EMERGENCY COVID APPEAL FOR INDIA
- At May 16, 2021
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UPDATE Feb 22
Thank you so much for your wonderful response to our appeal; your compassion & generosity enabled us to give the much needed extra help to our STB/Brighter Life Children’s home in Tamil Nadu, South India. In this compact community district (Tirenuveli has three and a half million inhabitants), most needing to earn daily wages, it was impossible to maintain Covid 19 Lockdown in the way it has been done throughout much of Europe. Inevitably Covid badly infected some of our children (and our elderly family too). With your help we were able to give them the care they needed, and they have recovered, except, sadly, Richard`s own mother, who passed away later in the summer.
Zahra’s progress
- At February 15, 2021
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We have above some fabulous images from the mother of Zahra, whom SA is supporting through Veterinary School in Indonesia, along with this note:
Dear Sir,I wish you “Happy New Year 2021”, hope you and your family are happy also in good health.Zahra has completed 5th semester and will continue 6th semester in the middle of Febuary 2021. I attached Zahra’s pictures which done some activities …Thank you very much for your kindness and success for you all.Warm regards,Desy
India update
- At February 15, 2021
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2020 has been a difficult and challenging year for our Brighter Life Children’s Home in India: It has been impossible for India to
conduct a successful lockdown against Covid 19 in the way that many others have succeeded. The sprawling population, many living on daily wages, have been unable to change their normal lifestyles very much.
To keep our children safe, and with all schools closed, Richard and Sasees have kept everyone at
home conducting their own devised school lessons (Sasees having been Head of English at a large school before she joined us).
Many families in the UK have struggled to care at home with two or three children for the long lockdown. Imagine the problems tor Sasees and Richard with over thirty. Self-discipline is a big part of the children’s home life and routine, and this has helped greatly to keep harmony and fun as main themes in 2020.
Inevitably the cost of food has risen to strain their budget and the loss of cook Rani, who now lives 100 miles away after her marriage, has compounded the challenges. But you can see from recent photos that the smiles are still there and everyone is growing stronger and brighter in the usual way. The images and video here show the celebrations and some of the new clothes that the children received at Diwali.
Nepal Update
- At February 13, 2021
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Keshav and Sujata write from Nepal:
I have sent a few photos from this year’s Christmas gift distribution program in Pokhara. On the recommendation of my sister, we visited an elderly centre in Pokhara and gave away gifts to the elderly women and men there. The Centre has been providing for 12 elderly people (both women and men) of which two were in the hospital due to some regular health issues. The Centre is in the middle of a small woods but is sunny and fresh. For the winter, we provided scarves to the ladies and jackets to the men. To support their daily ration, we provided rice, lentil, sugar, tea, salt and a special Christmas food packet too. As you can see in the photos all residents were happy and grateful. They send you lots of thanks and warm greetings.
Rakshana’s Sinhala class
- At October 21, 2020
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Rakshana was able to resume her classes on August 11th after the end of the lockdown