Two boys in need in India

Sasees writes:

 I just want to share important information from our school head teacher. She was asking for 2 gypsy students help. The family are like nomads wandering from place to place for work to earn money for their living. They are very poor people below the poverty line. They go for street dance from place to place. So these 2 boys are roaming around with no proper response.So the head teacher was asking for help to take care of these 2 kids. We need you to extend your generous help to take care of these 2 kids. We need your kind support for them.

A loving tribute

Dear friends,

It is with great sadness that we write of the death of our wonderful Stuart.  His passing will leave such a huge hole in so many lives – he spent his life dedicated to helping those less fortunate than himself, working tirelessly until his final days on projects which have transformed lives in Ghana, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and beyond.  

There is so much about his life and work to be warmly remembered that we will write at greater length in the near future.  For now, if you are able to and would like to mark Stuart’s passing, please consider contributing to the Memorial Fund that our Trustee, Michael, has set up to help continue his extraordinary work.

With love from all at Star Action

Sri Lanka: Clothes for the destitute elderly

Clothes for a destitute elderley lady in Sri Lanka

Our work continues in Sri Lanka, where the economic situation is not good.  This lady received a parcel of new clothes.

Shonali and her partner show us their lovely new baby

Shonali, daughter of Richard and Sasees, and her husband were recently delighted to introduce their new son to the Bright Life family. Congratulations from all of us!

Keshav’s work for Star Action in Nepal

This 107 year old woman was delighted with her shawl

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We want to share with you the photos we have received from, Keshav.

Recently, the focus of our work has been helping the poor and destitute in Kathmandu, and most particularly the elderly. As you may know, Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, and very badly hit by the pandemic. Another factor increasing the poverty and suffering in this country has of course been the lack of tourists throughout these past two years:

We, here in Nepal, celebrated Christmas in a very meaningful way: by helping the less fortunate with our 2021 Christmas gifts you so generously arranged. We chose an assisted living facility in the district of Lalitpur in the Kathmandu Valley which needed our help the most.

 
Helping elderly women abandoned by their families has always been our priority because such women need the most help in Nepal. All women living here are illiterate and most of them are widows. We were told that one of the ladies (in the close-up photo above) at the facility was 107 years old who was rescued from the streets of Kathmandu. In our interaction, they shared their stories with us some of which were very heart-wrenching. However, our Christmas gifts brought smiles to their faces and they gave us all their blessings and best wishes. They expressed their heartfelt thanks to you all and Star Action for all the wonderful gifts (they loved the warm shawls for the winter).