Sponsoring Children in India
- One of our Lion members is the founder and Chairman of Children's Homes in Kerala State (CHIKS), India.
- Through him, Farnham Lions Club sponsors three children at the Chiks' Orphanges in Kerala, situated in South West India. Sisters Harsha and Varsha are now at the Little Flower Mercy Home and a boy, Sachin, has joined the Carmel Matha Santhi Bhavan home. All three children are very happy after much sadness in their lives.
- Other than something of the miserable conditions endured at their family home, little is known of the girls' past but we hope to have more information and photos of them when our Lion returns from his next visit to the orphanages.
- Sachin is believed to be aged about 9 years old, and was taken by his mother to the Chiks' Home when she could no longer endure the cruelty meted out by Sachin's jobless drunken father. The family poverty had caused severe malnourishment in both mother and son.
- Printed below is a recently received letter from Varsha, which clearly suggests how well she has settled into her new life in care.
" Dear Uncle
How are you? We are all doing very well here. I am very glad to receive your letter and we are very happy you are coming
to see me again. I want to see you. Can you and your friends (Lions) come in 2012 as we are celebrating the Mercy Home Jubilee ?
I hope so. We all love you and are looking forward to your visit. I will tell you about our school; I am in the 9th standard and like it
very much. My love to you and your family and the Lions, please write again soon dear Uncle.
By Varsha.
Ps. Harsha sends her love too! "
