Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd

Organization's name: Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Organization's acronym: GoodShepherdSisters
Headquarters address  
Address: Suore del Buon Pastore - Casa Generalizia Via Rafaello, Sardiello, 20 - 00165, ROMA


Italy
Phone: +353860834825
Email: gsijpo@gssweb.org
Web site: https://www.olcgs.org/
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Children
  • Debt Relief
  • Development
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Extreme poverty
  • Financing for Development
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Justice
  • Micro-Credit
  • Population
  • Refugees
  • Social Development
  • Sustainable Development
  • Women

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Indigenous women
  • Service provision
  • The girl child
  • Trafficking in women and girls
  • Violence against women
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the media

Social Development:
  • Poverty
  • Social policy

Sustainable Development:
  • Education
  • Freshwater
  • Gender equality
  • Poverty
  • Rural Development
  • Sanitation
Geographic scope: International
Country of activity:
  • Belgium
  • Costa Rica
  • Switzerland
  • Mozambique
  • Poland
  • Argentina
  • Guatemala
  • Myanmar
  • Mexico
  • Viet Nam
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Madagascar
  • Portugal
  • India
  • France
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Singapore
  • Burkina Faso
  • Panama
  • Pakistan
  • Nicaragua
  • El Salvador
  • Nepal
  • Spain
  • Peru
  • Indonesia
  • Netherlands
  • Cambodia
  • Uruguay
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Ethiopia
  • Chile
  • Republic of Korea
  • Albania
  • Italy
  • Senegal
  • Canada
  • Colombia
  • Honduras
  • Ecuador
  • Paraguay
  • New Zealand
  • Angola
  • Hungary
  • South Africa
  • Czechia
  • Malta
  • Ireland
  • Lebanon
  • Japan
  • Egypt
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Kenya
  • United States of America
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Brazil
  • Australia
  • Sudan
  • Philippines
  • Malaysia
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1835
Year of registration (YYYY): 1996
Organizational structure: International Religious congregation organized into regional Units or Provinces
Number and type of members: 5,000 Social Service providers
Funding structure:
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Fees for education and training services
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Children and youth
  • Women
  • Non-governmental organization
Publications: Good Shepherd News/ Journal du Bon Pasteur/ Diario del Buen Pastor, monthly Embrace the World/ Embrasser le monde entier/ Abrazo al Mundo, trimestral

Other UN Entities

Accreditation with other UN Entities:
  • DPI