It’s great to hear that Thanal House is still providing a loving home for many destitute women, despite the lockdown which is severe in India. Many of these women have serious psychiatric problems. They recently had a bit of excitement…
We recently sent some more money to Pastor Wilson, our partner at BGM Ministries by the Neyyar Dam. He has written back, telling us how he spent the money (there are about 90 Rupees to £1, so a Rupee is…
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…
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,…
It was an early departure for Trivandrum aka Thiruvananthapuram today so as to meet the kidney patients at 9.30. We support some 27 of them with varying amounts of money so as to help them to pay for immunosuppressant drugs…
Well, Jute took a dim view of it! Today we sadly took our leave of the children of Asha Kiran Ashram. But not before we had paid a return visit to see the children perform a dance routine, been togged…
Today was a full day at Asha Kiran Ashram, the special needs school that we set up a decade ago and continue to support. There are 33 children on the roll; soon after 9am 21 arrived to add to the…
Tuesday morning started with a couple of visitors. One was Radha - she had come the previous morning claiming to be a kidney patient, but without any medical records, so I had suspected a scam and had refused to play…
Today we went to Pastor Wilson's BGM on the shores of the Neyyar Dam, an especially beautiful spot. It was good to meet up with him again and to compare notes - it is so much easier to talk to…
Oct 31st Ntambo After prayer time loaded up the vehicle with millie meal, beans and other provisions for Priscilla. (All funded by HHIUK in the monthly allocation, although JW did purchase some extra toiletries). Bellyward called in for wheelchair maintenance…