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Africa

24 nations
We have 502 Sisters working in 93 communities in 24 countries in Africa.
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The first FMA Sisters set foot on African soil at Oran in Algeria on December 16, 1893. Two years previously the Salesians had established a community there. The Sisters faced great poverty when they opened the oratory-youth centre which immediately welcomed all the girls and young women of the place. They set up sewing classes and became involved in catechism lessons and other tasks in the parish.

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Countries

Angola
Benin 
Cameroon 
Congo-Brazzaville
Dem. Rep. of Congo 
Ivory Coast
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Equatorial Guinea
Kenya

Lesotho
Madagascar 
Mali
Mozambique
Rwanda
South Africa
Sudan
South Sudan
Tanzania
Togo 
Tunisia
Zambia

Types of Service

- Centers for the advancement of women
- Vocational and literacy schools
- Visits to the villages
- Health clinics and dispensaries
- Rural artisan centers
- Houses for girls in difficulty or at risk
- Oratory-youth centers