Millions of young Indian women make up a vast labor force of domestic workers that is largely unrecognized by their government. At a very young age, they leave – or are taken – from poor communities for work, only to receive less than the minimum wage. “It’s one of the biggest incomes for most people.” says Sister Jeanne Devos, a Belgian nun and founder of the National Domestic Workers Movement. “[They] go to the villages, get them poor children, sell them back in the city.” More →

April 25, 2014

  BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a dramatic example today of what one dedicated person can do to change the lives of people in need. Fred de Sam Lazaro revisits a story he reported 10 years ago about an Irish … More →

May 1, 2009

BOB ABERNETHY: It was just two years ago that Mother Teresa died. The work of her worldwide missionary order continues, and so does the work of another missionary nun in Calcutta, a nun who ministers to the poor in a … More →

September 3, 1999