The child was frail and ragged that day As she crouched down low to make her way. The streets were typical of the seedy slums. She leafed through the garbage for any little crumbs. She dodged the puddles from the recent rain, As she tried to forget her hunger pains. [...]
Isha is a girl who resides at the LOT Home in Relli, IndiShe is a gentle pretty girl but her story is anything but pretty. When she was just a small child her mother abandoned the family, leaving her 3 daughters with their father. He was uneducated, working at various [...]
Many of our children have a parent(s) who is an ‘unskilled laborer’. People have told me that if a child has a parent(s), especially a working parent(s), then the child should not be in our home. Let me explain what ‘unskilled laborer’ means. Many goods are piled precariously on 50 year [...]
It’s not enough for me to see the children in the TWAM Homes. I keep in touch with the graduates to encourage them, to let them know I care and that I want them to succeed. Pradeep graduated last year and he is attending junior college 4 km (a little [...]
The air is white with mist like a sheer silk scarf. A neighboring cow moos quietly, birds chatter in a red poinsettia tree, and a hen with her brood of chicks strolls down the street. The day is very young; light is just peeking over the ridge and the children [...]
There has been no power for days. I found a coffee shop with both power and Internet access so I spent the past hour checking emails while charging my laptop. On the walk back to my hotel I dodge cars, motorcycles, bicycles and hoards of people. I must be alert to avoid [...]
My hair felt like dreadlocks. Between the constant dust, the wind from the car window and the fact that I had not shampooed it in many days, my hair was very curly and frizzy. Not a good look! There has not been electricity for the past 2 days but even so, I was [...]
Jim, an American visitor to St Devi’s recently spent time teaching English in the classrooms. At recess he noticed the basketball hoops were broken and there were no swings on the swing set. He questioned Devi and she explained that money was tight so she must spend it on essentials and though basketball [...]
I brought 4 containers of beads with me to the LOT Home. I had craft projects for the children, something I do on every visit. Crafts are something the children lack and they always enjoy whatever project I bring. On this particular trip I gave the children bracelets made [...]
Esha is a girl who resides at the LOT Home in Relli, India. She is a gentle pretty girl but her story is anything but pretty. When she was just a small child her mother abandoned the family, leaving her 3 daughters with their father. He was uneducated, working at various odd jobs [...]