Since Christmas, the Missionaries of Charity have been strictly rationing the food and daily use items for their regular 600 beneficiaries at their motherhouse and Shishu Bhavan, a children's orphanage. The Indian Home Ministry has not approved the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act license of the Missionaries of Charity on the grounds of some "adverse reports." The nuns are hoping that states, like Orissa, will step up donations.
KOLKATA, India (CNS) Since Christmas, the Missionaries of Charity have been strictly rationing the food and daily use items for their regular 600 beneficiaries at their motherhouse and Shishu Bhavan, a children s orphanage. On Jan. 2, the breakfast of tea, bread, and eggs was cut short by an hour.
The conjoined twins, who were girls, died on Wednesday night, Dr Saroj Satpathy, superintendent of the children’s hospital in Cuttack said on Thursday.