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Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Organization's acronym:	GoodShepherdSisters
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:	French English 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 South Africa Costa Rica Argentina Indonesia Ecuador Japan New Zealand Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Czechia Spain Hungary Mexico Sri Lanka India Ethiopia Malta Burkina Faso Panama Madagascar Republic of Korea Switzerland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Kenya Paraguay Philippines Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Mozambique Egypt Malaysia United States of America Cambodia Sudan Viet Nam Austria Netherlands Chile Albania Ireland Uruguay Canada El Salvador Colombia Pakistan Guatemala Angola Myanmar Germany Lebanon Nicaragua Italy Honduras Portugal Senegal Brazil France Peru Poland Australia Thailand Nepal Singapore
Mission statement:	Good shepherd is a mission of reconciliation, particularly toward girls and women. Through advocacy and policy work we seek to bring about structural and systemic change in whatever condemns others to live a marginalized life. We seek to extend mercy to those who live in conditions of poverty and oppression, awakening in our world the dignity and value of each person.
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:	Fees for education and training services Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Fundraising campaigns 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

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