--- title: Sister Rosemary Ignites Hope in Uganda description: She's one of the most influential activists in the world, bringing security, shelter and purpose to the world's most vulnerable. canonical: https://time.com/82182/sister-rosemary-asks-where-are-the-lost-girls/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-30T07:55:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:54:01.212Z article:section: World og:title: The 'Lost Girls' of Uganda Need Your Help og:description: Bouyed by compassion and infectious enthusiasm, Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe inspires hope among some of Africa's most hopeless. og:url: https://time.com/82182/sister-rosemary-asks-where-are-the-lost-girls/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 'Lost Girls' of Uganda Need Your Help twitter:description: Bouyed by compassion and infectious enthusiasm, Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe inspires hope among some of Africa's most hopeless. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sister Rosemary Asks: 'Where Are the Lost Girls?' by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 30, 2014 7:55 AM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 30, 2014 7:55 AM CUT At the Saint Monica Girls’ Tailoring Center she runs in Gulu, Uganda, [Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe](http://time.com/70892/rosemary-nyirumbe-2014-time-100/ "undefined") looks after women and girls who have seen much of the worst of what the world can dish out, offering a measure of shelter and security in a society riven by civil war. At the TIME 100 Gala in New York City, she shared her good humor, infectious energy and deep compassion; but she also challenged her fellow “influentials” to join in the effort to heal the lives of women and children traumatized by brutality and fear. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/82182/sister-rosemary-asks-where-are-the-lost-girls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/82182/sister-rosemary-asks-where-are-the-lost-girls/"},"headline":"Sister Rosemary Asks: 'Where Are the Lost Girls?'","datePublished":"2014-04-30T07:55:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:54:01.212Z","description":"Challenging the world's \"most influential\" to help heal shattered lives","url":"https://time.com/82182/sister-rosemary-asks-where-are-the-lost-girls/","keywords":["TIME 100 Gala","Influence","Uganda"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100-gala/","name":"TIME 100 Gala"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/82182/sister-rosemary-asks-where-are-the-lost-girls/","name":"Sister Rosemary Asks: 'Where Are the Lost Girls?'"}}]}] ```