Irish workers fund Indian orphanage

AN Indian orphanage where at least one newborn baby is left each week is being funded by workers at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

The orphanage has a special cradle in which parents can safely, but anonymously, leave their children.

Yesterday, at Palna Orphanage in Old Delhi, Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin handed over €30,000 collected by the Dublin-based Indian Orphanage Appeal. This was established by workers at the minister’s department to fund the activities of the “cradle orphanage.”