Sr Orla Treacy, from Wicklow, set up a girls' boarding school in a remote region of South Sudan
Sr Orla Treacy, from Bray, Co Wicklow, received the International Women of Courage Award at the State Department in Washington, along with nine others from around the world.
Sr Treacy, who is a member of the Loreto congregation, was commended for working to empower young women and girls in conflict-torn South Sudan "at great personal risk and sacrifice". Over ten years ago, she set up a girls' boarding school outside the town of Rumbek, in a remote region. Sr Treacy has succeeded in encouraging attendance at the secondary school, which she continues to run, along with a primary school and a local clinic.
The awards honour "women around the world who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in acting to bring positive change to their societies, often at great personal risk and sacrifice." Irish nun Sister Orla Treacy has been presented with an International Women of Courage Award by @SecPompeo and @FLOTUS Melania Trump at a ceremony in the @StateDept in Washington DC. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/880E3R6iMy
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