A Maltese nun, who has been elected president of a worldwide union of general superiors, is urging people to help her congregation’s fight against slavery, poverty and human trafficking.

“We have a lot of ongoing projects and would like to invite people who would like to work with us for some time and offer their services,” Sr Carmen Sammut, 61, Superior General of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa told The Times of Malta.

“My dream is to help build a real school in Deli, Chad, where the secondary school has only three classrooms. The rest of the classes are held outside, under a grass roof. They also have hardly any books.”

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