Sister Isabelle Izika, SNDdeN, meeting with NDA Hingham students.
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur is an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO) at the United Nations (UN) that has been serving since 2001. Currently, Sister Isabelle Izika, SNDdeN is the congregational representative. In her role, she continues the long tradition of engagement in addressing poverty, health and education. In 2015, the UN adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), recognizing education as an indispensable means for everyone to realize their potential and for the international community to promote global progress.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries where the Sisters serve, they have organized discussions on climate change based on the consequences of human activities on the environment, including reduced agricultural production and the consequent deterioration in the health of rural populations. The Sisters are also working to remedy the destruction of the environment by initiating reforestation activities.
This article originally appeared in our Summer 2024 issue of Sowing Goodness. Read the full digital copy here: Read Sowing Goodness – Summer 2024