In the summer of 2020, a group of eight students and two teachers from St Mary’s Holy Faith Glasnevin were due to travel to the Daughters of Charity street advocacy project in Kumasi in Ghana for their first school’s immersion project. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic they were unable to, but they very generously donated €8000 that they had raised to support the St. Louise Vocational Training Centre.

The following activities were carried out with this donation: 1. Maintenance and renovation of the living room and corridors 2. Feeding and medical expenses of 48 girls 3. Provision of vocational materials and clothing.

Sr Olivia, who coordinates the project said “the support received from the Vincentian Lay Missionaries helped to support the running cost of the Vocational Training Centre in the 2020 work year and particularly during the period of the coronavirus pandemic. The implementation of the project has helped vulnerable children formerly in street situation to have their dignity restored and childhood regained. These children now have access to and enjoy a safe environment free from all the abuses they suffered whilst still on the street. We therefore remain eternally grateful to the St Mary’s Holy Faith Glasnevin and the Vincentian Lay Missionaries for the support granted us to serve our children.”