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  • Laura and Ali complete London marathons

    Laura runs the 2010 London marathon and Ali the London "Run to the Best 2009 half marathon.

    24/06/2010

  • Past sponsor children reunited

    Past sponsor children who are now International cuisine chefs attend the opening of our complex and cook for 400 guests!

    23/06/2010

  • Jacob and his crosses

    Jacob Thomas carves wooden hand held crosses for distribution to patients in a Norwich hospital.

    28/04/2010

  • Childrens homes and Schools

    After several years of renting buildings we finally have our own newly built Boys Home, Girls Home, School and Dining block.

    February 2010

  • Dhanya and Remya

    Dhanya and Remya are studying nursing and engineering. A real home sponsored success story!

    31/10/2009

  • Sri Lanka

    We work with a Catholic priest in Sri Lanka helping to provide tuition and sponsorship to children who had been affected by the Tsunami.

    30/04/2010

  • Trivandrum - India

    We purchased and pay for the running costs of 2 ambulances and look after elderly dependents of cancer patients.

    30/04/2010

  • Cows!

    With all the cows we give to Mavelikara families the first female calf born will be given back to us to give to other families, so the help will be ongoing.

    30/04/2010

  • Mavelikara - India

    We continue to offer homes and education to our sponsor children as well as day care facilites for the elderly.

    28/04/2010

  • Meeting Father Terence

    In January 2005 on their way back from a visit to India Pat and Suzy had a stopover in Sri Lanka, which led to an amazing meeting with Father Terence.

    25/02/2005

  • Pat Returns From Visit 41

    Pat returns from her 41st visit and she says a massive thanks to all of you for the generous support which makes all of this possible!

    10/03/2012

  • Elderly drop in centre

    The centres offer shelter, food, companionship and love. Our resident grannies are sponsored and many more ladies drop in for their daily lunch.

    10/06/2010

  • Adopt a Granny

    Our grannies spend their days resting, enjoying each other's company, watching tv, having nutritious food and most importantly of all being loved.

    30/04/2010

  • Regional Cancer Centre

    Our 2 ambulances enable the team to reach the homes of extremely poor cancer patients too sick or poor to attend the hospital for treatment

    30/04/2010

  • Child Sponsorship

    Currently £10 monthly will provide food, vitamin supplements, medical and dental care, clothes, toiletries, and educational costs for a child.

    28/04/2010

  • Visit 37 (January/February 2010)

    The Bishop of Central Kerala formally opened the School, Boys Home, Girls Home, Granny Centre and Dining Block that we have built in Mavelikara.

    20th March 2010

  • Medical work

    We look after the medical needs of children and elderly and provide ambulances so treatment can be given to cancer patients in rural areas.

    28/02/2010

  • Visit 36 (October 2009)

    Local children who come to the new school are from destitute families, generally the total family income will be less than fifty pounds per year.

    30/11/09

  • Visit 35 (February 2009)

    The new grannies in our "Adopt a Granny" scheme are wonderful! They don't have much space at the moment but seem really happy to be together.

    31/03/09

  • Regional cancer centre study day

    Pat and one of our long term sponsors Preb. Peter Speck gave presentations at the Regional Cancer Centre.

    17/11/2008

  • Visit 34 (August 2008)

    Educationally the standard of our school children is increasing rapidly, they were all well behind for their age but this has now changed.

    30/09/2008

  • Visit 33 (January/February 2008)

    We provided a second new ambulance for the Palliative Care Team, which takes a doctor, nurses and medication to terminally ill cancer patients.

    25/03/2008

  • Visit 32 (August 2007)

    In Sri Lanka our work with families who have been affected by the Tsunami continues, we are now sponsoring the educational needs of 33 children.

    01/10/07

  • Visit 31 (November 2006)

    We have arranged and paid for the purchase of about an acre of land and plans are in place to build a Boys Home, Girls Home and a small school.

    01/12/06

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Vidiyal Trust upcoming events

The Vidiyal Trust organises many fundraising events to help our valuable work in India and Sri Lanka. Pat also spends a lot of her time speaking at various organisations and public venues to bring awareness of our valuable charity work to the general public.

9th July 2010Progress update slum community in Mavelikara
Pat will be presenting the progress of our new school for the slum community in Mavelikara, this community had been affected by the Tsunami.
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Pat writes a long and interesting report after every trip.  Click the link to take you to the latest trip report.

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Our newly built boys home in Mavelikara

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