Message of hope about the global debt crisis
“I have hope as a Christian, as a follower of Christ. And my hope is in you people, the organizations that have heard the cry of the people: those who are affected by the climate crisis and the debt crisis”. That’s the message from Sister Maamalifar Poreku, a Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa from Ghana. Ghana is one of the countries most vulnerable to the debt crisis, with its government spending a quarter of revenue on servicing debts in 2023, according to the UN. Sister Maamalifar, who is the Co-Executive Secretary of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission of the Union of Superior Generals, spoke to the Turn Debt into Hope campaign about how the debt crisis has affected communities in her home country. How people have been affected by the debt crisis in Ghana Sister Maamalifar said: I have seen the suffering of the people…