We had a great response to our unique, handcrafted Christmas cards this year, sold in packs of 5 for just £5. We also ran our annual Christmas Direct campaign which provides a full Christmas for a child in our homes: Christmas dinner, a new set of clothes, a visit from their parents and a small
Pavithra lived with her father, mother and two brothers in a village, where her father worked as a labourer in fields and on building sites. He was a serious alcoholic and regularly started drunken fights in the village. During one fight, he was brutally murdered, and left behind
Mukesh lived with his father, mother and a brother in a small thatched hut, which leaked badly during the rainy season. Most of the time, the family slept outside in the street. Mukesh’s father was an alcoholic who abused his wife and children whenever he'd been drinking.
As we announced in the Autumn, Michael Fox, is celebrating his 60th Birthday by running 10 10km races to raise money for India Direct, with the aim of raising £10,000! Michael has now completed 7 of his 10 runs, and is looking forwarding to doing the final 3 in some warmer and drier weather over the
When Fradila’s mother committed suicide, her father took a new wife, who mistreated and abused Fradila and her brother. The children were eventually sent away to live with their grandmother in her small thatched hut, which leaked terribly in the rainy season, despite their best attempts to
Exam Success! Here are two of our top performing students, Divya, and Sabitha, who scored 823 and 943 out of 1200 respectively in their recent school board exams. Santhosh was recently awarded certificates for his National Cadet Corps Naval training camp. This stunning artwork was also painted by Santhoush and features
