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2011 Container arrived at Monze - 5th January 2012

Submitted by Chris Byrne on Wed, 11/01/2012 - 13:31
Container arrives at Monze

Good news! The container arrived in Monze quite late on the 5th January 2012 after about a 3 month journey. The HHI people in Monze spent the next 24 hours unloading and storing the items to be distributed in the coming months. They are very excited and extremely grateful because they now have disabilty aids, school and hospital equipment and much more to give to individuals and communities who need our help. In the past we have sent the container through South Africa; the many difficulties we had in 2010 led us to look at other options; this time we sent the container through Mozambique which has proven to be cheaper and more efficient. Thanks to all who have helped and to Jonah and Carol in Monze for tracking the container's progress their end. More photos can be found in the gallery - ignore the imprinted date on the pictures.

Heart operations in India

Submitted by Edmund Plummer on Wed, 30/11/2011 - 19:17

Every month we send out some money to Tom Sutherland so that he can pay for life-saving operations and medicines.  A recent account shows just how vital this is.  Tom recently met someone had been trying to find him a couple of months earlier.  He had been hoping for help with a heart operation for his wife (these cost over £1000, a year's pay for many Indians and more than they can possibly afford), but had not been able to find Tom.  As a result, the operation for his wife had been cancelled and his wife had died.  This brought home to me just how vital our work is - it is literally a matter of life and death.

Over the next few days we will be sending out money to help with five heart operations.  Two were carried out after the families approached Shibu, our man in the hospital, whilst their parents were on the operating table and the operation was unable to proceed until the necessary supplies were bought.  The operations were successful and the patients have now gone home to recuperate.

Working towards a 4 week visit to work for HHI

Submitted by Chris Byrne on Thu, 24/11/2011 - 22:46
Ruridh and fellow scouts - Zambia 2008

Ruridh Allen (second from left) went out to Zambia with the Strathaven Scouts in 2008. He was moved by the experience and by the second and equally successful visit this year. Now he is at Aberdeen University and President of H.E.L.P (Scotland) Society. H.E.L.P is a student run charity that acts to send enthusiastic Medical students away to countries less fortunate than ourselves with the aim to carry out meaningful charity work. He is currently planning a 4 week trip out to Zambia to complete a building project - read more in his article

Pastor Sam

Submitted by Edmund Plummer on Sat, 05/11/2011 - 21:32

We recently received very sad news from India: Pastor Sam has died after a long illness.

Pastor Sam was one of our longest-serving colleagues in India.  He had a heart for the poor, and in particular for the destitute women who live on the streets of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), many of whom have psychiatric problems.  He started taking them into his home, and then into a building in his back yard, before founding Thanal House, a purpose-built building which served as a refuge for them.  HHI has helped to finance much of this work.

He will be sorely missed by many people.  He was a man of great faith, of great compassion, and of great action.

Please pray for his wife, Valsala, and his daughters Shyni and Shalini.  Please also pray for Tom Sutherland and Philip, and for us as we work together to find a way of continuing this wonderful work.