A big THANK YOU to all of you who have sent message and cards to Hugo and Sharon’s family. There have been so many! Thank you in particular to so many who came yesterday (Tuesday 26th May) to the service celebrating Sharon’s life and the came on to the party where a number of people […]
Why not join a Grassroots Team this Year?
You are Invited! Why not join a Grassroots mission team this year. We are going to Romania, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya and India … and need volunteer team members to help us interview each sponsored child and take their photos. Volunteers cover their own costs, have a fantastic time, enjoy the local team’s hospitality, join in […]
Chennai 2024 – team from UK visit the sponsored children and church
7 people from the UK went to Chennai and spent time with our friends in the slum. Kevin & Deborah and the church are wonderful and we all got stuck in. Sharon helped prepare biryani for the 330 Grassroots sponsored children in Chennai. The team making the food are mainly mothers and grandmothers of children […]
In India with the sponsored children in Chennai
We were over in Chennai to help with training of the team that serves the sponsored children in the SKM homework club. At the end of the club each day there is food for the children. Today was biryani!
Time for Tea – Sponsored Children in Chennai India
Time for tea here for the sponsored children in Chennai. As part of the sponsorship scheme in India they eat here Monday to Saturday every week! Find out more: https://grassroots.org.uk/india/
Chennai in 2023
At last … we made it to Chennai! It had been 3 long years. Lockdowns and quarantine rules were the start of the delays, but then the Indian government made it very hard for UK citizens to get visas. But, at last, we were able to get tickets and go and meet our friends. There […]
The SKM team in Chennai are doing a great work serving the Grassroots sponsored children
Grassroots sponsored Children in India – great work in partnership with SKM in Chennai. sponsor a child in India from £8 per month www.grassroots.org.uk/india
India Covid Crisis – Chennai next?
We wrote to all the people who sponsor children in Chennai through Grassroots to update them on what is happening in the midst of the latest surge in Covid-19 cases across India. You can open the letter here.