Brigitte Yengo

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Sister Brigette Yengo is a Roman Catholic nun, and the head of Sister Yengo's Children, Inc., a charitable organization formed to assist the population of sub-saharan Africa.

1 Life
2 Foundations
3 Publications
4 Positions
5 External links

[edit] Life

Sister Yengo was born in the Congo.

1979 Left Pointe Noire to study in Paris and then in Le Havre
1981 Became a nun and is a member of the congregation of the Sisters of Notre-Dame of the Rosary
1987 Earned her chiropractic degree from the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS)
1991 Earned medical degree from the University of the Congo
1997 Hospital bombed during civil war in the Congo
1998 Began work in New York City with the children of incarcerated single mothers
2004 Returned to the Congo in mid-January 2004 to set up her clinic and hospital again

[edit] Foundations

Sister Yengo's Children is a 501 (c)3 charitable organization formed to help those in need in sub-saharan Africa, particularly in the Republic of the Congo. Under the leadership of Sister Brigitte Yengo, the organization raises funds to sustain the operation of her orphanage in Brazzaville, develop programs of self-sufficiency and procure equipment for victims of polio, blindness and other handicaps.

[edit] Publications

De l'Afrique noire à l'Europe: L'aventure d'une jeune religieuse noire [From Black Africa to Europe: The story of a young black nun]. Brussels: S.I.E.M., 1981. (102p.). Journal and reflexions.

[edit] Positions

Program Director of the Special Olympics for the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Special Olympics will be held in China 2008