Happy Valley has seen several changes recently. The physiotherapist and speech therapist both left to pursue higher studies, and both are being replaced. This is normal – the school provides a wonderful training ground for younger workers in this field…
Since earlier this year, Grace Ministries has taken over Asha Kiran. Santhosh will continue as a trustee for the time being so as to provide continuity, but will move to a well-earned retirement in a year or two. The new…
In our recent Tidings https://hhi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Tidings-March-24.pdf we described how successful the women’s credit unions (self-help groups) that we foster have become, so much so that another administrator was needed. The good news is that another animator has been appointed already. Pastor…
Grace Ministries is coming to the centre three days a week and is gaining knowledge and experience of the centre’s activities, in anticipation of the handover by Pastor Santhosh. The staff have been joined by a new special needs teacher…
In September the centre celebrated Onam, a Hindu equivalent of a harvest festival, which is a big event in Kerala. For the children it involved a lot of fun making intricate arrangements of flower petals and dressing up, as well…
Binoy is a student. As part of his duties he was cleaning the upper levels of the college building when he fell, breaking several bones. An operation was needed, costing about £450. But his family are poor – his parents…
They have both been instrumental in setting up and running Asha Kiran Ashram, our centre for disabled children, for many years. But now they are both facing mounting health issues. Sheela is awaiting the results of a number of tests,…
Beulah has continued to develop into a very attractive teenager. Asha Kiran could no longer provide the level of education that she needs, so she now attends a larger special needs school in Tengasi where she can receive a full…
Each month we send out money to Wilson K who runs a small Indian NGO in a poor area of southern India. One project that has been very successful is training impoverished women in sewing skills, and helping them to…
