The right thing: Uganda’s fearless nun

Rosemary Nyirumbe became a nun in her mid-teens and devoted herself to rehabilitating children traumatised by Uganda’s conflict. From the 1980s, the Lord’s Resistance Army abducted girls and boys, forced them to become child soldiers and, in many cases, commit atrocities; many girls also had children fathered by rebel leaders. When the children returned home, families and communities often rejected them, so Sister Rosemary helped them gain skills such as sewing and reassured them that God had not rejected them. She repeatedly put herself in danger and says small acts of kindness can reach even battle-hardened rebels.