“For me, the Roma children are like my own family.” The Swiss daily newspaper Tagespost interviews Father Georg Sporschill SJ and Ruth Zenkert about education as the key to social work and stories of former children who were taken in by ELIJAH and who are now themselves taking responsibility for the next generation. A report… Read More »Like my own family

Growing up as a Roma Maria-Minodora grew up surrounded by poverty in the Roma quarter of the Romanian town of Nou. As a child, she learned about the NGO Elijah, founded by Catholic Jesuit Father Georg Sporschill and Ruth Zenkert, and has now been working for over 8 years as a teacher at the school… Read More »Growing up as a Roma