Thank you and Merry Christmas

2021 has been a year on which we look back with great thanksgiving and we thank God for the generosity of our supporters and the commitment of our partners in South India.

Here are some highlights from the past year:

Sustainability: We’ve increased the sustainability of our projects with the purchase of another paddy field, which together with the existing paddy will produce the vast majority of food needed for our projects.

• Our Covid response: thanks to your support this has been amazing : approximately 18,000 individuals have been blessed with Hope Gardens food parcels, hygiene equipment and PPE since March.

• Healthcare: Our Medical teams have worked alongside government officials and police in support of the national vaccination rollout.

• Education: We have focused on educational continuity - school fees have been paid, online learning enabled and additional tutoring given as well as our after school programmes expanded.

Every blessing for 2022

The Hope Gardens team

Emergency Appeal

Hope Gardens has launched an emergency appeal as India battles with this second wave of the virus.

Our appeal will support the vital work that the pastors are doing in the communities bringing relief parcels and also to ensure that our medical centre can continue to provide its essential service

For more information on how to donate please go to this link:

https://hopegardens.reachapp.co/campaigns/2nd-wave-appeal

Zooming you to India!

Wow!

Amazing to catch up with our supporters and Vasthi and Gold to hear how our sewing programme is changing women’s lives.

We are so proud of the trainers, the pastors wives and our generous supporters who have made this initiative a success.

93 women have graduated from our sewing institute, 26 machines have been purchased so that young girls, widows and ladies with huge obstacles in their lives can earn their own income, be independent and feel proud of themselves.

We did it!

You are amazing! in one week we smashed our target and raised £10,710 to support our medical centre and our after school clubs

As a result of the pandemic we need to extend our opening hours of our medical centre and subsidise the increased amount of patients. This boost of £5,355 will enable our medical centre to meet this increase in demand and give access to healthcare to those most in need.

Our afterschool clubs are shifting to bring educational support to those children who have huge gaps in their education due to the disruption to their schooling since March. Many children are in need of specialist learning support which Hope Gardens can now provide thanks to your generosity.