2016-05-26 14:45:00

Sr. Lucy's "Maher" project, part 1


Maher is the name of a project that Indian Sister Lucy Kurien of the Order of the Sisters of the Cross ‎of Chavanod (SCC) began in 1997 to shelter exploited and destitute women and children, in Pune, in ‎western India’s Maharashtra state.   ‎

Nearly 20 years after Maher was started, today the project has 28 children’s homes, 5 women’s home ‎and a men’s home, mostly in Maharashtra, but has also gone beyond.  The beneficiaries of Maher are ‎many more than those served in the centres, as it reaches out to others beyond its walls.  ‎

Sr. Lucy has received several honours and recognition for her works or mercy.  Recently, on the ‎occasion of this year’s International Women's Day, March 8, she was conferred the Nari Shakti Award ‎for 2015 by none other than Indian president Pranab Mukherjee.   Sr. Lucy was recognized for her ‎outstanding contribution to women’s empowerment, during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, or the ‎presidential palace in New Delhi.  ‎

We called Sr. Lucy Kurien on the phone at her Maher centre in Pune to know about her work. Today, in ‎the first of a 2-part telephone interview, we hear Sr. Lucy herself speak about her recent honour – the ‎Nari Shakti Puruskar  - from the Indian president. ‎








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