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Mercy Home - Angel Nagar
With this project we created a Day School where local children can be
sent for education with the hope of eventually being main streamed into
the local society. Currently, there are approximately 25 children living
at home with no chance of any advancement. They are completely dependent
on their families and have limited choices once their parents pass. They
will either end up in a facility like our Annaikarai home, if they are
lucky, or on the streets with no care or support. In cooperation with
the Central and local governments in India we have completed
construction of this school! The local Catholic Diocese donated the land
and the local government agreed to pay the on-going teachers’ salaries
and maintenance. The School has an 8 to one ratio of students to
teachers and will have physical and speech therapy rooms (projected date
of completion- January 2016). The school opened on December 3, 2010.
The goal of this project is to teach these local special needs children
to become productive members of the local villages, they will be taught
how to read, write, and to care for themselves. They are bused in from
the villages each day and returned home each afternoon.
The pictures below chronicle our work to complete this project.
October 2010. Blueprints have been approved and
the ground has been cleared.
Ceremonial first brick is laid. Agreements are reached with government officials to maintain on going support. Local contractors are awarded work and the construction begins.
August 2011. Construction is well under way. Foundations are all in including support pilings. Walls are going up and the scaffolding is being put into place to start the concrete roof.
For more information on the progress
contact us.