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Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's and family counselling programmes; orphanages; and schools.
這個農曆新年旅程嘅經歷係非筆墨可形容！好有意義！首先在Calcutta 加爾各答 "Nirmal Hriday垂死者之家”做義工和捐贈食物衣服，然後在泰姬陵🏛 Taj Mahal 過新年行大運... 之後，第二天捐贈藥物到在Seemapuri 的麻瘋中心... 最後去孟買Mumbai的仁愛之家，再捐贈過.. 超開心..2個星期去了5城市 : Kolkata - New Delhi - Agra - Mumbai - Fatehpur Sikri
Members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as a fourth vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor".
Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honours, including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. On 19 October 2003, she was beatified as "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". A second miracle was credited to her intercession by Pope Francis, in December 2015, paving the way for her to be recognised as a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Her canonisation is scheduled for 4 SEPT 2016.
In 1971, Paul VI awarded her the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize, commending her for her work with the poor, display of Christian charity and efforts for peace. She later received the Pacem in Terris Award (1976).
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最初去到德蘭修女創辦的第一間"垂死者之家Nirmal Hriday~Kalighat"照顧被收留的病人。這裡的設備和裝修已比2009之前好了很多，起碼是乾淨的。但唯一不變的是這裡仍是傷痕累累和疾病纏身的病人。早上，義工們的工作主要是清潔地板，床，被單，枕頭，再者就是餵他們食午餐。當每次我餵他們食午餐或晚餐時，心中有股辛酸。他們都坐在輪椅上，手已不能正常使用，只能張開口。如果沒有被垂死者之家收留，他們如何能過生活?
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德蘭修女起初也經過幾番努力才在這婆羅門教重地建立起Nirmal
Hriday，它的意思是清心；「清心」又源於聖經中的八福音之一：「清心的人有福了，因為他們必得見上帝。」在希臘文中，清心則是指「沒有摻雜水的純牛奶」。 另外，我印象深刻的另一件事是幫病人換尿褲。現在我的手仍感到酸痛，因爲需獨自一人把他從輪椅抱起到清潔位上，擦身，再換褲。雖然早上有少少勞累，但能夠幫助到身處有需要幫助的人，這一切都是值得的!
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Nirmal Hriday 仍然是藍色的單，對我來說一點也不陌生。甚至連他們的眼神也是熟悉的。我連續五天的早上就在這裏與他們共同度過生命的一段。當義工其中一個重要任務是洗衣服，八九個人圍在三個大盆旁邊，用力地擦用力地扭乾，也不知來回多少趟的跑上天台晾曬衣服。
下午工作的時間很短，三點鐘開始五點半結束。
很多老人家的手腳都嚴重僵硬，大腿貼在胸前，雙手又不能伸直，只能作很輕度的活動。有時遇見失明的，就更難處理了。
回想起德蘭修女幾十年前開始她平凡而偉大的工作，是多麽地不容易!她確實是大家心目中的Mother Teresa!
她一生致力為貧苦大眾服務，以無私的精神照顧印度的痲瘋病人及貧困者，又成立仁愛傳教女修會。有一次，一位窮困的老人被安置在收容所，他臨死前拉著德蘭修女的手說：「我一生活得像狗，現在我能死得像個人，謝謝您！」她令到貧窮的人也感受到被關懷和尊重，真令人佩服！
我漸漸愛上黑暗
「我的心多麼冰冷，多麼空虛，多麼痛苦。領聖體，望彌撒，靈修生活之中神聖的事物，基督在我體內的生命，都是如此的空虛，如此冰冷，沒人接受。街上的窮人沒人接受，沒人愛顧，沒人承認的情況，正是我對耶穌之愛以及我的屬靈生活的真實寫照，然而這種可怕的痛苦，從未改變我的渴望。還有，我希望維持現狀，止於何時任由衪。」
Shuktara Trusts - Shuktara Cakes
Photo by Paula Harrowing
Many of the young people living in the boys’ house have reached an age when they can look for a job, but for years they have struggled to find work.
In 2013 this all changed. Two years previously Alain Cojean had spent some very special days at shuktara with the boys and he decided to help them. “I was so very impressed by so much love, they were like a family, so lovely, always taking care of one another, I felt immediately involved and I wanted to do something for them and David” said Alain, who runs a chain of restaurants in Paris called Cojean and a Foundation called Nourrir, Aimer, Donner (Eat, Love, Give) which supports other projects around the world. “David told me he was worried about what would become of the boys after him,” he continued. He was so touched by what he saw, that he decided to start a French Patisserie Training Centre to help the boys with their employment and training. Seven of the older boys (Sanjay, Ashok, Raju, Pinku, Vijay, Ramesh and Bapi), were taught baking and the art of French patisserie by a team including Fabien Rouillard, Head Executive Pastry Chef from Fauchön, a gourmet food company in Paris and on 10th March 2013, Shuktara Cakes was officially launched at the French Consulate in Kolkata.
Shuktara Cakes makes a selection of five cakes as well as financiers, a traditional French recipe shaped like small gold ingot, and madeleines, famous for their shell-like shape and the delicate baking. The shuktara boys are responsible for weighing the ingredients, operating the machinery and overseeing the complete production process. “My favourite job is cutting the baking paper in different sizes,” says Bapi.”I use equipment like the weighing machine and the brush to put non-stick oil in the moulds.” Sanjay enjoys being responsible for one of the most important items in the kitchen: “I start the oven, set the temperature and the timing of it,” he says. Raju and Ramesh prefer the task of accurately measuring out the different cake ingredients.
之後，去到一間當地慈善機構，名為Tomorrow Foundation，爲他們準備糧食等日常用品。當中，我參觀了他們爲青少年提供的宿舍，為了可以讓他們有充足溫習的空間去應付考試。他們正埋頭苦幹，爲考試作準備。床邊床頭和桌面都堆滿了書。見到有義工前來，他們用熱情的笑容向我們打招呼。
知識可以改變命運，他們正用自己的努力去換取未來。 我相信他們一定可以成功的!
SSS - SUNSHINE STUDENT SPONSORSHIP Program
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HOWARH SOUTH POINT
最後我們去到一間由一位法國神父Francis LeBorde 在當地開始了三四十年的慈善機構Howarh South Point。神父現年80幾歲，性格隨和和藹，生活的地方很樸素。這間機構建立了學校，宿舍，醫院，托兒所等去幫助當地有需要的人。神父將這份幫人的信念帶到了加爾各答，幫助了很多有需要被幫助的人，確是值得尊敬!
A very simple lunch... white rice, few pieces of potatoes and bean soup
Howrah South Point has 2 formal schools and a centre for handicapped in the Howrah province right next to Calcutta.
The Lalkuthi home in Howrah accommodates 78 handicapped boys and girls. Two experienced physiotherapists are permanently on site to attend the children and provide training to the responsible for their care. A pediatrician monitors the health of the children with weekly visits.
Three other homes located in Jalpaiguri, North Bengal, provide homes for an additional 100 handicapped children. There, in the magnificent foothills of the Himalayas, the children learn to surmount their handicaps through educational facilities, workshops, and farming. A visit to one of those centers, where the odds are beaten every day, where children once condemned to death are given a marvelous second chance, is a profoundly moving experience.
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【德蘭修女箴言： 愛的反面不是恨，而是漠不關心。】
德蘭修女最常說的一句話：「愛的反面不是恨，而是漠不關心。」
可見她也體會許多人的冷漠，對周遭許多貧病者漠不關心。冷漠症似乎已成為現代極其普遍的心靈病症。這可能是由於現代人太過忙碌，由於競爭激烈，自顧不暇，而逐漸養成冷漠的態度。生活在這樣冷漠的社會裡，人生又有什麼幸福感呢？
朋友們，我們若在日常生活中多一點為他人設想，將心比心，多用敏銳的心看見周遭患病者、失業者、獨居者的需要，始能逐漸培養感同身受之愛，使我們的人間社會更加友愛互助，充滿溫馨，活在其中，豈不使我們人生更幸福嗎！
如果有機會，我希望可以再次踏足這片貧窮但充滿意義的土地。
因爲我在這裡可以找到人生的快樂和價值!
SUNSHINE
ACTION
耀陽行動
India Volunteer Tour "亞洲愛心印度加爾各答行" - NOV 2012
Nov 2012, seven Sunshine Action volunteers went to India with program to donate basic food, material, medicines, wheel chairs, building projects estimated to benefit over 2'360 people through the following 10 centers/orgs:
- Nirmal Hriday 垂死者之家- Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying Destitute
- Prem Dam M.C.
- Titagarh Leprocy Village - Gandhiji Prem Nivas
- Raigarh M.C. for the Leprosy
- Gangarampur M.C.
- Tomorrow's Foundation for the Street Children
- Catholic Diocese of Baruipur
- Dum Dum M.C. for the female with mental disability
- Donjour Children Welfare Association
- Maria Poly M.C.
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Nirmal Hriday 垂死者之家- Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying Destitute
不似人型 -
在病房內，最心酸的就是見到差不多全部的病人，都已經不
我們今次行程的目的，除了義工服務之外，也包括捐贈物資
- Prem Dam M.C.
"偽善者＂在末日審判時，用來𧗾量你的準則，不是你做了多少件好
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- Titagarh Leprocy Village - Gandhiji Prem Nivas & Raigarh M.C. for the Leprosy
我和那些年輕的
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- Gangarampur M.C.
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Distributing School Bags & Stationeries to the poor students of the villages
- Tomorrow's Foundation for the Street Children
第一天，我們去了Tomorrow's Foundation。TWF 是一個慈善組織，專門幫助在貧民窟的兒童和街童，為他們
我們去參觀TWF設在其中一個貧民窟的學堂，看看有什麼
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- Donjour Children Welfare Association & Rotary Club
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- Catholic Diocese of Baruipur
- Dum Dum M.C. for the female with mental disability
- Maria Poly M.C.
義工感想
9. 小補充 - 耀陽行動一向都是$0行政費用的，目的是將所有收集到的
我們將透過當地慈善組織，探訪當地貧困家庭/人士，包括嚴重病患、老人、街童及被遺棄人士(例如寡婦村、從街上被慈善機構拾回來已接近垂死的露宿者)，除了於某些機構親身為這些人士提供義工服務外，我們更會於當地購買食物及必需品捐助特別貧困之人士
***當地的扶貧項目將因應將籌的善款而有多改變***
**Important Note: Sunshine Action will NOT raise any fund on the name of MOTHER TERESA or the MISSIONARIES of CHARITY. All donation must be purely to support SUNSHINE ACTION Programs only.
SUNSHINE
ACTION
耀陽行動
India Volunteer Tour "亞洲愛心印度加爾各答行" 2009
According to Mr. Indrajit Gupta - Editor of FORBES INDIA (Dec, 2009 Edition) India is a country where more than 75% of people earn less than Rs. 20 a day ( Less than USD0.50 or HKD 4/day)
Nov 2009, 4 Sunshine Action volunteers went to Kolkata, New Delhi, Agra and Vrindavan for the Charity Mission with over 3'000 kg of Rice, over 1'000 kg of DAL, 800 kg of Potatoes, others food products, medicines and first Sunshine Action Medical Camp in the poorest village of India.
如果你做善事，人們說你自私自利、別有用心，不管怎樣，總是要做善事；
如果你成功以後，身邊盡是假的朋友和真的敵人，不管怎樣，總是要成功；
你所做的善事明天就被遺忘，不管怎樣，總是要做善事；
誠實和坦率使你易受攻擊，不管怎樣，總是要誠實和坦率；
你耗費數年所建設的可能毀於一旦，不管怎樣，總是要建設；
人們確實需要幫助，然而，如果你幫助他們，卻可能遭到攻擊；不管怎樣，總是要幫助；
將你所擁有最好的東西獻給世界，你可能會被踢掉牙齒，
不管怎樣，總是要將你所擁有最好的東西獻給世界。
── 德蘭修女《一條簡單的道路》
***Covering 1'725 cases/families, estimated to benefit 2'174 people***
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M.C. Nirmal Hriday - Kalighat ~ House for the Dyeing
- Tomorrow's Foundation - Kolkata
- Guild of Service of Widow Village - Vrindavan
- M.C. Premdam - House for the severely sick - Kolkata
- M.C. Prem Nagar Leprosy Center, Seemapuri
- Rotary Club of Kolkata India - Medical mission in Village-
West Bengel
- Country Women's Assoc.of India - Medical mission in Village
in West Bengel.
***In order to respect the dignity of the patients, Sunshine Action minimizes the exposure of all pictures of severely sick patients in this trip***
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MISSIONARIES of CHARITY - Mother House
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Mother Teresa founded 'Missionaries of Charity 仁爱之家' in 7-Oct, 1950 in Kolkata, West Bengel, India. 德蘭修女（1910-1997），一個出生於奧斯曼帝國科索沃省的斯科普里（前南斯拉夫聯邦馬其頓共和國的首都）的阿爾巴尼亞裔少女；15歲時在往愛爾蘭的火車上感到上帝召喚予她的使命 ——終身服侍貧窮中的最貧窮。自始，她在愛爾蘭和印度接受傳教士訓練工作；就是這個感召，她一生在加爾各答度過，與貧窮中的最貧窮為伴。在她給Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C. 的書信中寫着：若我有一天成為聖人,我定會是「黑暗」的聖人 我將長時間不在天堂, 而在地上為活在黑暗中的人亮起他們的光
Today, there are more than 800
M.C. Houses around the
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'We must not drift away from the humble works, because these are the works nobody will do. They are never too small. We are so small we look at things in a small way. Even if we do a small thing for somebody, GOD, being almighty, sees everything as great" - Mother Teresa
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MISSIONARIES of CHARITY - Nirmal Hriday 垂死者之家 & Premdam
Mother Teresa created the first house in 1952 to take care of the dying people "Nirmal Hriday" (Pure Heart) next to the Kali-Temple. Today, the famous 'House for the dyeing" remains the same as it was 58 years ago. Normally, the house has capacity for 110 patients.
Premdam is also a house taking care of the severely sick patients, but a lot bigger and with over 450 patients.
德蘭修女一生只做一件事，外面世界怎樣轉與她無關，她停足在貧窮中的最貧窮，自己也不超越貧窮和貧窮所帶來的冰冷與黑暗。當她在1979年獲得諾貝爾和平獎時，她起初拒絕去領獎，只說：「這個獎最大的意義是今晚大家可以吃得豐富些。」後來她去了領獎，在結束演講總結時說：「Do Small Things with Great Love」
1952年，德蘭修女在Kali Temple（婆羅門教死神廟）旁開設「垂死人之家」，不到一天的時間，修女們就將三十多個最貧困痛苦的人安頓了下來。其中有個老人，在搬來的那天傍晚即斷了氣，臨死前，他拉着德蘭修女的手，用孟加拉語低聲地說：「我一生活得像條狗，而我現在死得像個人，謝謝了。」
一個八十多歲有麻瘋病的婆婆，她的腳趾早已變形及殘缺不全，用一隻手托着她的腳，然後用另一隻手塗上油。那刻，想起耶穌為門徒洗腳也想起德蘭修女的一段歷史 ──在靠近車站的廣場旁，德蘭修女發現了一位老婦人倒在路上，像是死了一般。德蘭修女蹲下來仔細一看：破布裹着腳，爬滿了螞蟻，頭上好象被老鼠咬了一個洞，殘留着血漬，傷口周圍滿是蒼蠅和蛆蟲。她趕緊替她趕走蒼蠅，驅走螞蟻，擦去血漬和蛆蟲。
Purchasing Rice, food and others materials with the Sister Superiors for the patients.
Sunshine Action sponsored the rice and food for Nirmal Hriday and Detergent/Cleaning Des-infectant materials for the patients of Premdam.
PremDan
重病露宿者收容所
PremDan（重病露宿者收容所-從Mother
House 到premdan，大概要走三十分鐘，轉入小路都是貧民窟，他們棲身的地方都是用布和紙皮搭成的帳篷，煮食地方就在帳篷外邊，現在正是翻垃圾尋生計的時候。旁邊的垃圾站已站滿人了，帳篷四周都是還沒有勞動力的二三歲小孩在嬉戲。再轉過去，是一條鐵路軌，月台站滿人，每有火車到就擠得水洩不通，上班一族的衫西裝皮鞋與貧民窟周邊環境形成強烈反差，但在表情上，貧的富的沒有對立也沒有敵意，一切順從印度教的教訓，生下來所屬階層是注定的，安心接受就是了。印度的貧、富、階級矛盾，基本上用宗教來解決了。
The M.C. sisters are like angels taking care of the sick and old, only they know where can buy the appropriate items at the best prices. It's truly a great experience to go purchasing the food & materials with their guidance.
You have to keep the M.C. Houses very clean in order to avoid more infections to the already sick patients, therefore constantly need a lot of desinfectant materials.
Sunshine Action volunteers perform some volunteering services, but in order to respect the dignity of the patients, we only take pictures with the M.C. sisters.
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Guild of Service - MA DHAM - A home for Widow of Vrindavan
Sunshine Action volunteers took the train from Delhi to AGRA and then by car to Vrindavan. Guild of Service has a house to take care of 125 widows at the moment.
Vrindavan
is also known as the
City of
In exchange for singing bhajan hymns for 7-8 hours in bhajanashrams, women are given a cup of rice and a pittance of money (around Rs.10), which they try to supplement by begging on the streets or in some instances, even through prostitution.
Facts about Widows in INDIA:
-According
to the 2001 census, 9%
of the total female population are widows in
- 50% of widows are over 50 years old
- A sample study of 1994 shows that of the 88% widows who remained in the deceased husband's village after his death, only 3% shared the same hearth with her in-laws. Also, less than 3% widows lived with their parents.
The 4 types of DAL Sunshine Action purchased for the Widows as these are the main foods for Indian.
- Widows without relatives, who do not own land or a house worth Rs.1000 ($ 25.48), who do not wear jewels worth Rs. 500 ($12.74) or more or who do not have regular employment are also considered destitute. The destitute widow has to apply on a prescribed form to the tehsildar, who after verification and sanction dispatches the amount by money order. However, accessing the pension is an almost impossible task.
- In the age group of over 60 years, 64% are widows. Widows pensions range from Rs. 100-Rs. 500 (approx. US$2 - 5.
- On a 7 state rural widows study there were only 28% widows eligible for pensions; 11% were actually receiving it.
- There are approx. 20'000 war widows in India of the '62, '65, '71 and '99 aggressions.
“In many conservative Indian Hindu families, widows are shunned because they’re seen as bringing bad luck. Superstitious relatives even blame them for their husband’s death. The widow can become a liability with no social standing, an unwanted mouth to feed. Often they’re cast out of the family home,”
With Dr. Mohini Giri - A lady of 75 years old who founded Guild of Service and also Nominee for the Nobel Prize. We met her in New Delhi before going to Vrindavan. Sunshine Action is the first group from Hong Kong to visit Guild of Service.
MISSIONARIES of CHARITY - PREM NAGAR LEPROSY CENTRE - SEEMAPURI
Sunshine Action visited the Leprosy Centre and sponsored a medical instrument specialized for the operation. The Centre cover 250 Leprosy patients, all abandoned by their families.
在全球的病患中，印度佔百分之六十四。每年仍然出現十多萬的麻瘋病例。
2007年印度政府宣稱，它已經「根除」了麻瘋病，應當從公眾視野中絕。但世界生組織對疾病的「根除」設定了特別的定義：任何低於萬分之一發病率的疾病才可以被稱為根除。印度擁有人口逾11億7千萬人，平均每年發生約15萬新的麻瘋病例，顯然與「根除」還有一段距離。
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Nearly 90% of 5 million prevailing leprosy patients in India are neglected by their own families and society.
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40 to 50% survive by begging in streets or roadside, and some who are fortunate enough take shelter in missionaries and NGO run homes.
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Lack of information about leprosy cure and absence of hospitals in rural villages many are deprived of proper medications.
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Their own families and communities hesitate to accept them in a fear, contact would infect them too.
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Some cases are unreported in initial stage to avoid discarded by community. when untreated for long time is incurable.
Rotary Club of Calcutta Uptown & Country Women's Assoc. of India
Sunshine Action sponsored the first medical camp in with cooperation of Rotary Club of Calcutta Uptown & Country Women's Assoc. of India in Kaoradanga Village, Thana Visnupur-1, District 24 Parganas(S), West Bengal, India, with medicines, vitamins and medical camp to cover 156 patients, including children and adults.
Sunshine Action also sponsor more programs in FEB 2010 to the INDIAN CANCER SOCIETY.
Medicines & vitamins sponsored by Sunshine Action
with Dr. Sheila Rohatgi, organizer of this Medical Camp
Most of the village children are under-weight and today, they all dressed like a 'New Year Festive Day' to see us.
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Tomorrow's Foundation
In 1991 Tomorrow's Foundation started with 17 children on the rooftop of Mother Teresa's Nirmal Hriday, Tomorrow's foundation have today a day school and night school with more than 550 students. They are all street children in Kolkata. In 2009, Tomorrow's Foundation provide education to more than 1'500 street children.
Sunshine Action sponsored rice, dal and potatoes to the foundation.
Meeting with Tomorrow's Foundation full team in Kolkata
Sunshine Action Volunteer Michelle playing with the children while visiting the school.
Tomorrow's Foundation created a 'Card Project' to raise funds for the School
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The Faith & Commitment.不離不棄不捨的誓言 to serve the poorest, the unwanted, the sick, the hungry, the wounded, the unloved, the thirsty, the homeless...
NOTES About the TRIP to INDIA
Sunshine Action Ltd is only based in Hong Kong & This is the only official Website.
