GRACE THIRD WORLD FUNDGTWF is providing a new electricity generator for the Home which will enable power to be available on site during the regular scheduled cuts! [Aug-08]
Following the death of Rev Else in May, the charity committee has elected Mr Ray Richardson of Peel, Isle of Man to take on the leadership role of GTWF. [Jul-08]
Whilst in the island to speak at Rev Elses's funeral, Grace Childrens Home Manager Timothy Babu has enjoyed Manx hospitality with us and taken away much to tell the children back in India! [Jun-08] .
With sadness we announce the death of our founder and chairman Rev Matthew F Else who passed away on 18 May 2008. Please bear with us while we update the web site. The work continues. [May-08]
Old News...
New arrival at the GCH
Some of the young lads living in the Grace Children Home have been selected to join the pool for the Andhra Pradesh state basketball team!
Buy a buffalo!
Presentations around the UK
Successful operation in Chennai
A big thankyou to AFD Software of Ramsey, Peel Charity Shop, Gaiety Theatre, Manx Radio, the Isle of Man Government, Blythswood Care and the many churches around the UK who continue to contribute to the work in India.
-- Grace Third World Fund
In South India, remote communities don't necessarily have the luxury of a cheap grocery store in close proximity. Indeed a culture of self-sufficiency and subsistence farming is the order of the day in some parts. The Grace Children Home has always considered it best practice to provide for its own dairy needs, partly for convenience, food hygiene and reliability of supply.
For several years now there has existed a special facility for dairy cattle on the Promised Land site where the Grace Children Home is situated. Behind the main orphanage building lies a substantial stall for providing shade for the animals. In the past the home has had a mixture of mainly water buffalo but also some Jersey cows.
During extreme wet weather a couple of years ago much livestock was unavoidably lost including the prized Jersey cow. However re-stocking has been taking place and now the charity has come up with a new scheme to promote this particular need and increase production to match the burgeoning population of children in the home.
