Sister Jeanne talking

The National Domestic Workers Movement, founded more than 20 years ago, kept expanding and now boasts ramifications in 21 out of 28 federal states of India.
To the movement’s girls and women and to many others in the field this represents a turning-point in their situation of modern slavery to a whole new life, in which they can make their own choices.
It brings joy and satisfaction to all fellow workers as well as to me.
Although we may never see our work coming to an end, it is set going for sure…
The current is moving on, that’s what counts.”

“… what makes Jeanne Devos so fascinating:
She is a guide, opening the eyes to the reality in which millions of children live. This she does in a unique way, without bitterness, not looking for praise, with indulgence and a convincing, yet never obliging belief.
With her plea for the dignity of any life, she succeeds in building bridges between people and cultures.”

Professor Marc Vervenne, rector of Leuven University

“Sure enough every child is our child” is the fundamental message that sister Jeanne Devos keeps repeating. Not only through her inspiring statements, but mainly through her never-ending determined struggle against injustice in the life of vulnerable people, sister Jeanne touches the university community deep in its heart.

Her thinking and acting lean on three basic rules: a personal engagement rooting in her faith, a life serving fellow human beings with respect for their own reality, and the conviction that social action is the starting point of all great changes. This she herself expresses strongly: “I live with the certainty that life is more powerful than death and solidarity stronger than exploitation and impotence. Nothing is impossible if only we work together.”

Princess Mathilde, who visited Sister Jeanne several times in India