Brazilian Catholic nun honoured

Scalabrini Sr Rosita Milesi has received the prestigious Nansen Award from the United Nations Refugee Agency. This award is given annually to individuals, groups or organisations for their work in protecting refugees.

WelCom November 2024

Scalabrini Sr Rosita Milesi has received the prestigious Nansen Award from the United Nations Refugee Agency. This award is given annually to individuals, groups or organisations for their work in protecting refugees. Seventy-nine-year-old Sr Rosita has personally helped thousands of displaced people in Brazil to access legal documentation, shelter, food, healthcare, language training and the labour market over four decades.

Sr Rosita Milesi. Photo: File/Marina Calderon/UN Refugee Agency via AFP