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Where retired nuns find peace and quiet after service to God

Sisters at the Little Sisters of St Francis Lady Jacoba Convent, a home for elderly nuns on March 26, 2019. (Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard)

Like everybody else, nuns too hang their boots after spending their youthful years serving mankind and leading a life of celibacy. For years, elderly nuns have lived with the youthful ones in designated places near the church. However, the frail nuns lack people to take care of them full time.

“The youthful nuns have professional responsibilities in the medical, educational and social fields.

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