{"id":16036,"date":"2026-09-02T11:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/2025-2026-projects-india-humanitarian-aid-and-development\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:40:36","slug":"2025-2026-projects-india-humanitarian-aid-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/2025-2026-projects-india-humanitarian-aid-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"2025\u20132026 Projects \/ India: Humanitarian Aid and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a population of 1.4 billion, India is the world\u2019s most populous country and a young, rapidly growing nation.<br>The Christian community in India, which was evangelized by Saint Thomas, is one of the oldest. It accounts for 2% of the population, or 35 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syro-Malankara and Syro-Malabar <br>Christians, who are a minority throughout the country, are found primarily in the southern state of Kerala. Despite official religious freedom, acts of violence target Christian and Muslim minorities. In the east, numerous acts of vandalism against Christian places of worship reflect tensions between different religions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In India, L\u2019\u0152uvre d\u2019Orient annually supports 70 projects led by 49 religious communities in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as well as development assistance for new dioceses, parishes, and missionary communities in other states. These communities serve the most marginalized poor through initiatives such as helping to establish a school for \u201crag-pickers\u201d\u2014children who sort through trash at Delhi\u2019s landfills. This school provides these \u201cuntouchable\u201d children with access to education, as well as a uniform and a lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>L\u2019\u0152uvre d\u2019Orient also helps build or renovate churches, parish centers, rectories, centers for adults with disabilities, homes for widows, minor and major seminaries, clinics, and hospitals. Training programs for the clergy, religious congregations, and lay catechists help strengthen the Church\u2019s pastoral and missionary presence, especially in remote areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Inde-Z07_RF25.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Inde-Z07_RF25.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-27bd0a1c-f425-4428-86dc-6fca5e731527\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Inde-Z07_RF25.pdf\">Inde-Z07_RF25<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Inde-Z07_RF25.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-27bd0a1c-f425-4428-86dc-6fca5e731527\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a population of 1.4 billion, India is the world\u2019s most populous country and a young, rapidly growing nation.The Christian community in India, which was evangelized by Saint Thomas, is one of the oldest. 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