On International Women’s Day, we highlight the work of a group of religious sisters from the Company of Mary in Cuba, who have managed to continue to provide assistance to young people, the elderly and women with the help of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

Through its support for a construction project in Iraqi Kurdistan, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has helped a religious order to strengthen its roots in the region, for the benefit of the surrounding Christian population. The construction project is a retreat house and shrine in a village named Araden, which translates from Syriac as "land of Eden".