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For years, duo follows silently in Teresa’s footsteps
- December 25, 2016
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TNN | Sep 5, 2016, 11.25 AM IST KOLKATA: Michelle Harrison and Jenny Browne have been in Kolkata for more than a decade. They never had a chance to meet Mother Teresa, but she is always in their thoughts. Inspired by Mother, they have followed in her footsteps to make the lives of underprivileged children -
In Mother’s city, orphans find ‘mommy’
- December 24, 2016
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US DOCTOR WHO FIRST CAME TO ADOPT A CHILD MAKES CITY HER HOME AND CHARITY HER MISSION Friday , July 29 , 2016 Michelle Harrison (second from left) and teachers Gargi Sengupta (left) and Mitra Dutta (second from right) with students at Shishur Sevay, an inclusive home for orphans at Sahapur, near Taratala on the -
- May 16, 2015
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A Tsunami of Loss
- December 6, 2014
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“You are so lucky!!!!” It’s a refrain heard almost universally by children who have been adopted, and also by my orphan children here at Shishur Sevay. “You are so lucky. You have such a good life!” In truth the girls would easily give it all up to have their families back. At some point in the
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- October 25, 2014
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American or Indian, 71 or 17 only God knows. But like a bull in a china shop Dr. Michelle Harrison is building an amazing oasis of learning and light for girl orphans with cerebral palsy in India, in Calcutta. Dr. Michelle Harrison American Doctor & Indian Mother I was 17 when I wrote in a school essay titled – The
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Kali Puja
- October 23, 2014
- Posted by: John Berrens
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On October 22. we were invited to celebrate Kali Puja with the local community in the local park. It was a great opportunity to foster the relationship with the neighborhood, and we also had the honor of cutting the ribbon of the pandal to present Kali to everyone. But before the official part started we
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The Children – Capabilities and Disabilities
- September 12, 2014
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They are such capable human beings, so capable of love, empathy, understanding, curiosity and social interaction. There are some THINGS they can’t do; others they can do better than most of us. They are kind and they do not judge and they accept the rest of us as we are.