Mags Gargan
A documentary following the work of an Irish missionary sister supporting people with HIV/AIDS has been nominated for the Kenyan version of the Oscars.
Nurtured with Love, a video on the work undertaken by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa in the Love and Hope Centre in Nakuru, Kenya, has been nominated for this year’s Kalasha International Film Awards in the category of best documentary.
Funded by Trócaire, the film follows the work of Belfast-born Sr Patricia Speight FMSA who founded the centre in 1998.
“We are delighted that our documentary has reached the Kalasha Awards,” Sr Patricia said in reaction to the nomination. “The video shows how HIV positive adults and children are normal people with the same hopes and dreams as anyone else, so hopefully the awareness it will generate will help to reduce stigma and restore dignity to people living with AIDS or in extreme poverty.
“I hope many people in Ireland and elsewhere will vote for the documentary. That would be a great support for our work and the poor and marginalised whom we work every day to help with humility and in the service of God.”
You can vote for Nurtured with Love as the best documentary at http://goo.gl/forms/1DhVjl37ci Closing date: October 24.
