CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: The present adoption law in Bangladesh does little to help couples who want to adopt orphans and hence needs revision, says a nun who works for abandoned children.

An improved law can help orphaned and abandoned children have a better future, said Sister Bibiana Pathang from Our Lady of the Missions congregation. The nun is current director of St. Benedict Creche, a home set up in 1912 by her congregation for orphans and abandoned children and is located in Chittagong diocese.

The orphanage has helped local and foreign couples obtain guardianship of 106 children. The orphanage presently has 41 resident children.

Parents and relatives of children with serious physical disabilities, diseases or who have a dark complexion are left at the center. Sometimes, unwed mothers drop their infants in front of the creche gate. Hospital authorities also send orphaned children here. About 15 staff members help run the creche.

Courtesy: UCAN