LA NOSTRA STORIA – OUR HISTORY

La storia di Mini

“Questo progetto nasce da una storia vera. Era il Dicembre del 1996. Mini, una ragazza di 23 anni, non sposata e incinta, si rivolse per aiuto al nostro piccolo orfanotrofio di Thodupuzha. Era all’ultimo mese di gravidanza e aveva bisogno di cure e di un posto dove stare. In quel momento nel nostro centro non c’era posto, nelle nostre due stanze erano ospitati 23 bambini e cinque donne, oltre agli assistenti volontari. Accompagnammo Mini in un altro orfanotrofio ma lì la sua richiesta di aiuto venne respinta. Secondo la morale di quell’istituto, che è ancora la morale del nostro paese, Mini era scandalosa e infamante, per questo non poteva restare. Una donna non sposata e in attesa di un figlio è immorale e ha voluto la propria rovina, perciò non merita nessuna comprensione. la riportammo da noi. Aveva già le doglie. la portammo subito in un ospedale della zona, dove la notte stessa partorì. Due giorni dopo il parto Mini fuggì, abbandonando il bambino. sapeva di non avere nessun posto dove andare con suo figlio. Da quel giorno abbiamo preso cura del suo bambino, che oggi vive felicemente in Italia”.

Thomas Myladoor

Presidente della Fondazione Mother and Child

Per una gran parte della popolazione indiana avere un figlio fuori dal matrimonio è qualcosa di assolutamente immorale che produce un marchio infamante nella vita della mamma in attesa e di tutta la sua famiglia; per questo donne che si trovano in simili circostanze vengono respinte dai propri parenti e lasciate sole con il neonato al loro difficile destino.

Dal 1996 la Fondazione Mother and Child onlus accoglie ed assiste, in un edificio costruito con l’aiuto di sostenitori e amici volontari, orfani, bambini soli, donne abbandonate e ragazze madri che si trovano in questa difficile situazione.

Mini’s Story

The Mother and Child Foundation is the result of this true story.
“It all began in December 1996 when twenty three years old Mini, unmarried and pregnant turned to our small orphanage of Thodupuzha for help. All alone, she was facing her last month of pregnancy and was in need of care as well as a place to stay. Unfortunately there was no available space at the center – at that time there were only two rooms which were already housing twenty three children and five women as well the necessary volunteers and assistants.
We accompanied Mini to another orphanage, but her request for help was rejected and even though there was place in the center she was not welcomed. According to the morality of the institution, which is also the morality of the country, a woman who is not married and is expecting a child is seen as immoral. Mini was a scandalous and defamatory woman and that is why she was turned away. Having caused her own downfall she is not deserving of any help or sympathy.
As we decided to take Mini back to our center, her waters broke so we rushed her to hospital where that same night she gave birth to a beautiful child. Just two days after giving birth Mini fled. Knowing that she and her son had no place to turn to, she decided to abandon him.
From that day on we took care of her child, who now lives happily in Italy.”

Thomas Myladoor

President of the Foundation Mother and Child

For a large part of the Indian population having a child out of wedlock is something totally immoral, that marks the life of the expectant mother and of her entire family, which is why women who find themselves in similar circumstances are rejected by their relatives and the infant is left alone to face a difficult destiny.

Since 1996, the Mother and Child Foundation a non-profit organization welcomes and assists orphans, single mothers and abandoned women in difficulty inside a building built with the help of volunteers, supporters and friends.


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