Thank you everyone for the amazing response we have had to the situation in India. It has been difficult seeing the terrible pictures in the news and to hear that some of our friends have been very poorly with COVID-19. We have just heard some good news – one of the pastors we support has…
You have probably seen in the news that India is experiencing a massive second surge of Covid-19. The reported death toll has passed 200,000. New cases have broken the world record several days in a row, with 360,960 in the past 24 hours reported this morning (Wednesday 28 April). Hospitals are overwhelmed. Several countries around…
We reported in March that we had sent funds to India to start a project building toilets in rural areas. This is not only for the sake of sanitation, but also for the safety of women. If they had to go to nearby fields in the early morning because of the lack of facilities they…
India has overtaken Russia, and now has the third highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world, at 697,413. The number of deaths is 19,693, the eighth highest in the world. Our friends in Delhi are continuing to feed the poorest people who are unable to work at present. Many would usually rely on…
Colin and Cara Medus, and Penny Waller visited India for The Bridge Trust Ltd at the end of March 2020. They had to cut their visit slightly short to get home before all flights were stopped because of the Covid-19 outbreak. Cara describes their visit for us. We were able to visit our friends in…
The Covid-19 pandemic has meant that many of us are staying at home, and workplaces, schools and businesses are closed. In Delhi, many people living in the slums depend on being paid by the day for labouring and similar work. The lockdown means that many of them are unable to work, have no money to…
