We are all waiting with anticipation to get the foundations for the building in place. We’ve had our gift aid back and through the combination of some fundraising and a personal loan, we can start the building work. No...
The children are frantically writing their mid-term exams. We expect our superstars to excel as usual. It sounds almost as if we take their achievements for granted, but they are all proof that a healthy diet of studies, with...
We hope you all are keeping well. I know the children send their regards to you all. It’s still raining in India at the moment, but the main monsoons have passed us by. We had to batten down the...
I am really pleased to report that all of the children who go back to what families they have over the summer period, have all come back. This is excellent news. We must be doing something right! In fact...
We have just passed our annual government inspection, with flying colours. This is the real benchmark for us. Although our western values and perceptions of how things should be, don’t exactly tie up with what is standard practice, cultural,...
The children have been studying hard and it proves that we weren’t too much of a distraction, as the results are in and they have done fantastically. We have a couple who need some extra attention, but on the...
Well it’s been a long hard trek since coming back. We’re all pining for India. The children were awesome and it was really tough to say cheerio. But here we are back in dear old blighty and wondering how...
While in India I met a man who was injured in an accident that wasn’t his fault. He lost a leg because of it. Tough! this is India! You’ll just have to beg instead. No injury lawyers around to...
Afternoon is here! No school, no study, some chores, but plenty of play time! Once again we brought the usual – skipping ropes, cricket bat, badminton set and although we thought we had more left at the home from...
Sorry for the late post but we had an awesome weekend. Saturday saw the children off to Church in the morning – big church and lots of hostel children there – 500 easy – our 50 children got swallowed...