Sister Hilda

Sister Hilda came to Njinikom, from Italy, in 1957 at the age of 27 years old.

She cares for the 65 plus cattle that provide milk for the orphanage and meat to sell to help support the sisters.

A few weeks ago Sister took us to a cave, the hike was challenging enough for the kids and daddy but Sister Hilda, at 84 years old, did not seem to have a problem.

She told us many stories from the past. One of her stories was how she would go up and down the mountain, to the other side of the river, 5 times in a day to retrieve “Elephant Grass” which is/was used to provide the roofs to the buildings. On her return trips, up the mountain, she would rest in the cave as it was much cooler and provided a nice rest before continuing up the mountain to Njinikom.