Correction about Bourne and Hereford opportunities to meet Victor

Sorry my mistake !the Bourne meeting is at the Methodist Church Hall in Bourne
Abbey Road, PE10 9EF 10am to 4pm

The Hereford meeting is for TLM supporters only!

The New Building at DMC House

 A Happy Hundred Children and Young People 

The new building at DMC House is nearly completed. The building is the much needed new kitchen and dining room, with a second floor that provides space for studying and a computer room. 

The dining area is open plan but there is a large overhang from the rooms above.

Just before I left in March 2017 Victor asked me to mark out the new dimensions for him so that he could see what they would look like on the ground. Like many people he finds plans difficult to read. My training as a map maker came in handy as I found a length of wood and a piece of chalk to draw the kitchen and dining room sizes on the ground. This practical exercise reminded me of laying the rooms of the Thompson House buildings and the hospice on the ground with pieces of thin tree trunks and leading Victor through them saying 'this is the store room, this is the boys dormitory'  as we stepped from one space to the other.

The kitchen area waits for its ceramic floor tiles.

 The kitchen equipment has to be installed and the painting finished. The tiling is very colourful and courtesy of a friend of Victor's who has end of lines he is pleased to get rid of! 

Original tiling

Now all the children will have a roof over their heads at dinner time, with bonus of electric light and fans to sit under.

There are racks for the children's plates and utensils next to the entrance to the big kitchen.

Access to the upper room

A large open plan space on the upper floor

Upstairs the large open space is ideal for studying and doing homework, what ever the weather.

Victor had talked of a computer room and it has been built on top of the existing shops that front  DMC House.

The computer room above the shops

 Ready for tiling

 A very big thank you to the kind people who raised the funds for this much needed extension at DMC House. The children and the cooks will be delighted with their new found space.

College and degree students photos 2017

 The inter college students  and degree college students of 2017 are grouped according to their homes of residence.

All of this years Inter-college students and Degree students were invited to Vizianagaram 

Thompson House, Prem Nivas and Karuna Nivas ctudents

DMC and Rainbow students
boys:
N Ramesh, Ch Samson, D Sateesh, R Sandeep, M Sanyasi Naidu, V Shanker, B Timothy and G Basker
girls:
A Sujata, D Snehà, K Vasavi, D Uma, Y Kalyani, J Venkatalaxmi, S Rani, Mounika, D Kumari, G Hemalatha, K Rani and A Priyanka

Thompson House and Karuna Nivas students

Prem Nivas Inter students and degree student Sravani
Sampath ( 1st yr) ashok (2nd yr) Satyavarthi (1st yr) Sravani (degree student)

Jhansi celebrated her birthday with her friends at Prem Nivas.

Off to BIG school!

These  lovely children  are starting at the Government High School in this new Academic Year. 

Why is that such a momentous event?

Because they are children from Prem Nivas - the first of Brighter Future's homes for infected HIV/AIDS children. They are not the first children to go to High School but looking at them today I can remember how each one of them has blossomed during their years at Prem Nivas and we thank God that they are still alive and relatively healthy. 

Some of them hve an aunty or a grandparent still living. Others were brought to us by a dying sibling or parent and have no living relations. with clean water, clean nutritious food, anti-retroviral medication and a huge dose of love, they have survived. They are treated as 'normal' children and encouraged to be kind and helpful, to study well and value education so that they may lead independent lives in the future.

We wish them well on this first step into the outside world.

He was beaten by his family...

...

He went  to Karuna Nivas, where we have our community centre for people with HIV/AIDS. he was given emergency rations and our doctor gave him free medicines When the Director saw him he realised that his health condition was very serious. Nellayya was admitted to our Pickford Memorial Hospice for respite care.  With regular protein rich meals clean water and psychological counseling.  he has now become much stronger,

  Nellayya used to be a security guard and as the Shanti Nivas campus needs one he has been given the job.  

INTER College exam results at Brighter Future

The Intermediate  College Exam Results 2017

. An Intermediate College is roughly equivalent to our Sixth Form Colleges. The students take exams like A levels over two years. They have to sit and pass exams after their first year and  their second year. If they fail a subject they are allowed to retake it but these retake exams are only a fortnight after they get to know their results, so there is not much time to revise their failed subjects. The students must pass in all subjects. 
 One unusual aspect is what is called 'betterment'. Hemant  of Shanti Nivas was disappointed with his marks and he has elected to retake all his exams to try and get higher marks. Victor told him that as it will cost 900 rupees  (£9) in fees Hemant had better make sure he gets the very top marks this time in all subjects!

Rainbow and DMC House:

1st year 

 Rani Kunda- 219/500

 Kumari Dandasi- 150/440

 Timothy Borra - 228/470

 Samson Chitti- 200/470

2nd Year:

Uma Dessety  - 575/1000

Priyanka Allam  - 635/1000

Kalyani Yadla - 776/1000

Hemalatha Gandi - 236/1000

Shankar Vennela - 357/1000

Bhaskar Gangula - 450/1000

Shanti Nivas Thompson House:

1st year

Hemant Km Mudasala - 330/470

Pydi Naidu - 167/440

Bangaru Naidu - 290/470

Durga Rao - 280/500

Prem Nivas:

1st  year:

Ashok - 232/500

Satyavathi - 143/500

2nd year  

Jyothi Pininti- 606/1000

Sravani Balla- 546/1000

The young people who have passed will now have to decide if they want to study at a higher level.  Jyothi and Sravani from Prem Nivas want to take degrees All those who want to go on to further education, will have to choose their subjects and apply for admission. Some may choose teaching, and others nursing, engineering, commercial or science subjects.

The fees vary with the prestige of the college and the subject chosen. £500 is the basic rate but a good engineering college will charge over £1000 for tuition. Books,uniforms, transport and societies come as extra!.