Stupid government getting in the way of humanitarian need........
India’s crackdown on foreign aid will claim its most prominent casualty this month, as a Colorado-based Christian charity that is one of India’s biggest donors closes its operations here after 48 years, informing tens of thousands of children that they will no longer receive meals, medical care or tuition payments.
The shutdown of the charity, Compassion International, on suspicion of engaging in religious conversion, comes as India, a rising economic power with a swelling spirit of nationalism, curtails the flow of foreign money to activities it deems “detrimental to the national interest.”
Rest of the story:
All those kids and their families.
Being abandoned.
A touching personal story from a family with a Compassion child in India:
I'll say it again...... yeesh, this SUCKS!
Out for now.......
Matt
p.s. a fascinating blog post from Compassion International:
30 Stunning Pictures of Bedrooms in the Developing World