Irish nun who changed education for India’s poorest children diesAn Irish nun who received India’s highest civil award, the Padma Shri, for her work in education, has passed away at the age of 86. Jun 29, 2023Sister Cyril Mooney, an Irish sister who changed education for impoverished children throughout India has died at age 86. | Photo credit: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Francesca Pollio FentonAn Irish nun who received India’s highest civil award, the Padma Shri, for her work in education, has passed away at the age of 86. Inspired to use education as a means of creating change and empowering India’s poorest population, Mooney founded the Rainbow School Program. Mooney and her team trained more than 7,000 teachers who were able to bring primary education to over 350,000 children with no access to education.

Source: The Herald June 29, 2023 11:18 UTC