Leaf cards
Strathaven Friends of Health Help International The painting of the leaves of the Pippal Tree is a traditional occupation carried out by the lower caste women in Southern India. They paint them in craft centres or in their homes and…
Three have a very special day
Wednesday - the last day of the trip for HHI’s two volunteers Edmund and Chris with Carol a supporter. We know they have been busy, hot and on a number of interesting car journeys. They will take their final journey…
Three do some shopping
Monday- the day was planned out the night before and the day went largely to plan for perhaps the first time. Tom’s morning started very early, about 5.30 a woman called wanting a lot of money for a heart procedure…
Three come back from the East with good news
Having safely arrived from Tamil Nadu with Tom, the team quickly settled into the routines of receiving visitors and going off to different places, searching out needs and good news stories. Today, Friday, the team of three went off again…
Three celebrate National Day
Today is National Day in India and is widely celebrated and is probably close to what UK would call a bank holiday. Things quieten down at the weekend but the work undertaken by the team doesn’t stop. It was an…
Three go East – not on a camel but on a bus
After the catch up report yesterday this one covers the three visiting Asha Kiran Ashram (AKA) over the mountains and into the eastern state Tamil Nadu. Tom joined the team so they could enjoy a few days with the children…
Three go offline for days…
The team has not had access to the internet since last Friday night and in fact since then they have travelled over the Southern Gat Mountains into the next state to get online. The mobile signal was also too weak…
What the three did next…
After a much needed sleep the team of three were refreshed and ready for a full day. All planned out - a morning at the Special Therapy Centre, some local visits and finishing off with a visit to another tuition…
Two become 3 – India 2019
The Chris and Edmund team are visiting together again; after their recent trip to Zambia last October; they have teamed up to visit people and projects in Kerela, India for two weeks. The third one? Carol, Chris's sister. Carol is…
Beulah dancing
Some news in from Pastor Santhosh at Asha Kiran Ashram. Beulah’s determination to Dance on her own legs comes true during this Christmas & New Year program. She danced on her own Artificial Legs. This is a great success story…