September 8th, 2024
Thanks to your support a new dimension to our activity in Chennai has been launched: Satkaarya’s wraparound care programme.
Wraparound care is provided for needy children whose home environment is chaotic, unstable and often even dangerous.
These children are impoverished and ... read more »
September 8th, 2024
‘This year’s Batemans catering stall at the Truck Festival in Oxfordshire was as crazy and brilliant as ever,’ writes trustee Alex Jacob.
'With 45 wonderful volunteers enthusiastically helping to chop, cook, stir, open tins, wash up and serve about 2,000 ... read more »
September 7th, 2024
Want to help a bit more? Then why not enter our autumn raffle. It’s open to all, so do please encourage your friends to join in. You and they could win a lovely prize and all the money raised goes ... read more »
September 5th, 2024
Trustee Paul Crosby is back in the UK after his amazing fundraising ride on a Royal Enfield Bullet, made in Chennai, across half the world from India to the UK.
After starting from the Batemans Trust/Satkaarya hostel for girls in ... read more »
September 3rd, 2024
Spice lunch get together in Oxfordshire
This year’s Spice lunch is on Saturday 12 October at 12:30pm at Steventon Village Hall in Oxfordshire.
Hosted by Alex Jacob with plenty of news and updates from Chennai, it’s a great opportunity to ... read more »
May 27th, 2024
Project director Monica Augustine reflects on one girl’s remarkable journey with Batemans/Satkaarya.
Mariyammal, who is now 18 years old and pictured above, came to Batemans/Satkaarya at the age of 11. She belongs to the Irular Tribe, a marginalised community marked ... read more »