In the coming days, we will present the three laureates of the 2025 Sisters’ Anti-Trafficking Awards. These awards honor three women who have demonstrated exceptional courage, creativity, collaboration, and achievement in protecting their communities from human trafficking.

The first laureate is Sr. Benjamine Nanga Kimala, SMC (Comboni Missionary Sisters), from Chad, who has been awarded the Common Good Award, for courage and creativity in addressing exploitation. 

Her Mission and Journey

Much of Sr. Benjamine’s ministry took place in Peru, where she was actively involved in the Red Kawsay Peru network, taking on coordination roles while remaining constantly present in the field. Her work included:

• training young leaders in public schools;
• outreach in streets and major bus stations;
• workshops and pastoral activities in parishes in the Andes, the Amazon, and coastal regions.

As one of the first sisters trained by Talitha Kum in anti-trafficking work, she built a pastoral approach grounded in reality and oriented toward rehabilitation and reintegration of survivors, with particular focus on education.

Her mission emphasizes formation, psychosocial support, accompaniment, and conflict mediation, offering young women and survivors concrete tools to rebuild their lives.

A New Chapter in Chad

After returning to Chad in 2024, Sr. Benjamine now directs a major women’s center, where she continues her grassroots mission by building bridges among people and institutions, fostering real change, and nurturing hope.

Her witness reminds us that care begins with presence, listening, and daily choices that strengthen the common good.