Life and Learning September and October in pictures

Bagnala Village lessons with social distancing

Our new students at the HOPE Centre in Punjab

Kids at our Disability Centre in Kotdwara

A tree plantation drive was  organised by Project Help at our jungle centres for the students to create awareness and spread the message of saving our planet.

Senior students bring COVID awareness to the marketplace

LINK to video cam on the streets of Kotdwara

Some lesson planning from our teacher registers

It's all for the love of these kids

This past month at Project Help India has been filled with purpose, busyness, satisfaction, and reward but with this much heartache as we observe the conditions that our students live in due to the challenges of a life of poverty, impacted by COVID-19. Take twelve year old Anisha, and her brother and sister for example.

Anisha (12 years), her brother Naveen (10 years) and little sister Aakriti (aged 8) come to school despite the terrible circumstances of their lives. All three kids are sick, hungry, malnourished and need urgent help.

Anisha lives in Village Parmawala and she attends our school (small centre) there. She lives with her two younger siblings, Naveen and Aakriti. We love these kids. They truly are remarkable given the circumstances of their lives. They diligently come to school to learn and they take their studies seriously. Their education is their only hope for a better future. School is a haven, providing a place of security and belonging. Their teacher ensures for their safety providing love, care and she speaks words of value into their lives.

Last month I received an email asking for urgent help for Anisha and her family. The children and their parents are very sick and need urgent intervention. Perhaps you can help. Here is the email written by one of our staff. It is most heartbreaking to read.

Through this mail I want to put light on a very serious and pathetic condition of a family. The family is of our three children studying in our education center of jungle village Parmawala, the child named Anisha (12 years), Aakriti (8 years) and Naveen (10 years). These children are malnutrient and remain sick continuously. They developed the weight-loss, abdominal discomfort and diarrhoea. They starve and are very weak. The family conditions are so pathetic that they don't even have money,to buy their basic needs. Their father Mr. Charan Singh he is a daily wage labour, and now due to Covid-19 the labour are not getting any work, so there is no money for the family. Their mother Mrs. Omwati, is a house wife and she also remains sick. 

The life they lead is already pitiable because of drunk father and his domestic violence to the family. Moreover, they don't have proper cloths and food. Earlier they had a raw hut but that too got destroyed this monsoon. They starve for days and the only food they get is from Project Help. 

I request you to draw your attention towards the pitiful conditions of the family. I hope they will get some help soon as their only hope is Project Help.

Can you help?

I am writing to ask for your financial support. We require a minimum of $500AUD for Project Help India to provide the following;

-       a trip to the city doctor for each member of the family

-       food supplies

-       necessary medications

-       counselling for the mother

-       support for the father

-       repairs to their damaged home

-       some toys for the children

-       ongoing materials and stationery for the children’s school

Our Schools

To give you some context, our schools are filled with kids whose lives and circumstances are very much the same as Anisha’s. In total we have 9 school centres. Currently we have 230 children from Kotdwara slums and jungle villages, and 40 children from a slum area in Bijnor. Recently we have expanded to provide help to another 150 children in 2 locations in the city of Chandīgarh.

Due to the government social distancing requirements, our schools are currently operating with only 20% of students attending each day. Our incredible teachers work face to face, daily with one fifth of their students, and provide worksheets for all of the children to complete across the other 4 days of the week. The children’s lessons include Hindi, English, spelling, maths, art, poetry writing, drama, games, environmental care, body parts and body safety, COVID-19 awareness, hygiene and safety.

Our staff and teachers are also doing many home visits, and doing outdoor games and activities with the children.

Go to the OUR SETTING page on this website to learn about some of our schools.

October and September at our schools.

View the gallery below to see some images of day to day life and learning.

COVID is causing extreme poverty

The impact of COVID-19 is worsening in India, with about 2000 people a day diagnosed in the state of Uttarakhand. We fear that ongoing lockdown measures will be seen for a very long time. This directly impacts people living in poverty, because lockdown takes away their ability to work and earn an income. COVID is making poverty worse, and increasing the number of people who are living in extreme poverty.

Ration packs delivered with with love

Every week, Project Help continues to provide ration packs to our many very needy families. These ration packs provide essential commodities including of wheat flour, rice, spices, cooking oil, salt etc. We have now been doing this for 8 months and there is no end in sight.

Thank you for your generous help and support

Please do not underestimate the SIGNIFICANT difference that you are making in these people’s lives. Poverty is a cruel and vicious beast. You can make a tax deductible donation simply by clicking one of the DONATE buttons on this website. Thank you.

1000 Hidden Smiles

Behind the masks are smiles of gratitude and relief. These photos were taken this week of our team at our three education centres in the Bagnala, Parmawala and Kadarganj jungle villages. Over 1200 ration and hygiene packs have recently been delivered by our team to these villages and slums in Kotdwara.

You may be aware of news this week regarding the seriousness of COVID-19 in India. It’s not looking good. Even with limited accurate and inconsistent data, India could possibly be now, or will soon become, the nation with the highest incidence of COVID-19.

This week’s report from one of our Field Officers gives you a sense of how we are responding to COVID-19 in a remote and very poor part of India. where our mission is to bring love, hope, dignity and purpose to the poor.

This mail is to give you some latest update of Kotdwara. Nowadays in Kotdwara there are many cases of COVID and the infection is at its peak we hope but lots of deaths have occurred. The borders are still partially sealed, people have lost their jobs. The daily wage labours are suffering the most with difficulties. Schools remain closed. Transportation is difficult, public transportation is hard to get with railway and bus service shut for fears of coronavirus spreading. So many neighbourhoods (colonies) are sealed due to coronavirus active cases, so we (Project Help) are the one who is continuously suppling essential food supplies to the families. People are taking care of themselves by doing social distancing, using face masks and sanitizer. Sanitary napkins to the girl child and ladies of the locality have also been distributed.

In this difficult situation only Project Help India is working on ground zero, with supplies of food items, like the ration packs with spices, salt, cooking oil and other necessities. Project Help have now distributed 1200 hygiene packets consisting of hair oil, tooth paste, tooth brushes, sanitizer and hand wash soap. We are taking care of all the basic needs of people in Kotdwara especially for each of our education centre kids. Stationery and work sheets have been distributed to all these kids to keep their education going. Our teaching staff are regularly distributing school work to the students. 

One of our students Nikhil is going through some essential tests prior to his treatment. He is now suffering from minor pain occasionally in his ears. 

Children in all the centres are missing coming to school. They say that life has become more miserable now- a-days due to no income of the family. Many families have nothing, and their savings have been used to date. The only source of food supplies is from Project Help. They are thanking God that they are part of the Project Help family.

We thank our many supporters in Australia and other countries, for being part of the Project Help family too. Wherever we may be, we are connected as a family and your generosity is helping a significant number of people during this most terrible time.

We are passionate about making a difference in the lives of people, families and communities

Desperation, Love and Hope in remote India

Three words, desperation, love and hope are central to the story of being human. At times we may feel like we have nothing left, desperate, with no sense that things can get better …at this point a hand reaches to help and provide, to touch and show that you are loved and there is hope.

At Project Help India we are working incredibly hard to be that hand that reaches to help, intervening with love at times when people are most desperate. Unfortunately, with COVID, too many people are desperate and we just can’t help everyone. This is why we are asking for your continued financial support during these most desperate of days.

It took more than five months for India to reach the bleak milestone of a million cases of the novel coronavirus. The next million came in just 21 days. The third million was faster still: 16 days. The increase in cases is unlikely to ebb any time soon, experts say, as a galloping outbreak spreads to new parts of the country and political leaders continue to reopen the economy. Last week, India recorded the highest one-day jump in new cases – more than 77,000 – anywhere in the world since the pandemic began. The virus has now spread throughout India, the world’s second most populous country, reaching even isolated indigenous tribes. The pandemic has also crippled economic activity – experts believe the economy contracted by 20 per cent in the three months to June – with only faint signs of recovery.

So, what can a small charity like Project Help do in such a huge country? We provide love and hope to desperate people, that’s what we do. We extend our hands to connect with people’s lives, connecting with their story. We show them love by helping them.

Here are three powerful stories from this week;

Project Help has intervened to help a community of people in Chandigarh, in the state of Punjab. Thanks to the generosity of a wonderful family in Sydney, an entire school community of 97 children and 4 teachers have been given a lifeline. Their school has been saved and the children continue to be educated and fed, at a time when their very poor parents who are suffering daily with minimal opportunities for work, are unable to provide for their family.

Happier days before COVID - The new school community that we are supporting at Village Singha Devi, Chandigarh, Punjab. Partnering with the Hope Society.

In Kotdwara we receive calls from desperate people on a daily basis. Due to positive COVID cases, areas within Kotdwara have been completely shut off from the rest of the town. Our Project worker writes about two women who we have recently helped;

This lady is Mrs. Hazrati (below left), she lives in Lakdi Padao that has been sealed since last 24 days. Her husband committed suicide due to the lockdown and depression he was facing due to the loses he faced during this COVID-19. Now this lady goes to other houses to do some domestic chores and get some money but now due to the area seal that is also not possible. So she informed us and Project Help team went to her locality and distributed her the essential food supplies. She broke into tears after receiving the help.

Today Mrs. Urmila (below right)came crying to our office of Project Help asking for some help, she said that they had nothing to eat as her husband have no work and she too, has no earning source. Due to Corona Virus spread people are not allowing the domestic help to come to their house and therefore they have no earnings and hence nothing to eat. Urmila is of 30 yrs. Urmila is wife of Mr. Kishanpal (38 years), he is a daily wage labour. Urmila is mother of 2 children Abhishek (12 years) and Aditya (11 years). Urmila’s life is full of challenges. Her elder son Abhishek is a polio sufferer. He is helpless from his right hand. He is poor in studies too. Urmila says she is ignored by her in laws family because of Abhishek, as her family thinks Abhishek’s condition is a result of some curse. Urmila is living in conditions that could hardly be called liveable. She lives in a dirty slum in a rented single room where there is no proper electricity facility. Urmila is now provided with food supplies and other necessities. She broke into tears after receiving the packets, she was so happy that she started praising Project Help.

When you look closely at our logo, you will see our hand, your hand (thank you), reaching with love and bringing hope to the desperate circumstances of beautiful people.

Let’s never forget that all of this is a two way transaction. We too are blessed when we give and connect with another human …family, friends, neighbours, strangers and those you may never meet in some remote part of India.

Love for today is hope for tomorrow.

Are We Safe Here? - and other very big questions

9 year-old Geetenjali finds the lockdown and the talk of a dangerous disease confusing and incredibly scary.

With its mountain air, rural setting, and with the jungles of the Himalayan foothills in clear view for the first time in memory, Kotdwara locals of all ages are asking big and important questions.

Are we any safer in Kotdwara than in the crowded big cities?

Surely, it’s better here than in the densely overcrowded metropolis of Delhi of 19 million people which is a day’s drive away?

This too is a question the Project Help Team have been considering as the spread of COVID-19 takes its ever ugly and ever firmer grip on the nation of India. And we are also asking;

How is it, that a small school slum-community project has become regarded as an essential part of a major localised COVID-19 pandemic front-line response operation?

If this situation gets worse, as we believe it will, what will be our strategy and do we have the necessary funds and resources to respond to the urgent needs that we see around us?

The questions the kids are asking

For 9 year-old Geetenjali, one of beautiful students at our Disability Centre in the slums, she finds the lockdown and the talk of a dangerous disease confusing and incredibly scary. Why can’t I go to my new school anymore? Where are my new found friends? Why does my teacher now come to my house? Why are there barricades around our slum? Why is daddy at home more and why is he cranky? Why is mummy worrying?

Life is already challenging enough for Geetenjali due to her cognitive disability and the paralysis that has numbed half of her body since birth.

A father’s questions

When you live in poverty, there is so much to be scared about. Geetanjali’s father Mr Hari Shankar, is a daily wage labourer, meaning that he only gets paid on a day to day basis. He fronts up at the marketplace early each morning at 8am waiting for the work he needs to feed his wife and 4 children. These days there is no access to work, because the slum and surrounding areas have been physically barricaded. There are police patrolling the street corners and every exit out of the slum. All of the daily wage workers, the men and women who are domestic workers, rickshaw pullers, auto-rickshaw drivers, the door to door sellers, even the beggars on the main roads, are suffering. Mr Hari Shankar is asking; When can i get back to work? How can I feed my family and who can help me?

You can watch this video, to see men like Hari collect food for his family from the Project Help team. One of our team members wrote…

“But they knew they had someone always for them and that is Project Help, so they called us and asked for some help if we could do anything for them. After getting the message, Mr. Amit Samuel (Founder President Project Help) immediately send his team to the area with food supplies. The team then met with the family members along with police officers and with maintaining social distancing we provided the essential food supplies to the families in need.”

Mr Hari Shankar thanks the Project Help India staff for the relief food packages that he collects from them at the barricades every couple of days.

For Geentenjali, even with the relief packages, she is still hungry. However, she is being provided with lessons and activities by her Project Help teacher which keep her distracted from the constant grumbling of her tummy. She is a talented artist who has discovered new skills and passions since recently starting school at our Centre for the first time in her life. Geetanjali thanks her teacher for learning to draw and make crafts for these have become the greatest joys of her life. (And we are grateful for the donations from Australia that have paid for the stationery, craft resources and teacher’s salary).

So, is it safer in Kotdwara?

Yes, it is somewhat safer because there is less crowding, however, COVID-19 is spreading to the most remote regions of India. We understand that places like Kotdwara, and the remotest of towns and villages even further beyond, are becoming forgotten places of poverty and COVID-19 related suffering. India’s positive cases are reaching 3 million with 60 000+ deaths, and there are growing fears that the virus’s impact on remote village, rural and slum communities could be devastating. The country seems to be entering a dangerous new phase of rising infections in small towns and villages, and the government is underestimating the pandemic and allegedly trying to hide the data.

This is why our work is so important and why children like Geetenjali, and her family needs your urgent help.

Six months ago, before COVID-19 our funds were essentially used to educate 280 kids by providing them with a school and an education. Now things have been taken to a whole new level, with our love and care not only reaching our students but extending to their families as we save many from malnutrition and giving them the dignity and support they need to get through these very uncertain and worrying times.

India’s Invisible Catastrophe

A quote from ‘The Guardian’ 17th August 

‘They will be allowed to die’

Some 600 million Indians live in in rural areas, and fears are rising that they could be overwhelmed by an invisible catastrophe, where many will die without testing or treatment. Data from the National Family Health Survey-4 showed that only about 25% of rural Indians have access to public outpatient (OPD) healthcare..

There are also grave concerns for around 70% of India’s elderly population, who live in villages. Co-morbidities abound and are often left untreated because medical services are far away.

India’s top epidemiologist Jayaprakash Muliyil, who believes up to half of India’s population (670 million people) will get the virus, says that most people with co-morbidities in rural India fail to get treatment.

“This group, and the elderly, are more prone to getting the virus. With limited resources, their families will not rush an elderly person to hospital if they have a fever,” said Muliyil. “They will be allowed to die. That is the reality in rural India where life expectancy is 65.”

Since the deaths will be spread out across huge geographical districts, some as big as 10,000 sq km (London is 1,572 sq km), Muliyil says the real scale of the human tragedy will only emerge much later, if at all.

Virus stigma

Anecdotal evidence also suggests that daily wage labourers will not reveal their symptoms for fear of separation from their families, the stigma, and losing their wages by being quarantined.

“People in the rural areas are hiding their symptoms and are not coming forward to get tested even when the testing van is reaching the village,” said Dr Ravindra Sharma, a senior medical officer in Lakhmipur Kheri district, in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, which neighbours Uttarakhand.

As we find the answers to so many big and important questions, what we do know is that you are an answer and an integral part of the ongoing solution. Thank you for your help.

Please click the DONATE button on this page to make your tax deductible donation in Australia.

Never put off until tomorrow, what you can do today

It’s difficult to know where to start when there is so much to tell you. Perhaps it’s a reflection of the times with such rapid change, so much need and so much to do. We all feel the same at the moment, with the uncertainty of these days, not quite knowing what lies ahead. I have always adhered to the saying ‘never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today’…this for me is truer than ever. With so many of the situations we are dealing with at the moment, there is no choice but to do most things straight away. The needs are great and who knows what tomorrow might look like. When people are desperate for help, tomorrow can’t often wait.

This past couple of weeks have been like a whirlwind in Kotdwara, India. With COVID-19 the needs are immediate, urgent and great.

When people are dying of starvation and they have no access to food we must act immediately.

When a community in Chandigarh in the state of Punjab cries out to us for help, we believed that we had no choice but to listen and respond.

For the team at Project Help India, much of what we are currently doing is one step of faith after another. This rapid change is stretching our resources and sadly there is not enough to go around. But thankfully, the generosity of our friends and supporters in Australia has been wonderful, and like the miracle of the fishes and the loaves, it’s quite incredible how much help, love and support we are able to provide to so many people  …thank you for being part of this small miracle in the middle of a remote part of India.

So, where do I start with what to tell you about these fast paced, recent couple of weeks; Here are four snippets of action

‘The Hope Society’

When your donation is transferred to India, it first makes its way into a holding account, which for us is ‘The Hope Society’. Project Help India auspices with HOPE (website), which is another NGO that works in 4 states across Northern India. 7% of our funds remain with HOPE. This is a federal government requirement, necessary to ensure that there is transparency around foreign funds coming into the country, particularly to ensure against money laundering, terrorism or human trafficking. The funds are accounted and audited frequently and it is necessary that we pass many stringent compliance checks. If not, our projects could be shut down immediately.

Just recently due to COVID, Hope has faced the difficulty of their regular donations almost all drying up. Hope has been like a friend to Project Help and has guided and helped us since our early days. We cannot just ignore their situation. We have been asked to essentially take over the operations of this NGO. They have cried out for help from us, as the entire team have not been paid for months and families and suffering. Because people are in need, our Board has agreed to pay the next 3 months of salaries to HOPE. During this time, the entire NGO (and also us) must make some weighty decisions about the their future work and ministry.  One of Hope’s projects, an entire school of 97 children looks like it will close (no pressure hey!). The children who attend are from a very poor farming and labouring community where their parents earn less than $4 a day. The cost to continue this school is a little of $1100 a month. We must make decisions about expanding to a new location, but we must be realistic about doing so, considering the long-term commitment that will be required.

Perhaps, you are reading this, and have an interest to know more.

Might you or your business consider making a tax deductible donation of $15 000 per year to sponsor and support this worthwhile project?

As a benefactor we would be committed to providing you with frequent communications and updates, to provide you with an important connection and partnership. 

The lockdown continues in the slums

Check out this 2-minute video created by our team on the ground. Look at what happens when the slum is literally barricaded by the local municipal government, with no way of getting in or out. I think the video brilliantly captures the current situation, and is well worth watching.

A Significant Honour

Our work in Kotdwara has not gone unnoticed. This week, the government honoured our efforts by awarding some of our staff certificates of appreciation for their work in the community during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Long Live India

Yesterday 15th August we celebrated Indian Independence Day 2020. This is what Gipsa, one of our team members had to say about the occasion;

To celebrate our National pride all the office staff of Project Help gathered in the office with social distancing and followed all the guidelines given by government to keep the Corona Virus spread at bay. The day started with flag hoisting by Mr. Amit Samuel, followed by National Anthem sung by all staff members. After that we prayed for our nation. Words of motivation were said by Mrs. Daisy Samuel.

The day was celebrated with a twist by our specially-abled children, they painted the papers with tri-colour and made flags of their own, and waved them with the slogans “Long Live India. For our students of our education centres, stationery (pencil, rubber, sharpener, copies of flag) and chocolates were distributed by our respective teachers. This day gives us a lot of lessons to learn, may each one of us learn the lesson and make the nation proud. May our Nation get the blessings of God and may it be precious for the world. 

The crazy thing is that there is so much more to tell you. I am both proud and humbled by the fact that our projects are connecting with so many people. We are helping and feeding the poor and needy, and bringing the love of God to their lives and circumstances. These are the greatest of needs in these present days. We can never put off until tomorrow, when we can do it today.

We are so grateful to you. Thank you for reading, and thank you for your generosity which is making all of this possible. Together, we are the Project Help India story. What we are doing…

“is about learning how to love others. When we wonder about people, grieve with them, and chose to fight with and for them, we can build the kind of solidarity the world needs.”

 ‘See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love’ By Valerie Kaur

Nikhil – the boy with the world’s biggest smile

We think that Nikhil has the world’s biggest smile and sadly we also know that he will soon have a life long permanent disability unless he receives urgent intervention.

This is the story of 14 year old Nikhil. I have known him for seven years now and he has always impressed me with his enthusiasm, energy, gentle loving nature, along with his many talents all of which match the size of his smile. In my experience as a teacher and educator, some kids will really stand out. These kids with the right circumstances, full of incredible potential are destined for success in life. Nikhil is one of these children. However, he is currently facing a huge challenge which will potentially determine the trajectory of his life.

This is why I am writing to you to ask for your help by sponsoring Nikhil and his family. This week I learnt that Nikhil will certainly become permanently deaf without our urgent intervention. Our Director Amit writes;

Nikhil is very intelligent and the beloved child of our City Centre. Nikhil’s mother is Raju, she is 35 years old. She is mother of 4 children, named Rajni (17 years), Ajay (16 years), Nikhil (14 years) and Ankur (10 years). She is wife of Mr.Vijendar who is a groundnut seller. He sells groundnuts by going door to door in a hand cart. However, due to COVID-19 and the lockdown they are suffering from a pile of hardships. The family scrounge for food and money almost on a daily basis. They often beg from Project Help and take on odd jobs just to make ends meet. Nikhil is suffering from severe pain in his ears they used to bleed with puss very often. His mother says she took him to hospitals but the doctors prescribed him with operation of both ears. They say both of his eardrums have been melted and they need to be transplanted. Raju says this operation will cost 80 thousand rupees (a little over $1500AUD), and if Nikhil will remain in this condition he will lose his listening power.

When Ajay was narrating this story she was crying for her son as she is not able to afford such a costly operation. She has only one hope for her son and that is Project Help. Nikhil is an intelligent student. He is now a student of a government school where study status is not that good so he wants to study in a private English high school. He believes in God that one day his dream will be fulfilled. At the moment, with the COVID lockdown, for Nikhil’s dreams to be good in English we can only provide him worksheets for practice at home.  (9th July)

I don’t often write to ask for help in this way, but can you help by sponsoring Nikhil and his family? We need $2000AUS to pay for Nikhil’s surgery, his ongoing rehabilitation and school fees for one year.

Might your family, school or business be willing to make this donation. If you are able to provide sponsorship, either in full or in part, we will keep you informed of Nikhil’s progress along the way. You can make your donation by clicking any of the DONATE buttons on this page and in this website.

With love and thanks.

Doug

This must be the worst house ...not on the street, but anywhere!

if this was your home, what hopes would you have for your future?

Today, 20th June, is ‘World Refugee Day’.

At ‘Project Help India’ we are committed to respond to the needs of those who are displaced, like the family whose house is shown in the photo. If you have a spare moment, look closely at the images above and below. I took the photo about a year ago in the city of Haridwar, near to where I spoke to a roadside gathering of children and parents as part of ‘Operation Freedom’, a police led community program which aimed to stop kids from street begging and to get them enrolled into schools. I was embarrassed to take this photo but I was captured by what I was looking at. Heart broken and crying I just stood there, imagining the life and circumstances of this incredibly poor family.

…But look at the photos. You are looking at a home made out of rubbish, located in a car park, 100 metres from the “mighty” Ganges River. There would be at least 6 people living here. Imagine if this was your home, what hopes would you have for your future? If you were the father, what dignity and sense of worth would you have as you thought about your ability to provide and care for your family. If you were the mother, what confidence, what fears would you have for the health, education and safety of your children? These thoughts, feelings and fears are the reality for countless millions of refugees today.

Statistics tell us that there are approximately 200 000 refugees in India. However, if you stretch the definition, there are countless millions upon millions, who impacted by the vicious cycle of poverty, are displaced - forced to move from their home to relocate from rural villages to look for work in the city. Many of these people, including children, live on the streets or in slums with little or no access to adequate sanitation, health care, education and advocacy. Because of the caste system in India, these people are ostracised and targeted. At ‘Project Help India’ we work alongside these most vulnerable people, providing schooling, nutritious meals, health check-ups, counselling and delivering short courses to up-skill young people for employment. Our parenting awareness programs teach mothers and fathers about the very real dangers of their children being exploited and trafficked. These most vulnerable children often disappear or have been sold by their parents promised that their child would have a better future rather than endure their present circumstances. It’s all incredibly sad…but with your help we are making a difference, and bringing love, dignity and purpose to the lives of some of the most vulnerable people on the planet.

During COVID-19 the numbers of people in India who are currently testing positive, is rapidly on the rise. We have grave concerns for the well-being and safety of many, and we are preparing for an influx of more displaced people over the coming months.

This ‘World Refugee Day’ we can have awareness, empathy, compassion and make a difference. Your donation to ‘Project Help India’ will be used to help some beautiful families who are displaced, and who live a life that is so terribly different from all of our Western comforts. With the Australian tax-year finishing in 10 days, your donation is tax deductible…it’s a perfect time to help us. Click the DONATE button located on this page.

Thank you.

Street view, with the house in the bottom left corner.