In the longer term, the many orphans from poor families in remote areas face the risk of human trafficking and child marriage. Trafficking of children is rampant in India, where they are enslaved ...

caring especially for the poor and the sick. Taking care of the most needy, orphans and lepers - explains Sister Mary - is the fulcrum of the charism of this congregation which, after more than 70 ...

"There's this one orphanage in India where all the children there were left there because their parents all died of AIDS and the children had it as well. They were all in there, just so sick.

But when sick, they readily seek him out ... unqualified doctors - commonly referred to as "quacks" - working across India. There are an estimated 40,000 in Delhi's teeming slums alone, according ...

Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Visiting the sick, bringing comfort to the suffering and relief to the poor in the name of Jesus: this is the mission of a group of nurses from Goa who, as volunteers, go to ...

NEWS BRIEF Mother Teresa, the nun who devoted her life to working with sick and poor communities in India and elsewhere ... particularly people with AIDS, and orphans and the elderly.

India's human rights body said Thursday it was investigating reports more than 100 children fell sick after eating a school ... were first introduced for children from poor backgrounds in the ...

Mother Teresa, who died in 1997, was known for her work among the poor and sick in Calcutta, India. But her mission ... carry on the mission of caring for orphans, the sick and the needy.

Cancer comes at a cost. For women coming from lower economic strata in India, a diagnosis can reveal faultlines within the family as poverty forces members to recalibrate their priorities ...