ABSTRACT

This article examines the lived experiences of teachers who were either lay volunteers or Sister missionaries, working in education and health care. The research draws on oral histories, examining the responses of participants under a series of thematic headings that unpack the influence of family life, schooling and faith, while also exploring experience ‘in the field’. The article attempts to compare the responses of lay women with Sisters (also sometimes known as nuns, or women religious), and finds that there were some factors that distinguished between the experiences of these two cohorts involved in voluntary work in education and health care in African countries, in the period under review.

摘要

本文考察了从事教育和医疗保健工作的平信徒志愿者或姐妹传教士教师的生活经历。该研究利用口述历史，在一系列主题下检查参与者的反应，这些主题揭示了家庭生活、学校教育和信仰的影响，同时也探索了“实地”经验。这篇文章试图比较平信徒和修女（有时也称为修女，或女修女）的反应，发现有一些因素可以区分这两个群体在教育和医疗保健领域从事志愿工作的经历。非洲国家，在审查期间。