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Balamma Satram (Holy Family Home for the Needy), Amagampalli Village, South India.
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We left the UK on the morning of Tuesday 7th hoping for the flights to be on time from Birmingham to Dubai and then Dubai to Hyderabad. However, both flights were heavily delayed which made the journey very tiring. On a positive note, this gave me an opportunity to get to know Fr David…
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Fr. Jeff’s India Blog – Week 3
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Balamma Satram Home for the Needy, South India 7th September – 10th October, 2012 Trying to cope with extreme heat is difficult for a healthy person to survive in this area of South India, but for someone who is only hours from death it is an enormous struggle. On Friday night, Nirmalah, the sick…
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Fr. Jeff’s India Journal – Week 2
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Balamma Satram Home for the Needy, South India 29th September – 7thOctober, 2012 As Mary Skaag and I have travelled around the surrounding area within a fifty mile radius of the village, we have realised that the poverty of the area is becoming greater due to the lack of rain. This is my fifth visit here and…
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Fr. Jeff’s India Journal 2012 – Week 1
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Balamma Satram Home for the Needy, South India 24th September – 1st October, 2012 This is my fifth visit to India and the excitement of what lies before me is ever present on my mind. The two day journey with Mary Skaag gives me me relief as to travel on my own would be very tedious.…