On Tuesday 31 October, the inaugural "Sisters, Anti-Trafficking Awards" were held in London.
The SATAs is the annual celebration of three sisters, as representatives of their congregations and networks, who have demonstrated exceptional courage, creativity, collaboration, and achievement in the protection of their communities from human trafficking.

The awards are "The Common Good award", "The Servant Leadership award", and "The Human Dignity award". To learn more about the SATAs, then visit their website: https://www.satawards.com/

The winner of "The Common Good award", was Sr Seli Thomas SMI. Sr Seli Thomas is a member of the Salesian Family from the Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians.

Sister Seli, from Krishnanagar, West Bengal, received, along with two other sisters from Nigeria and Thailand respectively. The three Sisters rescued some women who ended up in a network of traffickers who allegedly exploited them for sexual and labour purposes. The commendation states that all three showed courage and cooperation in protecting these women from human trafficking.

The Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians (SMI), were founded by Bishop Louis La Ravoire Morrow SDB in Krishnanagar, West Bengal, India. Bishop Marrow saw the necessity of educated religious women to work among the women of his diocese owing to difficulties of priests not being able to reach out to the women in their homes, so wanted a group of sisters to visit homes in towns and villages. On 12^th December 1948, the congregation was formed.

The work of the congregation grew into other dioceses but they needed houses in other dioceses, and in 1966, the congregation was granted the decree of Papal Right which allowed them to create provinces. In 1992, they became an official member of the Salesian Family. And today they continue to work in India, Germany, Italy, Tanzania and USA.