The Missionaries of Charity have started to supply their distribution of food and other items to the poor. It was started after the government’s decision that they and other non-profits are no longer eligible to receive donations from abroad.
The missionaries normally help some 600 people at their Kolkata motherhouse and their children’s orphanage Shishu Bhavan.
Abdul Razzak, a 45-year-old beggar, has waited outside the motherhouse since Christmas to try to get food and medicine from the missionaries. He has received a daily meal there since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to Catholic News Service. Razzak said the sisters told him and others in need “that we might not be able to collect the food any longer.”
The people who receive help from the sisters are afraid that they won’t get any assistance from them.
While foreign donations are not allowed at the moment, donations from within India help some work continue, like in the neighboring state of Odisha, formerly known as Orissa.
“The state government of Orissa has confirmed that their supplies will keep going in these difficult times,” said Sr. Dominic Mary, from Odisha.” maybe this phase will pass,” she said.