Where have you been today?
So now you know. We were out all day, and we covered the grand total of 37.14 miles. Mostly at 15mph, often down to less than walking speed as we negotiated elephant-sized potholes, and a top speed of 30mph. Once…
Tom Sutherland from an Indian perspective
This has recently arrived in my Facebook feed. It is a moving tribute to a great man. Eighty-three-year-old Tom Sutherland lives in an old house in the beautiful coastal village of Portfair, Victoria, on the south coast of Australia. He…
Advent – Brother Philip writes
Prayers and Thanks In the Name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen. For the past years The Banyan Tree getting God’s help and favour, for the love and thought, by Health Help International - Chairman, Committee members and…
Happy Valley has a new home
Happy Valley is our second special needs centre in India, meeting the needs of 40 to 50 children and young people with a variety of disabilities - physical, mental or even both. For the last five years it has been…
Santa Claus comes to Kerala
The tuition groups that the Friends of the Banyan Tree and Strathaven Friends of HHI fund have continued to provide backup for state education, which is often of poor quality, as much as possible during the lockdown, helping to give…
Help for the families of disabled children
Philip Mathew has been busy! He writes: Christmas kit was distributed to the children of Baniyan Tree Happy Valley Special School in connection with Christmas under the leadership of Director Philip Mathew Principal Aarti VS. The kit was distributed completely…
Happy Valley special needs school – Independence day
Happy Valley is our special needs centre at Kalathara in Kerala, India. Recently Philip sent us a lovely video of the children celebrating Independence Day - shown below. Covid-19 has badly affected Kerala once again. A new lockdown is in…
The terrible trio terminate their Travancore travails
Our last day has arrived and is nearly over. In a few hours we will be winging our way back to the UK. First thing we met a number of cancer patients who are syupported by HHI. We send out…
Treats for the trio today
Sunday should be a day of rest and worship. So today we went to Pilgrim Highland Church, which greatly supported the construction of Thanal House and continues to help with the running costs. The English language service is at 9am,…