Blog topic #7

The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur do get involved and caught up in conflict relating to the local relationships in Nicaragua. There are many issues in Nicaragua that deal with various topics and social issues that the sisters get involved in. One example is Sister Sandy who is working in Mulukuku, Nicaragua. Sister Sandy works to help women and children in the region. She created an earning learning center for small children in Mulukuku, and build a space where adults who live in the mountains and were never able to attend school, could go and learn how to read and write. She also has a maternity house where she takes in pregnant women from the regain who do not have the resources to care for themselves or their child while pregnant. She helps those women before and after they have had their child. Sister Sandy took us  to  a nearby women's shelter. The shelter takes in women who are being abused. She informed us about the struggle she has had with the community for having a relationship with the shelter. Since the shelter encourages women to leave an abusive relationship, the men in those situations have a problem with their wives leaving them. They blame the women in the shelter, and get upset at sister sandy for not intervening. This shows  how the sisters of Notre Dame de Namur tend to get involved in conflict relating to their local relationships.