team at Mother of Mercy (MOM) Hospital in Nuba delivers daily miracles as the only medical provider serving a population of over a million people spread across a harsh, isolated mountain region. 

Over the years, your selfless support has provided vital state-of-the-art equipment, supplies, and medicines which have allowed MOM Hospital to save countless lives.

That generous commitment continues. SRF recently coordinated with partners on the ground to deliver more than $200,000 worth of medicines — a difficult and treacherous logistical undertaking but one we feel blessed to have completed.

Additionally, we were able to fund an emergency donation that delivered more than $20,000 worth of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV medicines that were in desperately short supply. Last year, the hospital treated nearly 300 TB patients and has approximately 100 patients on HIV therapy. 

Obtaining new stocks of these medications is critical to prevent the interruption of therapy and the development of drug resistance, which would cause public health implications for Nuba. 

Mother of Mercy Hospital is the only trauma center within a 300-mile radius and represents a place of hope. Patients have been known to walk for many days to be treated here. Your dedicated partnership with SRF provides nearly all of the medicine and supplies at the hospital. 

SRF has long been proud to support the Missionary Sisters of Charity – the only facility in all of Rumbek that receives and cares for orphaned babies. 

Founded by Mother Teresa, these dedicated Sisters have taken in some of the tiniest, most malnourished infants, even those on death’s door. Their dedication and meticulous care saves many fragile young lives. The Sisters also help young mothers in crisis pregnancies who have nowhere to go, some who’ve become pregnant through assault and violence.

Our donor community has allowed us to make two significant contributions to the Sisters this year. Recently, we were able to provide a large shipment of vital medicines to help maintain the health of both the children and women in their care.

We have nearly completed construction of new living quarters at Pan Ngath Orphanage, where the Sisters care for and shelter orphaned and abandoned children, the mentally challenged, and women who have been cast out by their families.

Following two years of hard work by local contractors, the Sisters and their charges will enjoy new food stores, a kitchen and multipurpose hall to better serve those cared for here, as well as a solid wall fence for increased security.