22/02/2022
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Sisters in Africa educate people to get the COVID-19 vaccine
Sisters in Africa debunk myths and educate people to get the COVID-19 vaccine
Here is a story to keep you updated about the efforts other sisters are doing to fight the deadly coronavirus.
Religious sisters in African have been working hard to debunk COVID-19 vaccine myths that are rampant, ranging from denial that the virus exists to various false side effects. The massive education and awareness campaigns by religious sisters have encouraged thousands to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus.
The campaigns are funded by the Hilton Foundation partnership with the Vatican COVID-19 Commission to aid the church in mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 virus in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia.
So far the project has been successful as thousands have been vaccinated especially in rural communities and slums where the campaign was mostly targeted. The campaign has since been expanded to other countries like India, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sr. Dr. Lucy Hometowu, the COVID-19 vaccine campaign coordinator of the Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church medical team, poses for a photo with the youths at her local parish carrying a flier with a vaccine awareness message in Ho Dome, a town in the Volta region of Ghana. (Damian Avevor) (Source Global Sisters Report)