Missionaries of Charity may shut down 13 orphanages

Missionaries of Charity, the group started by Mother Teresa, may have to shut down its orphanages due to its non-compliance with adoption guidelines.

Thus, the charity can not give children to single parents.

The issue came to limelight after the organisation refused to given children for adoption to single, divorced or separated people.

As expressed through Veerendra Mishra, to the Indian Express, desk CARA, there really are two marks of dispute which may have directed the Charity to end their personal ownership offerings in India, “First, [Missionaries of Charity] won’t allow…” But that process, officials say, operated with scant oversight and was plagued by corruption, trafficking, delays, favoritism and prejudice.

“We believe that all children should have both parents – a male and a female”.

Moreover, the new law suggests that parents will be given an option to choose between 4 to 6 children before they adopt one. “The provisions referred to are new guidelines issues by Women and Child Development Ministry headed by Maneka Gandhi”.

“Till now the Mother Teresa’s (Foundation) orphanages had their own agenda and now when they have to come under a unified secular agenda they are refusing it. They have decided not to follow the guidelines”, the minister said. Saying “they are good people”, the minister, who’s passionate about adoptions, indicated she would try and persuade the organization to accept the new guidelines. The Delhi centre has moved six such children to the Holy Cross Social Services, a Catholic organisation.

“We want to bring everybody under a uniform, secular Web site”.

The vacuum left by the order is being filled by other agencies. We trust in God, who will inspire us on what to do. “It could be because the Missionaries of Charity is not accepting any more”, said Lorraine Campos, assistant director of Palna, one of the oldest adoption homes in the capital.

“It’s against our faith to give children up for adoption to single parents”, Sister Della Grace had explained. We have to accept that society is changing.

Under the name Nirmala Shishu Bhawan, the Missionaries’ network of homes provides shelter, food, medical care and schooling to abandoned and destitute children, including those with special needs across India. “We have not progressed to that extent yet”, Campos said.

Speaking about the decision not to offer adoptions, Sister Amala told local media: “The new guidelines hurt our conscience”.