In virus-hit Mexico, feeding orphans takes a ‘miracle’

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TEXCOCO, Mexico: At an orphanage in pandemic-stricken Mexico, the nuns water down milk and eke out food for the children -- victims of violence, pover...

With nearly 50,000 officially registered coronavirus deaths and around 450,000 cases, Mexico has the world’s third-highest fatality toll from the pandemic. — AFP: At an orphanage in pandemic-stricken Mexico, the nuns water down milk and eke out food for the children -- victims of violence, poverty, and now the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

“Many of them were left without work, so they stopped their donations until further notice,“ Mother Ines told AFP. A sign at the door says clothes and toys are no longer accepted, although some benefactors continue to leave what food they can spare. In the shelves for fruit and vegetables there are only a few kilos of potatoes, chayotes -- a type of squash -- and prickly pears, and some sausages in the refrigerator.Here they learned to walk and uttered their first words, but they face an uncertain future.

 

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