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Danny is
organizing the Brighter Future contingent for the next London
10K run
The London 10K run is on Sunday 10th July at 9.30am. Danny
is hoping that we can raise an even bigger team this year.
Do contact him if you would like to ‘Run for Brighter
Future’ on 07731 191858 or 01233
611281
Several of our lady runners have run 10K in under an hour.
If you are really unfit you can walk it in 3 hours! We will
pay your entry ticket and Brighter Future will put your
sponsorship money to good use in India.There’s a beer
at the end if you are interested!
To date Ben, Chris, Carl . Farni, Mark, Peter, Mark G, John,
Danny, Graham, Steve and David have offered to run for us
and girls Kara, Kelly.,Ami, Sophie and Anjali.
Meanwhile, Glyn Paskin is going for the
BIG ONE - the real LONDON Marathon on 17 April.
Glyn wants to raise £1000 for Brighter Future. He
is 36 and has three children. He has done several shorter
runs and has applied three times to run the marathon. His
persistence is rewarded and he has been allowed a place
this year. Glyn’s advice to all runners is to invest
in good socks and trainers – he says he is on his
3rd pair of trainers, not because they have worn out, but
because they caused injuries.
Glyn started training in October and says that every weekend
involves at least one 16 mile run which takes 2.5 hours,
so you can imagine how much his training eats into his free
time with the family. Thank you Glyn for this sacrifice
alone. We will be glued to the box and I’m sure lots
of readers will support you.
www.justgiving.com/GlynPaskin
Other sporting events by our
supporters!
Katy is doing the great mile swim again! Support her www.justgivng.com/Katy-GoldstrawO
Last year Katy raised and did the swim and training when
her baby Finley was only a few months old.It must be even
harder to leave him these days.
Maggie Wood has offered to cycle to work
and back, come rain or shine and it's a 40 minute journey.
Thanks Maggie - great idea as it should benefit us both!
Isobel got her work colleagues and friends
to sponsor her for a 5K run and raised £1000 for us.
We used this money to pay the £785 bill for registering
the Prem Nivas School with the government, £200 for
the Prem Nivas picnic, and £96 towards the ‘Bundles
of Love’ Christmas gifts of saris and shirt piece
and extra food for Bapuji Leprosy Colony residents.
DMC HOUSE anniversary
February 26th was the day that DMC house was opened in 2006.
DMC House was named in memory of Dorothy May C…. by
her husband who was largely responsible for Brighter Future
being able to buy the building to be a permanent home for
children. There are now 46 children living in DMC house
and 29 senior boys have moved into separate accommodation.
Children, staff and trustees marked the day with prayers
,speeches, songs and dances and drawing pictures A special
meal was served to all in the evening. A huge cake with
the words “Happy 5th Birthday D M C House’ was
served at snacks time.
Maggie was the first volunteer to come
to Prem Nivas in October 2006 and is still fondly remembered
by the older children and by Chinna the little boy she sponsored
and gave her birthday to. Maggie was instrumental in raising
funds at her school to buy our first vehicle , which was
a godsend to take the HIV+ children to hospital for their
medical checkups . It has now clocked up a lot of miles
and suffered from the bad roads and once again Maggie has
come to the rescue by introducing us to the the family of
Alistair Thompson who have given £2500 towards a new
or second hand replacement vehicle. It will be named as
donated in memory their late father Ian Thompson.
Jyothi Bhavan opening ceremony
The opening ceremony on 30 January was a quiet affair, celebrated
with prayers and thanks for the sponsors who have made it
possible to offer a home to 40 HIV+ orphan children in Vizianagaram.
The children sang songs and danced and were given a special
lunch.
Another
new home for HIV+ children
We need to expand our accommodation for HIV+ children in
Vizianagaram rural district and have this week negotiated
to buy a piece of land to build a new home and hospice for
40 children. The separate hospice block would also be able
to take a few children and mothers for respite care.
The site was a mango orchard and is half way between Prem
Nivas and our Vizianagaram base so that it should be easy
to supervise. The first requirement is to find water so
we have employed a water surveyor who has selected a couple
of likely sites for drinking water. The drilling company
will then drill the marked sites. Construction of boundary
walls and levelling of the site will follow. The next stage
is to raise the money for the project. The David Pickford
Foundation (in memory of our Trustee David who died recently)
has started the ball rolling with a donation of £6000
.We will be launching a building appeal in the near future.The
estimated cost of the total project is £40,000
Club 14+
The children have written about the recent grand events
at Brighter Future Children’s homes. See them and
pictures on their web page at
http://sites.google.com/site/brighterfuturefamily/
Prem Nivas
- repairs, improvements, spring
cleaning and mumps!
This past month we had to repair the washing machine, food
grinder, bikes, a cooler and a computer at Prem Nivas. On
the positive side we have been able to use donations to
provide AC in one of the buildings where the children sleep.
And mattresses are on order.
Prem Nivas children are catching mumps, 14 so far, but none
of them is too ill with it and they can do some school work
in the ward.
The plants near the school have grown well, thanks to the
watering rota the children have.
New Homes for Leprosy PatieMarch also marked the completion
of several homes for leprosy patients in a joint venture
between The Leprosy Mission and the Andhra Pradesh government.
All the negotiations and daily organisation and supervision
of the building was done by Brighter Future at the three
separate sites. We have become very experienced at building
these houses since our first ground breaking endeavours
at Bapuji
Colony in 2007/8.
Read
previous newsletters
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How
did we do in
February 2011?
Children sponsored
3
Donations
Sacred Heart R C Church St Ives £150
Harold Lister Memorial donation £300
Canon G £600
Sarah £150
Ian Thompson Memorial donation £2500
Willesborough Baptist Church £3500
David Pickford Foundation £6000
Birthdays
March &
April & May birthdays
Prem
Nivas
Govind -
8 April
Janaki - 19 April
Bangaru - 21 April
Ramesh - 26 May
Rainbow
homes
Laxmi U
- 4 March
Joseph S - 5 March
Sandeep - 9 March
Vimla - 10 March
P Mariyamma - 24 May
Santosh Kumar D - 30 May
Cards take about ten days
to reach India.
Please send birthday cards
and presents to
Brighter Future
Development Trust
PO Box 18
Plot 705 Vuda Layout Vizianagaram
Andhra Pradesh
India 535003
Donations
may be made to Brighter Future via internet, cheque or bank!
Brighter Future International
Trust
Sort code 30-90-28
Ac no. 3085385
or by Paypal and CAF on
our web site
www.brighterfuturetrust.com
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