The Daughters of St. Paul in Abuja celebrated Mission Sunday this year in a small parish in the village of Tasha, where most people speak Hausa, an Afro-Asiatic language widely used in northern Nigeria.
Sr. Josephine Idowu and Sr. Oluwakemi Akinleye had the opportunity to inform parishioners about the scourge of human trafficking. Their input was delivered in Nigerian pidgin, an English-based language, which the pastor translated into Hausa.
Our sisters write from Nigeria: “Our message to the people was simple and clear–we must protect children and vulnerable adults from the enticements of traffickers who target rural areas and poor communities. Thanks to the contribution of the Pauline Communication and Culture Association of Italy, we translated two books on child protection into Hausa so that the message could be spread to many more families. Our presence and contribution were appreciated by everyone, and the parish community asked us to visit them again soon.”
