Mother Teresa Opens an Orphanage

In 1953, Mother Teresa opened an orphanage to care for children in need. She took an even greater step in 1955 when she opened,''Nirmala Shishu Bhavan" also know as the Children's Home of the Immaculate Heart. The purpose was to provide a haven for the lost children and homeless youth of Calcutta. The home was opened for children who simply had no place to go. Nearly all were suffering from acute malnutrition and/or tuberculosis. These children were crying out for love. 34

Mother Teresa's approach to caring for the sick was a practical one. Whenever possible, the sick were to be restored to health and those capable of learning were to be given some form of education or training to equip them to be productive in the future. 35


Mother Teresa felt very strongly that all human life from conception to natural death should be protected. She set about combating abortion with adoption and sent word to clinics, hospitals, and police stations. She said: "Please do not destroy the child. We will take the child" 36





"It is becoming nearly impossible to fulfil all the wishes about reports etc as we did in the beginning when we only had a few children. Second reason is that the number of our children is much higher than five thousand since we have opened houses in sixty—one cities. Therefore we have decided to have a General Child Welfure Fund from which we can help all the children that we know need your help." 



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