Paraguay
Hermanas del Buen Pastor
Obra Social Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Ruta 2 KM 29
Itauguá, Paraguay
T: 011-595-294-21-890

 

· Volunteers participate in the training, education (e.g., literacy programs) and activities that promote the welfare and status of women.

· Volunteers are involved also in working with women who suffer from the ramifications of extreme poverty, preparing promoters for health and food alternatives, and (finally) accompanying victims of domestic violence.

· Volunteers engage in activities with a local artisan group called “Teko Joya Kunor Rembiapope” (which in the native language, Guarani, means “Justice for the Work of Women”), sponsored by the Sisters of Good Shepherd for poor women in Paraguay.

· Volunteers attend to and work with poor families having psychological, medical, dental and social service difficulties.

· There is also a social service center where Volunteers work with adolescents who are dealing with personal and family problems.

· Volunteers participate in sponsoring development through grant writing.



Read about Jessica Nelson's Reflection
on her Service in Paraguay

 

 

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