Constructing a building for the Mother Teresa School of Periyakrishnapuram

The kids of the Mother Teresa School of Periyakrishnapuram

• The Mother Teresa School of Periyakrishnapuram (a village in Tamil Nadu, India) has currently approximately 60 children in a small classroom with a thatched leaf roof. The children range from lower kindergarten to third standard. These children come from underprivileged communities. More room is URGENTLY needed.

• We have started to raise money to construct a much-needed school building in the village. Recently we purchased a piece of land (approx. 28,000 sq ft; 2,664 sq meter). The total price (which has been affected severely by the declining value of the US dollar!) to construct the building is approximately $37,000.

• To reach our goal, we have organized 2 successful cultural evenings on June 3, 2006 and June 9, 2007 in Davis. On Saturday June 9, 2007, the Gospel Justice Committee of the St. James Parish (Davis) and Sahaya International held an Evening of Indian dining at the St. James Memorial Center (1275 B Street, Davis). The evening included a slide show and a full-course Indian Dinner prepared by Mary Philip and Susie O'Bryant and their team of volunteers, who have a big reputation throughout Northern California for their excellent Indian cuisine.

• Thanks to the support of our network of friends and these 2 cultural evenings, we have currently raised already $27,000....so we are getting closer to our final goal. Please help us to raise the remainder of the money!

• Please become a sponsor and help provide these children with a better future. If you give us your e-mail address, we will keep you updated with short stories and pictures as the school is being built and then being used by the lovely children.

• Please make checks payable to "Sahaya International" with mention of "READ-Mother Teresa school", and send to:
  Sahaya International, Inc.
  c/o Koen Van Rompay
  2949 Portage Bay Avenue, Apartment #195
  Davis, CA 95616
  USA
  Phone (evenings): 530-756-9074
  kkvanrompay@ucdavis.edu
  www.sahaya.org

  If you like to use Paypal to purchase tickets or make a donation, then click here.

  We thank you tremendously for your support!! .
  

This is the current building of the Mother Teresa school. The 2 visitors are Peter De Meyer (left), a reporter from Belgium, and Koen Van Rompay (right), the secretary of Sahaya International. Please note the thatched-leaf roof (which is a fire hazard and also leaks during the rainy season) and the large number of children. You can help us to construct a much-needed school building with separate classrooms!

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Above is the piece of land, purchased to construct the building for the Mother Teresa School. Below are some pictures taken between June and September 2007 of the ongoing construction.

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Mirriam Rafiq, a Sahaya board member and volunteer, reads a story to the children of the Mother Teresa School