Baby-selling scandal used to malign Missionaries of Charity, says Chief Minister of Mother Teresa’s home state
With staffWorld Watch Monitor The Indian Government has ordered all the country’s states to inspect all the childcare homes run by Missionaries of Charity nuns, the order founded by Mother Teresa. But a senior Indian politician has accused Hindu nationalists of exploiting the news that four babies have been sold by one of the order’s homes, to “malign the name” of […]
Clean water for all is still centuries away, aid group warns
Thomson Reuters Foundation Supplying clean water and toilets for all could take hundreds of years in countries like Eritrea and Namibia unless governments step up funding to tackle the problem and its harmful effects on health, an international development agency warned on Monday. WaterAid – which says nearly 850 million people lack clean water – […]
Forced to walk miles, India water crisis hits rural women hardest
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women in villages who have to walk miles each day to fetch water are bearing the brunt of India’s worst water crisis in history, with activists warning of serious impacts on their health and well-being. About 200,000 Indians die every year due to inadequate access to safe water, and 600 million face […]
FILM: THE SURPRISING SUCCESS – AND FAITH – OF ‘WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?’
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports that, perhaps more surprising than the success of documentary film ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ – which tells the story of iconic US children’s show, ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood’ – is the quiet presence of the late Fred Rogers’ Christian faith…
ESSAY: REMEMBERING SREBRENICA, 20 YEARS ON
In an article first published on The Conversation, MELANIE KLINKNER and GUILIA LEVI, of Bournemouth University in the UK, look at some of the lessons from the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica…
Car wash slavery main concern for callers to UK anti-trafficking helpline
Thomson Reuters Foundation Modern-day slavery at Britain’s car washes is the main concern for members of the public who call the country’s anti-slavery helpline – with more than 2,000 suspected victims identified in nearly two years – an anti-trafficking charity said on Friday. Car washes were the most common cause of concerns about modern slavery […]