Abhay
"I found a sponsor!"
Abhay, a sweet, cute, 7 year old normal but baby child of Snehalaya being quite small, came with his homeless mother in Feb. 07. He is attending main stream school. Naughty sometimes, hence gets beaten up by other children though enjoys reading story books, playing out door and indoor games more by himselforwith other young children.
Sponsor A Child In India
Your support can change a childs life!
Little breaks a heart faster than a child's smile. It may be a smile of anticipation...a smile of pure joy...a smile of longing ... a smile that says "thank you" (’Dhan’yavada ’ in Hindi ) that means much more than words in any language.
In "Snehalaya" there are more than 63 (the number grows daily) smiling faces. These are the children that have escaped the hard, menial, and monotonous future of living on the streets of India...and have come to a place where they are treated with dignity and all their needs are met.
"Snehalaya", meaning "the home with love" in Hindi, is a care home for disabled children, homeless women and the aged, where they live together as a family in individual cottages, with aims to help make them independent and live with dignity.
It is our aim for Snehalaya to become completely self sufficient. We have drilled bore holes to provide fresh drinking water, cultivated 15 acres of land and we rear dairy cows and poultry to provide food. We are making good progress but we are a long way off from being 100% self-sufficient, with electricity production being our biggest and most costly hurdle.
The Gwalior Children's Charity does not receive any government support from India, despite operating in one of it's poorest and most needy areas. Because of this we rely solely on donations from around the world. 
All running costs are met thorugh the kindness of our donors. Nothing is deducted for administration costs with 100% of funds going directly to help the children.
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Newsletter July 2011
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Thank you for making our Annual Gala a huge success.
We are pleased to tell you that through this event you helped us raise an amazing £5,892.
As mentioned on the night, all costs for hosting last week's event was covered by very generous donors. This means that every penny raised will go directly to help fund projects run by the Gwalior Children's Charity including helping the children of Snehalaya. Children like eleven year old Sandeep, who suffers from cerebral palsy which restricts his mobility. The money raised will allow Snehalaya to continue to give Sandeep, and children like him the physiotherapy they needs to increase they mobility.
Well done to our dessert makers and all those who won a raffle prize. Thank you and congratulations to the silent and live auction bidders who, on the night, raised a great deal of money. And to everyone who enjoyed a drink or two at the bar! It was great to have so many of you getting involved in the activities and this made a huge difference to the total raised from the event.
A special thank you to those who set up a regular standing order to help fund the ongoing costs of caring for the children of Snehalaya. If you didn't get time don’t worry, you can still become a regular donor. Click here for more information.
We would especially like to thank all our families, friends and volunteers who helped make the evening run as smoothly as possible. As you heard from Dr Sharma, this was the 'best event ever in all the nine years the charity has ran them'. It could not have happened without you. It was because of your generous effort, energy and donations that the event was a great success. It means the charity is more capable and better equipped to provide healthcare, accommodation, food and love to disabled, abused and destitute children.
Photos from the evening are now up on our facebook page. Click here and go and have a look to see if you can spot yourself and don't forget to ''like'' our page. The more people that do this, the more we can spread the word about how others can Help Children of India too. Imagine how many people we could reach, if each of us told our friends, and they told their friends, and so on!
Thank you very much and best wishes,
Keval, Emma & Rahul |
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we need you
If you would like to help organise events, have fundraising ideas, or volunteer your time and skills for the charity please do get in touch with us. We look forward to hearing from you. |
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The 2011 Souvenir book is available to read online and for download, with all the latest news about Snehalaya and Gwalior Childrens Charity.
Click here...
The Gwalior Children's Charity does not receive any government support from India, despite operating in one of it's poorest and most needy areas. Because of this we rely solely on donations from around the world.
All running costs are met thorugh the kindness of our donors. Nothing is deducted for administration costs with 100% of funds going directly to help the children.
The Gwalior Children's Charity raises money to help poor and destitute people in Gwalior, India. Although our main focus is on the children of Gwalior, our work also extends to women and the elderly.
Our projects aim to give the children of Gwalior, and where possible their families, independence by providing the skills, education and healthcare required to break their cycle of poverty and live a better life.
New School The school will provide education for residents of Snehalaya with special needs plus 500 children from surrounding villages. This is one of the important services provided free of charge, with the help of GCC supporters.
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