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  • Studio at the terrace of the new teachers flats - bulding in Sunderpur
  • Studio at the terrace of the new teachers flats - bulding in Sunderpur
  • Studio-Equipment
  • Studio-Equipment
  • Studio in the Leprosy Welfare Centre in Sunderpur
  • Studio in the Leprosy Welfare Centre in Sunderpur

SUNDERPUR / INDIA

Bihar / Raxaul / Sunderpur – November 2016

FILM ::: ORF kultur.montag 12.12.2016

about the project / the village …
… it was November 21, 1981 when Brother Christdas came to Sunderpur and moved into a clay hut, laying the foundation stone for the Little Flower project. Some of his best friends came with him: leprosy patients themselves, comrades and assistants from the leprosy project in Titagarh, which the Indian priest and former monk of the Missionaries of Charity had led for many years. Titagarh, the largest leprosy project in Mother Teresa’s holy order, is near Calcutta and was the only place leprosy patients in Bihar could go to get medicine and medical treatment.
Brother Christdas had heard of the hardship of the Biharis, who had to travel for many days to get help. This led him to the decision to establish a rehabilitation center for them in Bihar. …

http://littleflower-india.org/en/the_project/

:::December 09, 2016