A £10 Christmas Direct donation provides 'a Christmas to remember' for a child in one of our two children's homes in South East India.  This includes: A Christmas gift A Christmas party, a performance and a visit from Santa Fabulous special Christmas dinner of chicken biryani served on a banana leaf for the children AND for

Omega, one of our Indian partners visited the UK for two weeks from the 5th October.  His aim was to 'talk to as many people as possible about the charity' whilst he was here.  He visited many places, including London, Manchester, Buxton, Wales - and sampled a wide variety of English cuisine!  The unseasonable warm

Our friend John Holt has helped us to design and set up this new website which he has also offered to host for us.  Thank you so much, John!  We hope that you find the website informative, helpful and easy to navigate. The wesbite will be updated regularly with news from India, reports from visitors

Please click the Donate Now button if you can.  This takes you to the Charities Aid Foundation secure website page for India Direct.  Please complete the 'instruction' section  under the amount box to tell us what you have donated the money for. Diesel Electricity Generator - £285 Every day, the electricity goes off, leaving the home in

Paul and Grace Nadin-Salter visited India from 22nd September to 5th October 2010.  They visited both Bethel and Joy Homes, taking the children from both homes on day trips.  Bethel children visited Chennai Zoo for the day, and Joy children visited a famous temple which had just celebrated 1000 years since being built by an

Once again, this was a fabulous family-friendly event!  56 runners and riders took part, running for 4 miles and cycling for 6 miles.  The youngest participant this year was Laura, aged 11.  Ambience and entertainment was provided by The Occasional Sax Quartet, who played throughout the event.  Karen Armstrong made delicious home-made soup