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Global Sisters Report in National Catholic Reporter
March 3, 2020
by Doreen Ajiambo
Sr. Bernardine Pemii is known for being a devoted mother to the large brood of children she has rescued from violence, exploitation and abuse.
The African nun, who recently completed a course on child protection at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, is committed to protecting children from abuse at home, at school, at church, in the community and during humanitarian emergencies.
Kids are victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation, physical and humiliating punishment, and harmful traditional practices, she said, and they can be recruited into armed forces.
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“Parents should protect their children, from home to the school and to the church,” Pemii told Global Sisters Report. “Children are being exploited every day in ways that are shocking to their well-being.”
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